The lazy, yawning drone."

Shakspeare's Henry V., Act I., Scene 2.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Preface—Introductory[1]

SECTION I.

Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Hive 3
The queen[4]
The drone[11]
The worker bee[15]
Eggs of bees[16]
Increase of bees[18]
Swarming[21]

SECTION II.

Anatomy and Physiology of the Bee[31]
Head[34]
Thorax, or Chest[40]
Abdomen[44]

SECTION III.
Modern Bee-Hives.