The lazy, yawning drone."
Shakespeare's Henry V., Act i. Scene 2.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
| PAGE | |
| Literature of Bee-keeping | [1] |
CHAPTER I.
The Bee as an Insect.
| SEC. | ||
| I. | Classification | [7] |
| II. | The Queen | [8] |
| III. | The Drone | [19] |
| IV. | The Worker | [27] |
| V. | The Italian or Ligurian Bee | [34] |
| VI. | Other Foreign Varieties | [45] |
| VII. | Faculties and Functions | [54] |
| VIII. | Eggs and Transformations | [59] |
| IX. | Reproductive Economy | [62] |
| X. | Relation of Sex to Cells | [67] |
| XI. | The Rationale of Swarming | [72] |
| XII. | Increase of Bees | [82] |
CHAPTER II.