The mother-wasp, a remarkable example of self-sacrifice, [287]
Wasps distinguished by their patriotic enthusiasm, [288]
At the approach of winter they dissolve the commonwealth, [289]
CHAPTER VI.—"THE BEES" OF VIRGIL.
The Virgilian fable of Aristæus misunderstood, [293]
Intended by the poet as a parable of immortality, [294]
The writer was accidentally led to an understanding of its true significance, [295]
A visit to the cemetery of Père-Lachaise, [295]
Here certain lonely graves were haunted by a flight of bees, [296]