How the bee suffers from cold, keen airs, [307]
"Farewell, madam, and many thanks!" [308]
CHAPTER VIII.—THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY.
Artistic character of the bee-hive, [311]
Its government democratic, or a modified constitutional monarchy, [312]
The writer traces the foundation and erection of the hive, [313]
Its division into cells, and their differences of construction, [314]
The thoughtful skill of the builders illustrated, [315]
As in their improvised defence against the ravages of the Sphinx Atropos, [316]
Which may be accepted as a proof of the intelligence of insects as distinguished from instinct, [317]