[93] "Many ruling together is not good: let there be one ruler, one king."—Homer's "Iliad," ii. 110.
[94] The bee's sting may lead to very serious consequences. It often happens that large animals, such as horses or oxen, tied up in the neighbourhood of a beehive, and which have disturbed the bees, die in consequence of stings received from them.
[95] Tome v., planche 36.
[96] "Cours d'Apiculture," pp. 73, 74.
[97] "Physiologie de l'Abeille, suivie de l'art de soigner et d'exploiter les Abeilles d'après une methode simple et facile," p. 94. Paris, 1866.
[98] At a meeting of the Entomological Society of London, Feb. 18th, 1867, Mr. Newman exhibited the lock of a door, one of several which in 1866 were found at the Kent Waterworks, Deptford, to be completely filled and choked up with nests of Osmia Bicornis: a portion of the nest had been forced out by the insertion of the key. The locks were in pretty constant use, so that the nests must have been built in the course of a few days.—Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1867, lxxvi.—Ed.
[99] "Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire des Insectes," tome ii., p. 765. In 4to. Stockholm, 1771.
[100] "L'Intelligence des Bêtes." In 18mo. Paris, 1864.
[101] "Mémoires," tome vi., planche 14, p. 167.
[102] Ibid, tome vi., p. 177.