CHAPTER I.

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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, COMPRISING GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE USES OF BEES IN THE ECONOMY OF NATURE, THEIR DIVISION INTO SOCIAL AND SOLITARY, AND A NOTICE OF THEIR FAVOURITE PLANTS[1]

CHAPTER II.

GENERAL HISTORY OF BEES[17]
THE EGG[18]
THE LARVA[19]
THE PUPA[22]
THE IMAGO[23]

CHAPTER III.

SKETCH OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES[61]

CHAPTER IV.

NOTICE OF THE MORE CONSPICUOUS FOREIGN GENERA[101]

CHAPTER V.