. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. THE BEE. a Latin word signifying Hois^et-Gatheeees ; or Anthophila, a Greek word signifying Fiowee-Lovees. First pair of 7 legs i Firafc pair of Second pair | of legs >. Prothoiax Mesotliorax - Metathorax Second pair ) of wings / Third pair on Abdomen ' Fig. 1. 11. How numerous are the varieties of tees may be conceived, when it is stated that of bees found in Great Britain alone, Kirby in his Monograph has enumerated 220 species, and other more recent observ
. The bee and white ants, their manners and habits; with illustrations of animal instinct and intelligence. Bees; Instinct; Termites. THE BEE. a Latin word signifying Hois^et-Gatheeees ; or Anthophila, a Greek word signifying Fiowee-Lovees. First pair of 7 legs i Firafc pair of Second pair | of legs >. Prothoiax Mesotliorax - Metathorax Second pair ) of wings / Third pair on Abdomen ' Fig. 1. 11. How numerous are the varieties of tees may be conceived, when it is stated that of bees found in Great Britain alone, Kirby in his Monograph has enumerated 220 species, and other more recent observers have increased the number to 250. The species, however, which by its commercial importance, as well as by its remarkable habits and social organisation, presents the greatest interest, is the Hive Bee, to which, therefore, we shall chiefly limit OUT notice. 12. The Hive bee belongs to what naturalists have denominated the perfect societies of insects. Each community of these insects consists of three orders of individuals distinguished by their number, their organisation, and the respective share they take in the common labour of the society. These are denominated seve- rally the queen or sovereign, the males or drones, and the workers; the latter consisting of two classes, called the wax- makers and the nurses. A hive which contains as many as 60000 bees will have only one queen, and not above 2000 males. 13. The queen who, as her title implies, is the acknowledged 6. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859. London, Lockwood & co
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