. Entomology : with special reference to its biological and economic aspects. nd between myrmecophilous species and ants. Theseterniitophiloiis forms, however, have received as yet but littleattention. Honey Bee For more than three thousand years the honey bee has beenalmost unique among insects as an object of human care andstudy. It was highly prized by the old Greeks and Romans(as appears from the writings of Aristotle, 330 B. C, andCato, about 200 B. C.) and actually worshiped as a symbolof royalty by the ancient Egyptians, through whose papyriand scarabs the honey bee may be traced back t
. Entomology : with special reference to its biological and economic aspects. nd between myrmecophilous species and ants. Theseterniitophiloiis forms, however, have received as yet but littleattention. Honey Bee For more than three thousand years the honey bee has beenalmost unique among insects as an object of human care andstudy. It was highly prized by the old Greeks and Romans(as appears from the writings of Aristotle, 330 B. C, andCato, about 200 B. C.) and actually worshiped as a symbolof royalty by the ancient Egyptians, through whose papyriand scarabs the honey bee may be traced back to the time ofRameses I., or 1400 B. C. Though its habits have been somewhat modified by domesti-cation, the honey bee, unlike most domesticated animals, is stillso little dependent upon man that it readily returns to a wildlife. Under many distinct races, which are due largely tohuman intervention, Apis mellifera is widely distributed overthe earth. Castes.—The species comprises three kinds of individuals:queen, drone and zvorker (Fig. 277). The workers are fe- FiG. A B C The honey bee, Apis mellifera. A, queen; B, drone; C, worker. Natural size. 322 ENTOMOLOGY ment of the hive is anything but monarchial Fig. 2/8.
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