The Bee People
by Margaret Warner Morely Author
An attractiv introduction to the curious structure, habits, and activities of bees, in which readers learn how the bees' wondrous body parts equip them to gather nectar and pollen, construct the hive, and nurture the young, and how the different kinds of bees interact in the life of the hime. Over one hundred pen drawings by the author illustrate the freatures described int he text.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- book
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 21
- Suggested Grades
- 2nd - 12th
- Publisher
- Yesterday's classics
- Written
- 1905
Chapters
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Apis Mellifica, or the Honey-Bee
- 3 Apis Mellifica and Her Eyes
- 4 Her Tongue
- 5 Her Honey-Sac
- 6 Ambrosia and Nectar
- 7 Miss Apis's Legs
- 8 Her Wings
- 9 How She Hears and Smells
- 10 Her Sting
- 11 Miss Apis and Her Sisters
- 12 The Brothers
- 13 The Queen
- 14 The Work in the Hive--The Manufacture of Wax
- 15 Honey-Comb
- 16 Honey and Honey-Dew
- 17 Cradle-Cells
- 18 The Family Exodus
- 19 The New Queen
- 20 Fancies and Facts about Bees
- 21 Bombus, the Bumble Bee
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