1. Body of a bee divested of antennæ, legs, and wings, showing the anatomy of the thorax and natural position of the stomach. 5* The eyes. _a._ The ocelli. _bbb._ The muscles that move the wings. _c._ The external covering of the thorax. _ee._ The bases of the wings. _d._ The honey-bag, or first stomach. _f._ The ventricle, or true stomach, distended with food. _g._ The rectum. _h._ The biliary vessels. _i._ Portion of the membranous tissue lining the inner surface of the segments, and enclosing the stomach and intestines. _q._ The stomach emptied of its contents, to show the muscular contraction of the ventricle. _d._ The honey-bag. _f._ The ventricle. _g._ The rectum. _h._ The biliary vessels. _i._ The ligula, or tongue, and its appendages. _l._ The base of the ligula. _m._ Maxillary palpi. _n._ The maxilla. _o._ The labial palpi. _p._ The tongue. 4. The sting and its muscles. _g._ The attachment of the muscles to the outer covering of the abdomen. _r._ Muscles that move the sting. _s._ Curved base of the sheaths that enclose the sting. _t._ Poison-bag. _u._ Glands connected with the poison-bag. _v._ Honey-plates covering the muscles _r_, and to which the sheaths of the stings are attached at _s_. **. Base of sting connecting with the poison-bag _t_. 4*. Magnified view of point of sting, showing the serrations on each side. 5. Three hexagonal prisms of a bee's eye (Swammerdam). 6. Abdominal plates of the bee, detached to show the wax-cells. 7. Eggs of bee, natural size, and magnified (from Reaumur) 8. Helminthimorphous, or apodal larva of a bee (Reaumur). [Illustration] THE APIARY OR, BEES, BEE-HIVES, & BEE-CULTURE. There are two classes of persons for whom bee-culture should have a strong interest, and two distinct purposes for which the pursuit may be followed. First, there is the cottager or small farmer, who, in thousands of instances, might add considerably to his income by bee-keeping; and, secondly, there is the man of "retired leisure" and refinement, who, in the personal tendance of an apiary, would find an easy and interesting occupation, and one which could not fail to quicken his faculties of general scientific observation. Moreover, in contemplating the wonderful skill, industry, and prevision of his insect-artisans, the bee-keeper would find in his apiary constant illustrations of creative wisdom.