number usual in a hive 3 occasional preservation of 44 sitting upon the eggs 6 opinion of Mr. Morris _ib._ of Fabricius _ib._ of Kirby and Spence _ib._ Dunbar's observations in his mirror-hive 8, 21 Eggs--drone, royal, worker 8 first laying of 37 great laying of 116 misplaced, devoured by workers 42 number of, laid in a given period 39, 40 period at which each sort is laid 37 transportation, opinion of 42 worker, may be rendered royal 19 Electricity, effect on secretion of wax and honey 232 Enemies of bees 199 protection against 203 Excrement of bees 188, 194 Exotic bees 210 their honey-cells _ib._ of Guadaloupe _ib._ Guiana 211 India _ib._ South America _ib._ Basil Hall's Account _ib._ Eye of the bee, peculiar construction of. _Vide_ Senses. 312