CHAPTER VIII.--THE BEES AS ARCHITECTS: THE CITY.

Artistic character of the bee-hive, 311 Its government democratic, or a modified constitutional monarchy, 312 The writer traces the foundation and erection of the hive, 313 Its division into cells, and their differences of construction, 314 The thoughtful skill of the builders illustrated, 315 As in their improvised defence against the ravages of the Sphinx Atropos, 316 Which may be accepted as a proof of the intelligence of insects as distinguished from instinct, 317