 
CHAPTER I. | PAGE | | PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, COMPRISING GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE USES OF BEES IN THE ECONOMY OF NATURE, THEIR DIVISION INTO SOCIAL AND SOLITARY, AND A NOTICE OF THEIR FAVOURITE PLANTS | 1 | CHAPTER II. | GENERAL HISTORY OF BEES | 17 | | THE EGG | 18 | | THE LARVA | 19 | | THE PUPA | 22 | | THE IMAGO | 23 | CHAPTER III. | SKETCH OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES | 61 | CHAPTER IV. | NOTICE OF THE MORE CONSPICUOUS FOREIGN GENERA | 101 | CHAPTER V. | PARASITES OF BEES AND THEIR ENEMIES | 109 | CHAPTER VI. | GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT | 118 | CHAPTER VII. | BRIEF NOTICE OF THE SCIENTIFIC CULTIVATION OF BRITISH BEES | 142 | CHAPTER VIII. | A NEW ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH BEES, WITH ITS RATIONALE, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FAMILY, SUBFAMILIES, SECTIONS, AND SUBSECTIONS | 153 | CHAPTER IX. | A TABLE, EXHIBITING A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE GENERA OF BRITISH BEES WITH FACILITY | 170 | | EASY DISTRIBUTION OF THE BEES | 176 | CHAPTER X. | THE SCIENTIFIC ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERA, WITH LISTS OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF THE INSECTS, WITH INCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE SUBJECT | 184 | | ANDRENIDÆ (SUBNORMAL BEES) | 185 | | GEN. 1. COLLETES | 185 | | GEN. 2. PROSOPIS | 191 | | GEN. 3. SPHECODES | 196 | | GEN. 4. ANDRENA | 200 | | GEN. 5. CILISSA | 211 | | GEN. 6. HALICTUS | 214 | | GEN. 7. MACROPIS | 220 | | GEN. 8. DASYPODA | 224 | | APIDÆ (NORMAL BEES) | 227 | | SCOPULIPEDES (BRUSH-LEGGED BEES) | 227 | | GEN. 9. PANURGUS | 227 | | GEN. 10. EUCERA | 231 | | GEN. 11. ANTHOPHORA | 236 | | GEN. 12. SAROPODA | 242 | | GEN. 13. CERATINA | 245 | | NUDIPEDES (CUCKOO-BEES) | 249 | | GEN. 14. NOMADA | | |
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