In Mungo Park's last mission to Africa, he was much annoyed by the attack of bees, probably of the same tribe with our hive-bee.

I have attempted to show how much light the principle of gradation throws on the admirable architectural powers of the hive-bee.

Besides, the well-known story of the Hive-bee should make us wary of rejecting paradoxical suppositions.

Thus it might be a great advantage to the hive-bee to have a slightly longer or differently constructed proboscis.