Length3h 1m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "DEAR ANNIE AND KATIE,—When I was a little boy I often wished that my soldiers would come to life. I used to think how grand it would be if only I could have a city of little people on the dining-room table. Of course my dreams never came true, even though one day I had a brilliant idea, and wrapped a whole regiment of soldiers in flannel and put them in the oven, hoping that in this way I should find them really alive next morning! But nowadays I have a wonderful city of tiny workers, that can be put on a table. In it there are soldiers, food gatherers, bread-makers, undertakers, and a host of others. It is ruled over by a queen, and each day the gates of the city are crowded with the workers, who pass in and out in hundreds. Have you guessed that my wonderful city is really a bee-hive? Although I cannot command my little friends to do this thing or that, to come here or go there, yet I am quite content to leave them to their own ways, and just to watch them in their daily life, and to study their customs and laws. In this little book I intend to tell you something about my bees. I hope that you will be interested to read what[x] I have written, and then perhaps, later on, when you grow up, you may keep bees, and you will be able to study their wonderful ways for yourselves."
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length3 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ABOUT THIS BOOK
2CHAPTER I ABOUT THE BEE
3CHAPTER II THE QUEEN BEE
4CHAPTER III THE DRONE
5CHAPTER IV THE WORKER BEE
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6CHAPTER V THE MICROSCOPE
7CHAPTER VI THE HEAD
8CHAPTER VII THE WONDERFUL ANTENNÆ
9CHAPTER VIII THE EYES
10CHAPTER IX THE TONGUE AND MOUTH PARTS
11CHAPTER X THE JAWS
12CHAPTER XI THE THORAX
13CHAPTER XII THE LEGS
14CHAPTER XIII THE FIRST PAIR OF LEGS
15CHAPTER XIV THE SECOND AND THIRD PAIR OF LEGS
16CHAPTER XV THE WINGS
17CHAPTER XVI THE ABDOMEN
18CHAPTER XVII THE BREATHING APPARATUS
19CHAPTER XVIII THE STING
20CHAPTER XIX THE ANCIENTS AND BEES
21CHAPTER XX THE HIVE
22CHAPTER XXI A VISIT TO A HIVE
23CHAPTER XXII THE CITY GATE
24CHAPTER XXIII THE GUARD BEES
25CHAPTER XXIV WORKERS IN THE CITY
26CHAPTER XXV THE COMB BUILDERS
27CHAPTER XXVI THE LIFE OF THE BEE
28CHAPTER XXVII THE STORY OF THE QUEEN
29CHAPTER XXVIII THE POLLEN GATHERERS
30CHAPTER XXIX THE VARNISH MAKERS
31CHAPTER XXX THE NECTAR GATHERERS
32CHAPTER XXXI THE WINTER SLEEP
33CHAPTER XXXII THE SWARM
34CHAPTER XXXIII TAKING THE SWARM
35CHAPTER XXXIV THE OLD HIVE AFTER A SWARM
36CHAPTER XXXV THE MASSACRE OF THE DRONES
37CHAPTER XXXVI HONEY
38CHAPTER XXXVII MODERN BEE-KEEPING
39CHAPTER XXXVIII THE BEES’ ENEMIES
40CHAPTER XXXIX POWERS OF COMMUNICATION
41CHAPTER XL BEE FLOWERS
42CHAPTER XLI POLLEN
43CHAPTER XLII BEES AND FLOWERS
44CHAPTER XLIII HOW FLOWERS PROTECT THEIR NECTAR
45CHAPTER XLIV HOW FLOWERS ARE FERTILISED
46CHAPTER XLV CONCLUSION
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