Excerpt from Curiosities of Entomology One of the most remarkable features in those species of bees which live in societies, as is well known in the case of the common hive-bee, is the existence of a third sex, the neuter or worker; and there are other singular peculiarities of this sort in less known species, such as the existence Of two distinct kinds Of females. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.