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