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GENERAL AND GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Apis, native species, 321. 



natural history of, 322. 



origin of names, 321. 



scientific description of, 318. 



see "Bee" and "Bees." 



Appearance of bees intermittent, 

 54. 



Appendiculated, when there is a 

 small appendage, as in the lip of 

 Halictus, and at the end of the 

 marginal cell of the wings, etc. 



Arrangement and description of 

 British bees, 184. 



Artesian well, peculiar results 

 from its soil, 223. 



Articulate, where jointed, or the 

 point of attachment. 



Artisan bees = Dasygasters, 272. 



Aryans, one of the primitive divi- 

 sions of the human race, 4. 



Atmosphere, its conditions affect 

 bees, 50. 



Aulacus, 287. 



Auriculated, with a small ear-like 

 appendage. 



Bee, constructive habits of the, 



early noticed, 93. 



general history of the, 17. 



- parasites, 115. 



parasitism limited, 264. 



probably earlier known to 



man than the silkworm, 6. 



Queen, description of, 322. 



see " Apis." 



several species of, 87. 



symbol of royalty with the 



Egyptians, 5. 

 The, one of the Suras of the 



Koran, 90. 



why attractive, 1. 



Bee-bread, 347. 



Bees, amount of their suscepti- 

 bility of pain, 57. 



construction of cells, 327. 



duties performed in the hive, 



325. 



duties transferable, 336. 



early cultivated, 3, 90, 91. 



economy, early known, 92. 



emit an odour, 52. 



Bees enemies, 51. 



extent of flight, 340. 



flight, modes of, varies, 49. 



found in the Orkneys, 7. 



genera of, determined by an 



artificial mode, 170. 



habits of, in America, 7. 



hairiness of, reason of, 14. 



intimately connected with 



flowers, 3. 



largely contribute to the im- 

 pregnation of plants, 1 1 . 



make about ten journeys a 



day, 351. 



many disclosed in autumn 



for the following year's spring 

 flight, 53. 



not early risers, 51. 



number of eyes, 355. 



other than social, also 



known, 8. 



rarely walk, 50. 



sagacity in finding. the honey 



of flowers. 13. 



scientific arrangement and 



description of the genera of, 184. 



secretion of wax, 325. 



stages of life of, egg, 18. 



larva, 19. 



- pupa, 22. 



imago, 23. 



337. 



swarminc 



their relative perfection, 56. 



voice, a scale of music, 49. 



Beehive represented on a tomb 



at Thebes, 6. 



Beehives moved on rafts, 84. 

 Bifid, divided into two parts. 

 Binomial system invented by Lin- 



nams, 129. 



Body of the bee, its structure, 25. 

 Bombus, difficulty in determining 

 the species of the males, 311. 

 general observations on, 310. 



geography of, 78. 



infested by Apathus, 311. 



list of native species, 308. 



natural history of, 312. 



peculiarities in times of ap- 

 pearance, 312. 

 scientific description of, 307. 



