INDEX 
jarring, dislike of, 92, 100, 243 
jaws, see mandibles 
jealousy between queens, 55, 233 
Johnson, Rev. W. F., 200 
jonellus, Bombus, 167 
Kew, humble-bees’ nest in the palm- 
house at, 234 
killing-bottle, 221 
Kirby, W., 59, 172 
lapidarius, Bombus, 14, 15, 22, 25, 
26, 27, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 
45 51, 52, 53, 55, 63, 67, 69, 
Zine G7 Gon LOL, LOZ, Li7,, ETO, 
B23 ener Leo, 630, 035) 237; 
iO tpt 22h. 292, 2375 257, 
263; 204, 265, 267, 268, 273, 
275, 276, 277 
domestication of, 130, 140, 225, 232, 
237 
lapponicus, Bombus, 150, 155, 169 
Large Carder-bee, 197 
Large Earth Humble-bee, 158 
Large Garden Humble-bee, 173 
larvee of Boméus, 27, 28, 36 
how fed, 28, 42 
of Pstthyrus, 68 
Lasius flavus, 116 
niger, 116, 228 
latreillellus, Bombus, 13, 14, 37, 43, 
120,002 7, L260, 30,0 0A, . 050; 
182, 241, 274, 275, 276 
laziness caused by feeding, 124 
light, sensitiveness of humble-bees to, 
99, 239, 265 
limen, 24 
Long-faced Humble-bees, 275 
lucorum, Bombus, 14, 36, 37, 38, 40, 
41, 43, 45) 53, 57, 72, 193, 149, 
158, 160, 163, 234, 264 
magnus, variety of B. lucorum, 161 
male brood, 49 
males, flight of Bomébus, 12, 178 
flight of Psithyrus, 72 
how distinguished, 144 
life of, 3, 52 
of Psithyrus, how distinguished, 205 
mandibles, or jaws, 19, 24, 145 
mastrucatus, Bombus, 157 
material for artificial nests, 104, 108, 129 
melanism, 147, 148 
memory in humble-bees, 18, 85, 230, 
235, 267 
mendax, Bombus, 14 
metatarsus, 20, 21, 25, 146, 163, 171, 
172, 210, 214, 261, 268, 276 
mice, 81, 118, 129 
means of protection from, 119, 129 
millimetre scale, 154 
281 
millipedes, 106, 227 
mimicry in Pszthyrus, 71, 212 
in Volucella bombylans, 76 
mites, 79 
mniorum, variety of B. agrorum, 194 
moles, 81, 176 
Morice, Rev. F. D., 200 
Mountain Humble-bee, 169 
muscorum, Bombus, 89, 148, 150, 
197, 223, 241 
muscorum, Bombus, of Smith, see 
agrorum 
Mutilla europea, 78 
Myrmica rubra, 116 
Nature Display'd, extract from, 48 
nests, artificial, 104, 105, 108, 129, 226 
finding, 83 
marking position of, 85 
taking, 86, 102 
Nevinson, Mr. E. B., 163, 168 
New Zealand, Boméz in, 7, 157, 159, 
176 
nigrescens, variety of B. sylvarum, 192 
nivalis, Smith, variety of Bomdbus 
Jonellus, 168 
North American Bomdz, 148 
number of males and queens in nest, 51 
of workers in nest, 53 
Nosema, 273 
observation nests, 92, 94 
pallidus, variety of Bombus muscorum, 
oY 
parasites of the humble-bee, 73 
parasitism in Bomdbus, 55 
of B. terrestris upon B. lucorum, 57 
of Psithyrus, 60 
pascuorum, variety of Bombus agrorum, 
194 
Phora vitripennis, 78, 127 
photographing a queen in her nest, 138 
pins for mounting specimens, 222 
Pluche, Abbé Noél, 48 
Pocket-makers, 41, 153 
list of the British, 152 
pollen, how collected, 19, 274 
how deposited, 46, 240 
where deposited, 19, 28, 40 
pollen-pockets, 43 
Pollen-primers, 43, 153, 274 
list of the British, 152 
Pollen-storers, 41, 153 
list of the British, 152 
pomorum, Bombus, 201 
pratorum, Bombus, 13, 14, 16, 48, 
49, 54, 63, 68, 133, 136, 147, 
150, 165, 171, 263 
preserving specimens, 220 
