

THE HUMBLE-BEE 



Cullum's I lumble-bee, 171 



tin-plate, for protecting nests, 

 129 



I far win, 1 its, mice, and humble- 



bees, 118 

 on fertilisation of Viola tricolor, 7 

 rlerharaellus, Bombus, 14. 43, 56, 74, 

 150, 189 

 ertion of brood, 102, 120, 122, 131, 



i3 2 - 2 35 

 dimorphism in Bombus ruderatus, 176 



in Psithyrus campestris, 217 

 distinctus, Psithyrus. 69, 151, 210 

 distinguendus, Bombus, 13, 43, 149. 



150, 187, 223, 275 

 distribution of humble-bees, 4 



ation of humble-bees, 102, 225 

 complete, 139 

 domiciles, artificial, 104 



when to open, 121 

 duels between Bombus queens, 55 



between Bombus and Psithyrus, 67 

 dwarfed specimens, 37, 125, 134, 149 



Early-nesting Humble-bee, 165 

 earwig-, t6, 227 

 Eaton, Rev. A. E., 14 

 Edison, T. A., on flight, 234 

 eggs, eating, 51, 70, 244, 258, 275 

 excitement at laying of, 51, 245, 



253. 2 55. 2 76 



first, 19, 273 



how laid, 19, 35, 246, 248, 273, 276 



male and queen, 51 



of humble-bee, 25 



of Psithyrus, 68 



of workers, 52, 255 

 elegans, Bombus, see distinguendus 

 elevations on sixth ventral segment of 

 Psithyrus queens, 203, 204 



their function suggested, 253 

 emergence of bee from cocoon, 31 

 enemies of the humble-bee, 6, 73, 115 

 excipula, 24 



es, 145, 267 



fading of specimen-, 1 \8, 223 



Fannia, 77 



feeding colonies, 124, 231 



queens, 103, 140, 228, 259 

 fertilisation of flowers by humble-bees, 



7 

 of queens, 12 

 Id-mice, 81, 118 



rhting between queens, see duelling 

 between workers, 241, 251, 255 

 first batch of brood, 19, 29, 33, 185, 



190 

 Ragellum, 144 



Mowers, artificial, 140 



damaged by humble-bees, 8 

 fertilised by humble-bees, 7 

 frequented by humble -bees, 7, H, 

 156, 159, 163, 164, 166, 168, 

 178, 181, 186, 190, 192, 223 



food for humble-bees, 124 



fowls, domestic, 81 



fragrance of Bombus males, 13 

 of Psithyrus males, 72 



generations, signs of two in a season, 



166, 180 

 giant males of Psithyrus, 149 

 globosus, Psithyrus, 219 

 ( treat Yellow Humble-bee, 187 



hair of humble-bee, 24 



colouring of the, 147 



how brushed and cleaned, 20, 268 



loss of, 52 



qualities of in different species, 146 

 Hamm, Mr. A. H. , 177 

 harrisellus, dimorphic variety of Bom- 

 bus ruderatus, 174 

 Heath Humble-bee, 167 

 helferanus, Bombus, 36, 43, 68, 90, 



91, 147, 148, 195, 223, 244 

 hibernation in confinement, 141 



of Bombus queens, 14 



of Psithyrus, 72 

 Hoffer, E. , on Bombus, 25, 49, 81, 177 



on Psithyrus, 60, 68, 70 

 holding humble-bees in the fingers, 



266 

 homing instinct in Bombi, 137 

 honey, amount stored, 53, 98, 178 



from humble-bees, 6 



how collected and deposited, 46 



thin and thick, 27, 38 



where stored, 37 

 honey-pot of queen, 25 

 honey-pots, artificial, 125 



of workers, 38 

 honey-sac, or honey-bag, 15, 28, 82 

 hortorum, Bombus. 13, 14, 44, 45. 

 70, 106, 109, 130, 149, 175 

 179 

 house for humble-bees, 94 

 humble-bees, how distinguished, 143 



Ilfracom.be Humble-bee, 162 

 industry of humble-bee, 2, 27, 46, 47 



in cool and stormy weather, 263 

 inquisitiveness of humble-bee, 244 

 intelligence of humble-bee, 103, 139, 



233, 243, 262, 267, 268 

 ivernicus, variety of Bombus hortorum, 



181 



