INDEX 



281 



jarring, dislike of, 92, 100, 243 

 jaws, see mandibles 

 jealousy between queens, 55, 233 

 Johnson, Rev. W. F. , 200 

 jonellus, Boinbus, 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. Si. 52. 53. 55. 63. 67, 69, 

 75, 97, 98, 101, 107, 117, 119, 

 123, 127, 128, 130, 135, 137, 

 140, 154, 225, 232, 237, 251, 

 263, 264, 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 

 larvas of Bombus, 27, 28, 36 

 how fed, 28, 42 

 of Psithyrus, 68 

 Pasius Jlavus, 116 

 niger, 116, 228 

 latreillellus, Bombus, 13, 14, 37, 43, 

 126, 127, 128, 130, 149, 150, 

 182, 241, 274, 275, 276 

 laziness caused by feeding, 124 

 light, sensitiveness of humble-bees to, 



99, 239, 265 

 Iirhen, 24 



Long-faced Humble-bees, 275 

 lucorum, Bombus, 14, 36, 37, 38, 40, 

 4i. 43. 45. 53. 57. 72, 103, 149, 

 158, 160, 163, 234, 264 



magnus, variety of B. lucorum, 161 



male brood, 49 



males, flight of Bombus, 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 



millipedes, 106, 227 

 mimicry in Psithyrus, 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, Bombi in, 7, 157, 159, 



176 

 nigrescens, variety of B. sylvarum, 192 

 nivalis, Smith, variety of Bombus 



jonellus, 168 

 North American Bombi, 148 

 number of males and queens in nest, 51 



of workers in nest, 53 

 Nose ma, 273 



observation nests, 92, 94 



pa Hid us, variety of Bombus muscorum , 



197 

 parasites of the humble-bee, 73 

 parasitism in Botnbus, 55 



of B. terrestris upon B. lucorum, 57 



of Psithyrus, 60 

 pascuorum, variety of Boinbus agrorum, 



194 

 Phora vitripennis, 78, 127 

 photographing a queen in her nest, 138 

 pins for mounting specimens, 222 

 Pluche, Abbe" Noel, 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 



