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THE HUMBLE-BEE 



P8ithyrus. attacked by workers, 64, 

 254, 276, 277 



how distinguished from Bombus, 203 



how excluded from domiciles, 127 



life-history of, 59, 276, 277 



males of, 72 



origin of, 71 



pronunciation and derivation of 

 name, 4 



seen laying her eggs, 258, 276, 277 

 puprc, 28, 31 



quadricolor, Psithyrus, 68, 218 

 queen, charmed life of, 115, 230 



death of old, 54 



defending her eggs, 51, 247 



development of, 50, 275 



effect of loss of, 241 



excessive variation in, 148 



how distinguished, 144 



interceptor, 100, 236 



larva of, 50 



laying eggs, 246, 248, 276 



life of, 3, 12 



loss of duelling instinct in, 263 



searching for nest, 17, 18, 277 

 queens, attracted to occupy artificial 

 nest, 104 



breeding in confinement, 130, 259, 

 276, 277 



placed in empty nests, 136 



raiellus, Bombus, see derhamellus 

 rain, sheltering from, 268 

 red clover, 7, 224 

 Red-shanked Carder-bee, 189 

 regional convergence, 148 

 ruderatus, Bombus, 7, 43, 45, 49, 

 107, 130, 136, i37v 145, 147, 

 149. 173, 275 

 colour dimorphism in, 176 

 rupestris, Psithyrus, 60, 127, 206, 

 251, 276, 277 

 life-history of, 61, 276, 277 

 mournful cry of, 252, 277 



sanitary arrangements in observation 



nests, 92, 96 

 satellite queens, 57, 66, 242 

 Saunders, Edward, v, 14, 151, 176 

 on tomtits eating humble-bees, 81 

 scape, 144 

 scent emitted by male humble-bee, 13, 



72 

 scrimshiranus, Bombus, seejonellus 

 Sedgwick, Prof. A., on Spharularia 



bombi, 80 

 setting specimens, 222 

 Shakespeare, 82 

 Short-haired Humble-bee, 182 



shrews, 81, 119 



protection from, 119, 129 

 shrike, 81 



Shrill Carder-bee, 191 

 sight of humble-bees, 8, 226, 227, 



239, 266 

 Sladen wooden covers for domiciles, 109 

 sladeni, variety of Bombus muscorum, 



197 

 sleep of humble-bee, 268 

 slugs, in, 226 

 Small Earth Humble-bee, 160 

 Small Garden Humble-bee, 179 

 smell, sense of, 8, 13, 56, 62, 123, 



237, 264 

 Smith, F. , 151, 188 

 smithianus, variety of Bombus mus- 

 corum, 200 

 soroensis, Bombus, 153, 162, 219, 275 

 species, closely related, 149 



how distinguished, 143 



table of the British, 152 

 Sphcerularia bombi, 79 

 spiracles, n 



starvation, 116, 123, 134, 231 

 sting, 144 



of B. terrestris and B. lucorum, 72 



of Psithyrus, 62 

 stings, effect of, 91 



risk of receiving, 89 

 Stone Humble-bee, 154 

 subterraneus, Bombus, of Linnasus, see 

 latreillellus 



of Smith, see ruderatus 

 surface-nesting species, 17, 47, 133 

 swallows, 81 



sylvarum, Bombus, 36, 90, 130, 150, 

 191 



tail, 145 



used in steering, 227 



tarsi, 145 



temper of different species, 89, 90, 101, 

 161, 166, 196 



terra-cotta domicile, 128 



terrestris, Bombus, 7, S, T4, 16, 27, 

 3. 34. 3. 37. 3 8 . 40, 45. 50. 

 52. 53. 55. 57. 63, 64, 69, 72, 

 89, 101, 107, 127, 131, 137, 147, 

 149, 158, 161, 163, 232, 235, 

 2 57' 2 59' 2 6 2 ' 2 64, 268, 273, 

 274, 275 

 domestication of, 131, 137, 259 



tibia, 145 



time occupied in egg, larva, and pupa 

 stages, 27, 29, 31 



tin domiciles, 112, 128 



tit, the great, 81 



tongue of humble-bee, 7, 11, 145, 178, 

 ' 181 



