INDEX 



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torpor of colony, 123, 231 



of queen, 16, 141 

 transformations of humble-bee, 27 

 trumpeter, 48 

 Tuck, W. H., 78, 176 



underground-nesting species, 17 

 Pocket-makers, 43 



variabilis , Bombus, see kelferanus 

 varieties, dark and light, 147 



dimorphic, 147 



geographical, 151 

 ventilation of humble-bees' nest, 47 

 venuslus, Bombus, of Saunders, see 

 kelferanus 



of Smith, see kelferanus and mus- 

 corum 

 vestalis, Psithyrus, 60, 149, 208. 



257 



life-history of, 61 

 vestibule of observation nest, 97, 100 

 virginalis, Bombus, see terrestris 

 Vogt, Dr. O., 148 

 voice of humble-bee, 1 1 

 voles, 118 

 Volucella, 114 



bombylans , 76 



wax of different species, 155, [59 166 



175. l8 S. J 9. i9 2 . x 99 



of humble-bee, 25, 36 



where produced, 260 

 wax-moth, 73, 127 

 way, covered, of carder-bees, 42 

 weasels, 109 

 wing-hooks, 9 



workers, attacking new laid eggs 51 

 244 



containing eggs, 242 



diminutive, 37 



fighting between, 241, 251, 255 



find their way in dark places, 262, 239 



freshly emerged, 31 



how distinguished, 144 



laying, 52, 69, 242, 255 



number of, in nests, 53, 155, 

 161, 176, 177, 180, 185, 

 199, 237, 251, 257 



occupation of, 46 



reason why they attack eggs, 257 



their function, 1, 2 

 worms, earth-, 106, 230 



parasitic, 80 



xantkopus, variety of Bombu s terre^fi 

 159 



159 

 188, 



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