INDEX. 393 



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Flies in Madeira wine 201 



Fly, flesh, erroneous judgement respecting .... 306 



Food of larvae 10 



Fructification of flowers . . ... . . . . . 380 



instrumentality of bees to that end . ib. 

 bees attracted to flowers by their 



nectar ib. 



accused by Dr. Darwin of injuring 



flowers ib. 



defended by Dr. Evans . . ib. 



Opinion of Sir J. E. Smith . . 382 



of Sprengel 383 



not the only insects that 



promote fructification . ib. 

 in the Barberry for instance^ the Iris 

 Xiphium, the Aristolochia Sipho of 

 America, the A. Clematitis, and the 



Date Palm ib. 



Hawk- moth, Death's Head 208 



ravages committed by it in the apiary . ib. 



resources of the bees ib. 



Hearing, sense of. Vide Sensation, organs of; and Senses. 



Hives 95 



Chelmsford and Hertford 96 



compared with boxes 100 



construction of, best ... . . . . . 97 



dimensions of 96 



distances at which they should stand from each 



other . . . . . -.. ;,.- 49 



Dunbar's 102 



his observations therein .... 103 



heat occasional in 39 



usual in . . . ......... . . ib. 



materials proper for 95 



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