INDEX. 397 



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Leaven, artificial 242 



natural 240, 242 



Locusts, female, destroyed by males 46 



Longevity of bees 296 



extraordinary duration of a colony . . . 298 



Mead, antiquity of 236 



Braggot, or common 245 



directions for making ........ 244 



esteemed by our ancestors 237 



ideal nectar of the Scandinavians .... ib. 



Memory of bees 260,314 



Reimar's opinion 333 



Metys ..."* ; 378 



Mortality among bees and wasps 186 



Moth-wax .... i- v 199 



eggar, anecdote of 306 



hawk. Vide Hawk-moth. 



Motions of insects 274 



instances of extraordinary power of . . 275 



Nadir-hiving 124, 151 



Nutrition . # . , 272 



Nymph ....,.. 12 



resemblance to a mummy 13 



Palpi 256 



Pasturage 55 



effect on the flavour of honey . . .66, 230 



ancient opinion of 65 



Baithelemy's ib. 



Duppa's 230 



noxious 67, 230 



Xenophon's opinion of .... 67 

 Tournefort's ib. 



