INDEX 



•' A B C of Bee Culture," 116, 267, 275 



Abulilon, 232 



Aconites, 74, 102 



Adam's-needle, 143 



Adonis, 232; vcrnalis, 256 



Agassiz, Louis, 20 



Agropyrum rcpens, 36 



Ajuga reptans, 84 



Alaska, 209 



Alder, common, 21-23, 202 



Alfalfa, 52; honey yield of, 53; robbed 



by butterfly and bee, 132; nectarless 



in the East, 202 

 Allspice, Carolina, 256 

 Almond, 264 

 Alpine flora. 14-16, 134. 160, 208, 238. 



246. 253, 254 

 Amaranths, 223 



Ambrosia, 227; arteinisiifoUa, 38 

 Amelanchier canadensis, 180 

 Amentacese, 118 

 Armentiferx, 24 

 Aments, 22-28 

 Andrenid bees, 108-112, 119; species 



of, 110, 112, 120 

 Anemone, 102, 224; nectarless, 194 

 Anemophilous flowers, 118 

 Angiosperms, 40, 277, 278; number of 



species of, 221 

 Angraecum sesquipedale, 154, 158 

 Antaeus, 1 

 Antcnnaria, 242 



Anthers, nutritive, and pollination, 200 

 Anthobium, 188 



Anthocyanin, 245-247. 250, 252, 256 

 Anthophila, 47 

 Antirrhinum majus, 78 

 Apetalous flowers, colors of. 221, 250; 



no blue, 252 

 Apple-trees, blossoms of, 206, 239 ; self- 

 sterile varieties, 267 

 Aquilegia, 74; canadensis, 76; vulgaris, 



76 

 Araceae, 167 

 Araugia albens, 177 

 Archytas, 104 



Arclostaphglos Uva-ursi, 84 

 Argi/nnis aphrodite, 96, 130 

 Arisspma triphiiUum, 167 

 Aristolochia sipho, 168 

 Artemisia, 227 

 Aru7n, 164-168; conocephaloides, 167; 



maculatum, 164 

 Asarum, 256 

 Asclepiadacese, 254 

 AscJepias, 134, 177 

 Ash-tree, 24, 26 

 Asinima triloba, 256 

 Asparagus. 228; beetle, 185 



Asters, 92, 110, 182, 234 

 Atropa belladonna, 84, 228 

 Avocado, 264 

 Axel. 13 

 Azaleas, 248 



Bachelor's-button. 92. 218 



Balsam-fir, 40 



Balsam, garden, 238; wild. 98 



Banks, 261, 262 



Barberry, 232 



Bartram, John, 1, 2 



Basswood. 90, 116, 119, 227. 232 



Bates, 125, 126, 148 



Bayberry-tree, 24 



Bean, garden, 84, 222; black spots on, 

 256 



Bearberry, 84 



Beech-tree, 24, 28 



Bee-flies, 160, 161, 173, 174 



Bee-flowers, 47 etseq.; colors of. 64, 65, 

 253, 254 



Bee-keepers, 4, 5, 116 



Bees, competition among in pollen- 

 gathering, 115, 118, 119; diligence 

 and skill of, 89 ; effect of color on, 64 ; 

 flower fidehty of, 92-95. 105-124; 

 largest genus of North American. 

 108-112; idiosyncrasies of. 122; 

 monotropic, 106, 110, 112, 114; nest- 

 building, 121; oUgotropic, 105-124; 

 parasitic, 121; place of pollen de- 

 posit on, 50, 56, 60: polytropic, 106. 

 120 ; preference of, for certain flowers, 

 114 et seq.; rapidity of flower visits 

 of, 90; common solitary, 123; tongue 

 length of, 121; most valuable of pol- 

 linators, 47, 89; life of worker, 89; 

 insufficiency of wild, 118 



Beetles, 46, 47, 178 et seq., 202; de- 

 structive to vegetation, 178; flesh- 

 eating, 186, 188, 189; flowers visited 

 by, 108, 180 et seq.; on fruit-trees, 

 265; habits of, 178, 180; of httle im- 

 portance in flower-pollination, 192; 

 living on single plant species, 185; 

 number of species of, 180; plant- 

 eating, 186, 189-192; poUen-flowers 

 visited by, 182; with suctorial tongue- 

 192; wood-boring, 190-192 



Belladonna, 84, 228 



Bellflower, 114, 244; family, blue in, 

 253, 254 



Bidens aristosa, 116, 121 



Bilabiate flowers, 182 



Bilateral flowers, 250 



Birch-tree, 24, 28 



Bird-flowers, 56, 76, 77; color of, 136 



Bird- winged butterfly, 125 



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