INDEX 



279 



Comb-construction, gg, 197, 204 

 Evolution of, 135 

 Mathematics of, 208 

 Supposed Laws of Mutual 

 Interference and Pres- 

 sure in, 212 

 Preservation of Verti- 

 cality in, 215 

 Communal Mind in Hive, 69 

 Corsica's Tribute of Wax to 

 Romans, 16 



Country Housewife's Garden," 

 4a 



D 



Dead Bees, Method of Bringing 



to Life, 46 

 Decline of Mead-drinking among 



Saxons, 26 

 Discipline in Hive, 14 

 Divine Origin of Bees, 6 

 Drone, 14, 41, 43, 74, 118 



and Worker-eggs, Theory of 

 Laying, 122 



His Place in the Hive, 237 

 Drone-breeding Queen, no 



cells, 213 



fly, 10 

 Drones in Winter, 246 



Mid-day Flight, 64 



Slaughter of, 244 



Egg-stealing by Bees, in 

 Emergency Comb, 201 

 English Black Bee, 76 

 Ethelwold's Allowance of Mead 



to Monks, 24 

 Evolution in Hive-life, xviii, 79 

 Eyes of Bee, Compound and 



Simple, 154 



F 



Fanning-army, 59, 92 



Strength of Air-current, 62 

 Fertile Worker, Anomaly of, 144 

 First Bee-hunter, xi 

 Flight of Bee, Mechanism of, 157 

 Extent of, 224 



of the Drones, 240 

 Foot of Bee, Construction of, 151 



Freemasonry of Bee-keeping, 195 

 " Further Discovery of Bees," by 

 Rusden, 1679, 31 



G 



Glandular System of Bee, 167 

 Guard-bees of Hive, 62 



H 

 Hexagonal Principle in Hive, 134 

 Hive, Division of Labour in, 83 



life. System and Order in, 

 128 



Preparation for Winter, 253 

 Hiving Swarms, 182 

 Honey as Hair-restorer, 45 



a Manufactured Product, 222 



and Sugar : Comparative 

 Values as Food, 259 

 " Honey-bearing Reed," 23 

 Honey-bee, Origin of, 78 



bees. Varying Intelligence of, 



^ ^43 



bee's Year, Beginning of, 84 



comb. Construction of, 137 



crops, 226 



dew, 226 



flow. Duration of, 95, 221 



from the Skies, 5 



Imports, 258 



in Mediaeval Cookery, 23 



in Middle Ages, 24 



Medicinal Properties of, 44, 

 260 



Preparation of, for Market, 

 273 

 Huber's Leaf-hive, 30 



Ideal Hive, The, 265 

 Infant Mortality in Bee-life, 63 

 Insects : Reasons for Bodily Con- 

 struction, 158 

 Isle of Honey, 18, 22 

 Italian Bee, 77 



J 

 Jaws of Bee, Construction of, 154 



L 



Larva-cocoons, Differences in 

 138 



