Index. 



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matrimony vine 275 



milkweed , 272 



pollen masses of 272 



figure of 272 



mignonette 270 



figure of 269 



mint 271 



figure of 270 



motherwort 271 



figure of 271 



time of bloom changed... 272 



mountain laurel „ 285 



mustards 273 



black 273 



figure of 272 



Chinese 273 



white 273 



okra 270 



figure of 270 



palmetto 286 



cabbage 286 



figure of 286 



saw 266 



partridge pea 275 



figure of _ 276 



persimmon 265 



poplar „ 261 



rape .?. 273 



figure of 273 



raspberry 274 



rattle-snake weed 284 



rocky Mt. bee plant 283 



figure of 281 



sage 262, 271 



black 262 



figure of 263 



white 262 



figure of 264 



saw palmetto 266 



skunk cabbage 259 



Eour wood, sorrel tree 285 



figure of 284 



sijider plant 291 



figure of 290 



St. Joan's Wort 285 



stone crop 276 



sumac 262, 274 



California 262 



sun-flower 289 



figure of 289 



sweet clover 267 



figure of 269 



teasel 275 



figure of 275 



tick-seed 289 



tulip tree 274 



figure of 274 



varnish tree 265 



verbena- vervain 285 



viper's bugloss „ 283 



Virginia creeper 285 



wheat 253 



white clover 266 



figure of 266 



Wild plum 274 



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wistaria 261 



American 261 



figure of 261 



Chinese 261 



figure of 262 



Pliny 89 



Plum— wild 274 



Poisonous honey 285 



Pollen— bee-bread 107 



how collected 108 



how carried 108 



function of 108 



source of 108 



substitute for 169 



Pollen baskets 30 



Pollen masses 272 



figure of milkweed 272 



Poplar 261 



Praying Mantis 328 



figure of 328 



Products of bees 99 



comb 103 



boney 99 



pollen 107 



propolis .•. 109 



wax 101 



Profits of bee-keeping 3 



Propolis 109 



function of 109 



how collected 109 



soluble in 110 



source of 109 



Protozoa 20 



Pupa of insects 22, 64 



figure of 64 



Queen 66 



clipping wing of 177 



development of 71 



cause of 72 



time for '72 



drone eggs from 75 



eyes of 68 



fecundity of 77, 78 



figure of 67 



food of 70 



from fecundated egg 68 



function of 77 



how caged 177 



in sections 216 



Introduction of 196 



longevity of 76 



mating of 175 



how controlled 175 



entrance guard 176 



figure of 176 



marketing of 245 



aided by fairs 246 



organs of 67 



figure of 69 



ovaries of 67 



figures of 59 



rearing of 169 



how done 169 



why Important _ 169 



