INDEX 
Comb-construction, 99, 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," 
42 
D 
Dead Bees, Method of Bringing 
to Life, 46 
Decline of Mead-drinking among 
Saxons, 26 zs 
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, 110 
cells, 213 
fly, 10 
Drones in Winter, 246 
Mid-day Flight, 64 
Slaughter of, 244 
E 
Egg-stealing by Bees, 111 
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 
279 
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, 
143 
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 Medizval Cookery, 23 
in Middle Ages, 24 
Medicinal Properties of, 44, 
260 
Preparation of, for Market, 
273 ; 
Huber’s Leaf-hive, 30 
T 
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 
