Index 



413 



Birds that eat bees, 169, 170. 



Black bears, 167. 



Black bumble-bees, 167. 



Black comb, 147, 188. 



Black honey, 187. 



Black wax, 88, 187, 188, 318,373, 381. 



Blue thistle, 179. {See Viper's bu- 



gloss.) 

 Bochart, 93. 

 Bombus, 15, 31, 33, 34, 36. (See 



Bumble-bee.) 

 Bonner's bald head, log. 

 Bonnet, Charles, 362. 

 " Book of the Bee," 320. 

 Brahma, 232. 

 Brain, 54, 55 ; of queen, 120 ; of drone, 



132. 

 Branched hairs, 77. 

 Brazil, 187, 371. 

 Breathing, 67. 



Brimstone, 155, 156, 285, 310, 311. 

 Brisa, 275, 276. 

 Brittany, 342. 

 Browning, 127. 

 Brugsch Bey, 251, 316. 

 Brushes, for cleaning bee, 76, 77 ; for 



pollen, 148. 

 Buckwheat honey, 180, 181, 182, 387. 

 Buffon, 169. 



Bull and bee, 249, 256, 271, 324. 

 Bumble-bee, 15, 16, 19, 21, 27-31, 37, 



66, 76, 80, 142, 165, 167, 172, 184, 



'94. 389. 39°- 



Burmeister, 64. 



Burmese, 344. 



Burns, 349, 350. 



Burroughs, John, 84, 148, 162, 163, 

 164, 165, 168, 181, 182, 388. 



Butler, 12, 40, 48, 57, 73, 77, 81, 84, 

 86, 100, loi, 105, no, 115, 117, 125, 

 129, 156, 161, 178, 183, 196, 200, 201, 

 202, 215, 217, 223, 325, 359. (See 

 Appendix.) 



Butterfly, 37, 60, 61. 



Byron, 375. 



California, 93, 128, 167, 374, 376, 



378, 379. 380. 384. 388, 39°- 

 Canary Islands, 182. 



Candy, 10. 



Cane-sugar, 10, 81, 82. 



Cape Cod, 381. 



Cappadocia, 282. 



Carcasses for breeding bees, 116, 117, 

 271, 272. 



Caribbean Islands, 174. 



Carniolan bees, 389, 



Carolina, 159, 179, 193, 341, 382. 



Cassandra, 285. 



Catnip honey, 181. 



Cells of wax, 142-147; drone cells, 

 121; queen cells, 121, 



Cerberus, 278, 279. 



Ceres, 268, 269, 271, 315. (See Ap- 

 pendix.) 



Ceylon, 174, 202. 



Chambrier, 64. 



Charon, 277. 



Chaucer, 214, 345. 



Cheshire, 46, 60, 140, (See Appen- 

 dix.) 



China, 10, 257, 341, 



Chrysostom, 320, 



Chufu, 247. 



Cicero, loo, 284, 286, 314. 



Cider honey, 194. 



Cineraria, 192. 



Circassian legend, 336. 



Cleanliness of bee, 73, 84, 151, 152. 



Cleome Integrifolia, 178. 



Clover honey, 27, 43, 177, 178, 179, 

 180, 366, 367, 377, 389. 



Cocoon of larva, 124. 



Coleridge, 199. 



Collecting hairs, 77, 79, 148. 



*' College of Bees," 359. 



Color of combs, 187, 188. 



Color of honey, 187. (See Appen- 

 dix.) 



Color sense of bees, 42, 43. 



Columella, 104, 155, 171, 267, 313,314, 

 386. 



Comb building, 140, 141, 



Comb foundation, 146. 



Combs, built out of doors, 364, 365, 

 366, 367, 370, 380 ; melting of, 166 ; 

 quality of, 188 ; spoiled by propolis, 

 149. 



