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Index 



Cook, A. J., 384. 



Corbiculum, 78. {See Pollen basket.) 



Corinth, 375. 



Cornel, 192. 



Cornwall, 344. 



Corsica, 192, 204, 294, 295, 373. 



Cotton honey, 180. 



Cretans, 265. 



Crete, 93, 190, 264, 267, -268, 302, 



Cross fertilization, 182, 1S3. 



Cucumbers, 184, 204. 



^udraka, 241. 



Cummings, 370. 



Cupid, 2S0, 281, 282, 347. 



Curative properties, of bees, 85 ; of 

 honey, 84, 85, Zy^ 191, 251, 252, 

 309; of poison of bee, iii ; of pro- 

 polis, 150 ; of wax, ^y^ %^. 



Cure for stings, go, 101, T09, no. 



Curing of honey, 145. 



"Curious History of Insects," 174. 



Cuvier, 362. 



Cybele, 268. 



Cyprian bees, 389. 



Cypripedium acaule, 31, 35, 36. 



Cyprus, 128. 



Danube, 93. 



Darwin, 150, 370. 



Dead preserved in honey, 252, 253, 



344- 

 Death's head moth, 173. 

 Deborah, 259, 359. 

 De Geer, 362. 

 Delia Sapienza, 323. 

 Demeter, 268. 

 Demetrius, 166. 

 Democritus, 273, 298. 

 " Dhammapada," 325. 

 Diana, 269; of the Ephesians, 257, 

 Dickinson, Emily, 349. 

 Dionysius, 284. 



Dionysos, 274, 279. {See Bacchus.) 

 Dioscorides, 10. 

 Diseases of bees, 175. 

 " Dispute between Mary and the 



Cross,'' 214. 

 Dogwood, 192. 

 Drinking cups, 207, 



Drone, 103, 114, 115, 121, 122, 124, 

 127, 129-136, 152, 154, 289, 297. 



Easter, 320. 



Ecclesiastes, 202, 



Eddas, 195, 196, 211, 212, 213, 338. 



Eggs, fertilized, 121 ; laid by queen, 



115, 119; laid by workers, 154; 



number laid, 120 ; of wax moth, 



173; unfertilized, 122, 

 Egypt, 247-254, 364, 369, 370. 

 Egyptian bees, 389. 

 Eliot, John, 377. 

 Empedocles, 281. 

 Enemies of bees, 167, 168, i6g, 170, 



171, ^72,j 174, 175- 

 England, 341, 343. 

 Ephesians, 257, 258. 

 Euripides, 276, 277, 290, 303. 

 Excrement, 84, 151, 152. 

 Extracted honey, 186, 187. 

 Eye-brush, 76. 

 Eye-hairs, 42. 

 Eyes, 39,40,41,42,43; of drone, 132; 



of queen, 120. 



"Fable of the Bees," 323. 



Feelers {see Antenna); on palpi, 22; 



of sting, 95, no. 

 Fermentation of honey, 81. 

 Fertile workers, 154. 

 Fertilization, of eggs, 121, 127; of 



flowers, 10; of fruit trees, 184; of 



iris, 30; of lady-slipper, 31. 

 Fighting of bumble-bees, So. 

 Fighting of queens, 125. 

 Fights between swarms, 94, 172. 

 Fights with bees, 91, 92, 93,94, loS. 

 Finland, 332. 

 Finnish prayer, 336. 

 Firdusi's " Epic of Kings," 255. 

 Floating apiaries, 252, 370, 388. 

 Florida, 149, 180, 194. 

 Fly, 72, 165, 190, 250, 378. 

 Food value of honey, 204, 222, 298, 



299. 

 Foragers, 141, 147, 159. 

 Formic acid, 81, 94. 

 Foundation comb, 146, 147. 



