Index 



415 



France, 182, 341, 373. 

 Friedreich (see Appendix), 92. 



Galen, 85, 219, 221. 

 Gathering hairs, 77, 79, 148, 

 Gay's " Rural Sports," 115. 

 Germany, 128, 319, 327, 328, 329, 330, 



332> 34'. 343. 355. 373> 3S1, 387- 

 Gesta Romanorum, 331. 

 Girard, 62, 64. 

 Glands, of young bees, 138 ; nectar, 



177- 

 Glass hives, 150, 205. 

 Glaukos legend, 273. 

 Glucose, 1S7. 

 Goddess of honey, 337. 

 Gododin, 207, 20S, 209. 

 God of love, Hindu, 232, 234, 237, 



238, 243 ; Latin, 280, 281, 282. 

 Golden age, 233, 266, 328, 347. 

 Goldsmith, Oliver, 360. 

 Grape-sugar, 81, 82. 

 Grecian Archipelago, 91. 

 Greece, 9, 188, 264-318. 

 Guiana, 174. 



Hades, 277. 



Handling bees, 104, 107, no, iii, 155, 



156. 157, 356, 357- 

 Harris, 340, 341. 

 " Harsa-Carita " (see Appendix), 166, 



244- 

 Hartlieb, 330. 

 Hearing, 46. 

 Heather honey, 193, 387. 

 Hebrews, 258, 259, 260. 

 Hekate, 277. 

 Hemlock honey, 192. 

 Herbert, 324. 

 Hering, Constantine, iii. 

 Herodotus, 93, 253, 254, 257, 285. 

 Herrick, 182. 



Hesiod, 11, 266, 276, 277, 286, 289. 

 Hiawatha, 377. 

 Hieroglyphics, 247, 248. 

 Hindu literature, 225, 246. 

 Hippocrates, 204. 

 Hives, " bee-gums," 382 ; chinked by 



propolis, 150; entered by moths, 

 173 J hollow trees, i56, 245, 381, 

 382 ; in Africa, 370 ; in India, 367, 

 368 ; in South America, 373 ; moved 

 upon death of owner, 341 ; well 

 stocked, 185. 



Hogg, James, 66. 



Holland, 373. 



Holmes, O. W., 348. 



Holy Land bees, 389. 



Holy wafers, 325, 326. 



Homer, 287 ; " Iliad," 276, 288 ; 

 "Odyssey," 268, 278; "Hymn to 

 Meixury," 283. 



Homoeopathic Pharmacopceia, 112. 



Honey, 177-205 ; acid reaction, 81 ; 

 adulterated, 187 ; amount stored, 

 178, 179, 185 ; amount used to form 

 wax, 87, 141 ; amount of nectar to 

 make honey, 152 ; amount yielded 

 by plants, 178, 179; at baptism, 320; 

 bestows gift of poetry, 338 ; bestows 

 knowledge, 226, 259 ; clearness of 

 vision from, 85; colors of, 1S7; 

 consistency of, 81 ; deposition in 

 comb, 148 ; eaten on Maundy 

 Thursday and New Year's Day, 

 320 ; extracted honey, 186, 187 ; 

 fermentation of, 81 ; flavors of, 

 181 ; formic acid in, 81 ; forms 

 wax, 86 ; from cane juice and cider, 

 194 ; in buildings, 380, 381 ; in 

 names of cities, 282 ; offered at 

 sacrifices, 268; origin of, 195, 196; 

 poisonous, 188-194 ; preserves bee 

 poison, 107 ; preservative power, 

 199. 273, 274 ; recipes, 199-204 ; re- 

 gurgitation of, 82 ; ripening of, 81 ; 

 Russian funeral rite, 337 ; source 

 of, 195 ; strained honey, 186, 187 ; 

 symbol of death, 276 ; symbol of 

 procreation, 274 (seg Appendix) ; 

 symbol of carnal pleasure, 260 ; 

 symbol of purity, 320 ; symbolism 

 in Christian ages, 320; surplus, 147 ; 

 used to incite love, 280; uses of, 

 85, 86 ; value as food, 204, 222, 230, 

 273, 298, 299; value in U. S., 384; 

 vinegar, 204. 



