Index 



421 



to kill queens, 159; recognized by 

 antennae, 53 ; smothered, 140 ; sac- 

 rificed, 136. 



Queen Bombus, 33, 34, 36. 



Queen-cells, 121, 122, 123, 125, 145. 



Queen Elizabeth's mead, 215. 



Queen-larva, 124. 



Quintilian, 309. 



Race odor, 84. 



Rameses III., 251. 



Rape-honey, 387. 



Raynor, George, 340, 341. 



Reasoning power of bees, 30, 31, 49, 50, 

 119. 



R^aumeur, 362. 



Recipes for honey-cakes, 203, 204 ; 

 for mead, 215-221; for preserves, 

 199-202 ; for vinegar, 204 ; by Athe- 

 nseus, 300-307. 



Remedy, for stings, 90, 91 ; when at- 

 tacked by bees, log. 



Removal of queen, 119. 



Respiration, 61, 62, 139. 



Revelation, 262. 



Rhea, 268. 



Rheumatism cured, iii. 



Rhode Island, 380. 



Rhododendron, poisonous honey, 188, 

 190, 191, 192, 193. (.S«« Appendix.) 



Rhus Vemix, 192. 



Rig-Veda, 226, 227. 



Ripening of honey, 81. 



Robber-bees, 150, 172, 354. 



Robbing bees, 148, 155, 156. 



Rock-dwelling bees, 93, 261, 365. 



Rogers, 66, 347. 



Romans, 190, 206. 



Rome, 373. 



Roscher, 299. 



Rose as wound of Saviour, 322. 



Rosetta Stone, 247. 



Rosemary honey, 182. 



Roses, 37, 201. 



Root, 49, 144. 



Royal jelly, 122, 123, 124. 



Runaway bees, 163, 164, 165. 



Rune calendar, 207. 



Russia, 168, 187, 373. 



Russians, 337. 

 Rye flour, 148. 



Saadi, 256. 



Sacred ash, 196, 211. (See Ygdrasil.) 



Saga, 12, 212. 



Sage, 180, 181, 374, 3S8. 



Saint Agnes, 324. 



Saint Albericus, 321. 



Saint Ambrose, 320, 324. 



Saint Basil, 319. 



Saint Bonizella, 327. 



Saint David, 321. 



Saint Dominicus, 320. 



Saint Gobinate, 321. 



Saint Isidor, 320. 



Saint Jerome, 319. 



Saint Medard, 322. 



Saint Modomoc, 321. 



Saint Serenicus, 321. 



Saliva, in transforming nectar, 81 ; of 

 stars, 195; to moisten wax, 144; 

 to mould wax, 87. 



Sakuntala, 235, 236, 237. 



Samadeva, 245. 



Samson, 261. 



Saturn, 282, 315. 



Scandinavia, 2ir. 



Schirach, 123, 173. 



Scotland, 193, 333, 387. 



Sealing-wax, 88, 89. 



Self-fertilization, 182. 



Seneca, 103, 126. 



Sentinel bees, 139, 150, 169, 174. 



Servian legend, 335. 



Sesser, 92. 



Shakespeare, 345; "Cymbeline," 89 

 "Henry IV.," 70, 117, 156, 345 

 "Henry V.," 114; "Henry VI.,' 

 88; "King Lear," 89; "Love's 

 Labor's Lost," 215; "Merry Wives 

 of Windsor," 215; "Troilus and 

 Cressida," 66 : killing of bees, 156 ; 

 mead, 215 ; monarchy of hive, 114; 

 origin of bees, 117; sealing-wax, 

 88, 89 ; singing of bumble-bee, 66 

 thighs, 70. 



Shasta, 177. 



Shedding skin, 124. 



