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cement, 150; consistency of, 142; 

 destroyed by moths, 173; flowers 

 and fruit, 314, 315; for embalming, 

 253, 254; for shepherd's pipe, 295; 

 for superstitious uses, 330, 331, 332, 

 333i 339; images, 315, 316, 317, 

 329* 333; jaws, 79, 87; masks, 315; 

 of Apis Dorsata, 366 ; origin of, 86 ; 

 pockets, 86, Sy, 141; production, 

 140, 141; scales, 141, 142; tablets, 

 88; tribute to Romans, 190; uses 

 of, 87, 88; violet, ;^';^; wax-moth, 

 ^73y 174; wreatlis, 315. 



West Chester, 192. 



West Indies, 370. 



Westphalia, 342. 



White man's fly, 165, 250, 378. 



White's " Natural History of Sel- 

 borne," 174, 197. 



Whittier, 339. 



Wild bees, 165, 169. 



Wildman, 104, 185, 356, 357. 



Wild roses, 37. 



Wilkes's Club, 194. 



Willow honey, 148, 177. 



Wing music, 62 ; of drones, 136. 



Wings, 13, 44, 57-69, 152, 153; of 



drones, 132; of queen, 118, 160. 

 Wisdom of bee, 54, 

 Woodpecker, 170. 

 Work, bees' love for, 137; done by 



young bees, 138; by moonlight, 152, 



178. 

 Worker, 137-158; cells of, 121,214; 



deprived of antenna, 45 ; honey-sac, 



81, 82, 83; larva of, 124; silk glands, 



124; structure, 114; wax pockets, 



86, 87. 

 Worms, 122. (See Larvse.) 



Xenophon, 54, 188, 189, 287. 



Yellow jessamine, 193, 

 Yew honey, 192. 

 Ygdrasil, ig6, 211. 

 Young, Brigham, 351. 



Zeus, 93, 264, 265, 266, 267, 275. 



