INDEX 



Advice to Bee-masters, Butler, 35 

 After-swarms, 189 

 Athol Brose, 261 

 Ancient Roman Hives, 22 

 Anglo-Saxon Bee-keeping, 22 

 Antennse of Bee, Functions of, 



155 

 Ants and Bees, Analogy in Swarm- 

 ing, 178 

 Aristotle's Bee-lore, 2 

 Artificial Food for Bees, 262 



Barat-Anac, the Country of Tin, 



19 

 Bee-bikes, 139 



breeding, 48 



burning, 48 



city : problems involved in 

 construction, 202 



colony, Progress of, 97 



craft, Mediaeval, 46 



culture in Ancient Britain, 21 



driving, 271 



farming. Success in, 262 



garden, Profits of, 271 



gardens. Scarcity of, in Eng- 

 land, 257 



generation, 33 



hives in First Century, 4 



in Mythology, v 



keeping as a Livelihood, 261 

 in Anglo-Saxon Times, 



24 

 Modern, 47 

 larva. Spinning of Cocoon, 

 137 



Bee life. Study of, 146 



the Old-Age Problem in, 



134 

 lines, 224 



masters. Mediaeval, 29 

 milk, its Nature and Uses, 



123, 166 

 monarchy, 32 

 scouts in Swarming, 186 

 stings, 52 

 superstitions, 40 

 under Microscope, 148 

 Bees and Birds, 87 



and Holy Wafer, Story of, 37 

 and Spiders, 41 

 Cleansing-flights, 90 

 English and Foreign, 220 

 from Dead Lion, 46 

 Generated in Flowers, 32 

 in Ancient Egyptian Times, 



vii 

 Knowledge of, among 

 Ancients, 30 

 Bees' Sense of Smell, 62 

 Breathing-system of Bee, 163 

 British Beer (?) in Third Century, 



B.C. 21 

 Brood-cells, Cappings of, 140 

 Dimensions of, 108 

 nest, Globular Form of, 31 

 Butler's " Feminine Monarchie," 

 33 



Chapel built by Bees, 36 

 Classic Bee-fathers, 28 

 Comb built Upwards, 217 



cell, Reasons for Hexagonal 

 Shape of, 135, 206 



278 



