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fronted, they feldom ufe their ftings, 82 extremely irrita- 
- ble, 2.; dire&tions how to handle them, 7. ; their organs 
of felling very acute, 84 ; they never fting when at work, 
8s; (sce Sting 5) not one of them fhould be killed, 200. 
Worms, filk, enalogous to bees, 16. 
x, 
Years peculiarly favourable to bees, viii. 4, 9) 1053 probable 
increafe of hives in ten, 5; ditto in feven, 47, 48; years 
hurtful to bees, 104. 
Yellow, the fields and bees legs equally fo, in May, 133. 
Young bees fometimes found decayed in the cells, 128 ; (see 
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Bees and Cells 3) the more will be hatched, the longer the 
old ones remain in the hives, 202; how to preferve the 
young brood, when the honey is taken, zb., 203. 
Young {warms fometimes defert their hives, 123, see {warming, 
Z, 
Zeal, patriotic, of the bees, in defence of their Queen and hive, 
170, 171, see Queen, Wars, &c. 
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