412 



Attic combs, 292. 



Attic honey, 292, 294, 307. 



Austheia, -^i^iT. 



Australia, 128, 1S4, 370. 



Azalea, 193. 



Azman, 330. 



Babilos, 337. 



Bacchus, 274, 275, 276, 315. 



Bahii of Pontus, 182. 



Bana, 244, 245. 



Bancroft, 174. 



Bates' " Naturalist on the River Ama- 

 zons," 371. 



Bavaria, 343. 



Bear, 165, 166, 167, 168, 231, 232, 337. 



Beaumont and Fletcher, 129. 



Bedas of Ceylon, 202. 



Bedouins, 255. 



Bee-balm, 358. 



Bee-bread, 147, 148, 149, 173. 



Bee-chapel, 325. 



Bee Creek, 93. 



Bee culture in America, 384. 



Bee-father, 354, 355. 



Bee-glue {see Propolis), 149. 



Bee- god, 270, 337. 



Bee-gums, 382. 



Bee-hat, iii. 



Bee-hive, 157, 207, 320. 



Bee-hunters, 168, 365. 



Bee Journal, 340, 377. 



Bee-keeper, 107, 172. 



Bee-keeping, 314. 



Bee-line, 43, 66, 67, 168. 



Bee-martin, 170. 



Bee-masters, 373, 374. 



Bee-milk {see Royal Jelly), 123. 



Bees-wax, 166, 370. 



Bee, symboHcal of creative power, 231, 

 258, 268, 269, 274, 358 ; see also 

 Appendix; symbolical of immor- 

 tality of soul, 269; symbolical of 

 purity, 324, 325 ; symbolical of res- 

 urrection, 272, 273, 274, 324; sym- 

 bolical of soul, 320, 324. 



Bees, as augurs of good or bad fortune, 

 229, 283-287, 350; as emblem of 

 well-governed state, 297; as medi- 



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cine, 85 ; as nymphs, 258 ; as priest- 

 esses, 257; as prophets, 336, 359; 

 as prophets of eloquence, 320 ; as 

 prophets of greatness, 286, 287; as 

 prophets of white man's approach, 

 Xn ; as weather prophets, 352 ; 

 eaten by bears, 167; birds, 169, 170; 

 foxes, 168; frogs, 170; hornets, 171 ; 

 lizards, 171 ; people, 174 ; pigs, 169 ; 

 spiders, 171; toads, 1 70 ; tree-frogs, 

 1 70; wasps, 171 ; age of worker, 152; 

 classification of, 14, 15; communal 

 life of, 135 ; description of, 13 ; 

 disposition of, 103, 104 ; distances 

 sent, 128; drowned in cane juice, 

 194; die from famine, 385; easily 

 handled, 107, 356, 357, 358 ; en- 

 closed in amber, 292 ; feeding others, 

 153; foragers, 147; gathering pol- 

 len, 147; intoxicated, 194, 242; 

 introduced to America, 165, 377; 

 kinds imported, 128 ; manner of 

 working, 143; means of defence, 91, 

 92 ; moonlight work, 152, 178 ; 

 names of places, 359 ; names of 

 periodicals, 360 ; new breed formed, 

 127 ; new varieties introduced to 

 America, 389 ; origin of good wo- 

 men, 358 ; perish through milkweed, 

 183; poisoned by flowers, 192; race 

 odor of, 84; toilet of, 153; trans- 

 ported for pasture, 369, 385, 386, 

 387, 388 ; used as medicine, 85 ; 

 when queen is removed, 119. 



Bee's madrigal, 48. 



Beestings, 309. 



Bee-tree, 165, 166, 168, 169, 245, 3S1, 

 382. 



Beeville, 359. 



Benton, Frank, 123, 366, 384. 



Beowulf, 210, 211. 



Bergius, 342. 



Bernard of Clairvaux, 320. 



Bethlehem, 387. 



Bevan, 85, 182, 199, 216, 217. {See 

 Appendix.) 



Bhavabhuti, 243, 244. 



Bible, 258-263. 



Bienenzeitung, m. 



