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Index 



Loss of sting, loi, 102, 103. 



Lotus and bee, 236, 237, 239, 240, 244, 



247. 

 Lubbock, see Sir Jolm L. 

 Lucian's Comedies, 277. 

 Lungs, 61. 

 Lycophron, 2S5. 



Macedonia, 282. 



Madagascar, 187. 



Maddening honey, 189, 190. 



Madhava, 231, 232. 



Madhu, 225, 231. 



Madhuan, 231, 232. 



Madliuka flowers, 227. 



Madhuparka, 229, 230. 



Magic, 317, 318, 33i> 332, ^^t,, 334, 



354- 

 Mahaffy, 374. 

 Major de Hruschka, 186. 

 Makris, see Brisa. 

 Malta, 180, 282. 

 Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees," 



323- 



Mandibles, 144. {See Jaws.) 



Mango and bee, 236, 237, 238. 



Marcellus, 85. 



Marchpane, 200. 



Marmalade, 199. 



Marnix, 323. 



Marriage and honey, 227, 251. {See 

 Appendix.) 



Martial, 292, 293, 294, 295, 303, 307, 

 308. 



Maspero, 248. 



Mating of drone, 133. 



Mating of queen, 127. 



Mating of worker, 154. {See Appen- 

 dix.) 



Maundy Thursday, 320. 



Maxilte, 21. 



M. Cadet of Vaux, 86. 



M. de Hofer, 104. 



Mead, 12, 206-223, 277, 299, 338, 345, 



369, ll^- 



Mecca, 187. 



Medicine, bees as, 85; honey as, 84, 

 85, 87, 191, 251, 252, 309, 369 ; pro- 

 polis as, 150; wax as, 87, 88, 333; 



from bee poison, in, "2; from 



stings, 112, 168. 

 Melia, 358. 

 Melianthus, 358. 



Meliponas, habits of, 371, 372, m- 

 Melissa, 267, 268, 269, 358. 

 Melissae, 270. 

 Melissa officinalis, 358. 

 Melisse, 358. 

 Melissomelos, 48. 

 Melissurgis, 282. 

 Melita, 282. 

 Melitaia, 282. 

 Melita, 358. 

 Meliteria, 282. 

 Melitonus, 282. 

 Melittis, 358. 

 Melitussa, 282. 

 Mellonia, 280. 

 Mellursus, 169. 

 Melons, 1S4. 



Memory of bees, 31, 48, 49. 

 Mentum, 23. 



Menzel, 93, 169, 187, 328. {See Ap- 

 pendix.) 

 Merime, 336. 

 Meritta, 337. 

 "Metamorphoses," 266. 

 Metatarsus, 71, 75, 79. 

 Metheglin, 175, 212, 215, 217, 218, 

 277. {See Mead.) 



Mexicans, 174. 



Mexico, 88, 373. 



Microscope, 40, 83. 



Milk-weed, 183. 



Milman's " Martyr of Antioch," 66. 



Milton, 70, 348. 



Mississippi, 378, 388. 



Mithra, 256, 257. 



Moccasin flower, 31. 



Moffett, 12, 47, 54, 58, 84, 85, 88, 90, 

 104, 116, 138, 153, 160, 219, 220, 

 222. 



Mohammedan legend, 274. 



Monarchy of hive, 113, 114. 



Monmouthshire, 344. 



Moon, honey and, 225, 226, 239, 345 ; 

 bee and, 231, 232, 269. 



Moonlight work, 152, 178. 



