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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, 

 333> 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, Sy, 88 ; violet, 373 ; wax-moth, 

 I73i 174; wreaths, 315. 



West Chester, 192. 



West Indies, 370. 



Westphalia, 342. 



White man's fly, 165, 250, 37S. 



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, 



17S. 

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



deprived of antennse, 45 ; honey-sac, 



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



124; structure, 114; wax pockets, 



86, S7. 

 Worms, 122. (See Larvae.) 



Xenophon, 54, iSS, 189, 287. 



Yellow jessamine, 193. 

 Yew honey, 192. 

 Ygdrasil, 196, 211. 

 Young, Brigham, 351. 



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



