INDEX. 
211 
122, 124; stomach, 80, 106- 
108, no, III, 120, 135 
Chyme, no 
Circulation in bee, 56, 57, 59 
ClaparMe, E., 99 
Classification of animal world, i 
Clavate hairs, 26 
Claws of bees, 33, 37, 174 
Clypeus, 18, 22, 29, 49 
Cocoon, 12, 158; period of 
rest, 163 
Coition takes place while on 
the wing, 130 
Collin, Abbe, 180 
Colon, or rectum, 106, 111,112 
Colour sense in bees, 105 
Comb, building, how com- 
menced, 175, 183, 188 ; 
economises space, 177; made 
up of cells, 5 ; thickness of, 
180, 187, 188 
Combs, author’s measurements 
of cells of, 179-181 ; distance 
apart, 5 ; irregularities in, 
179, 185; not mathematically 
correct, 178, 181, 182; on 
hind legs of workers, 36 ; 
partly constructed of old ma- 
terial, 189; structure of, 14, 
175 . 
Commissural nerve fibres, 63 
Compound eyes, 20, 69, 98- 
100, 105 
Conoid hairs on antenna, 91 
Convoluted lobes, 68 
Convolutions of brain, 68, 104 
Cook, A. J., 143 
Corbicula, 35 
Cornea, 98, 104 
Costa of wing, 39 
Coxa, or hip, 32, 34 
Crystalline cone, 99, lOO, 102, 
104 
Cyclopie, 166 
D 
Dahl, F., 36 
Darts of sting, 75 
Dennler, J., 80 
Depressor alarum, 45 
Development, of drone organs, 
127, 158, 163; of embryo, 
154-157; of larva, 157, 158, 
160; of nervous system, 155 ; 
of spiracles, 155, 159; of 
sting, 158, 161 ; of wings, 
158, 161, 162 
Dewitz, H., 74, 81 
Diaphragm of abdomen, 58 
Digestion, 65, 106, iio, ill 
Digestive apparatus, 106 
Digiti, or fingers, 33 
Discovery of the source of wax, 
168, 169 
Distance and rate of flight, 46 
Distance seen by bees, 105 
Dodge, 166 
Donhoff, Dr,, 149, 165, 173 
Dorsal plates, 47 ; vessel, 56, 
58, 59 > 73 . 156 
Drone, antenna of, 21 ; bee, 8, 
13, 190; brain of, 70; cells, 
sealing of, 1 3 ; copulation of, 
130; egg, 8, 13; egg does 
not contain spermatozoa, 146; 
fed by workers, 124; figure 
of, 8 ; faeces of, 1 1 2 ; food of, 
13, 124; function of, 8, 126, 
132; glands of, 115,117-119; 
legs of, 35, 36; mating of, 
14; masque of, 129; organs 
of, 126, 142, 163 ; organs, 
how inverted, 129; organs, 
immense, 127 ; spermatic 
tubes of, 126, 127; sperma- 
tozoa of, 127; testes of, 126, 
136, 163; without sting, 82; 
without wax glands, 17 1 
Drones, abnormal, 166, 167; 
