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INDEX. 
dotio luoro Imnn tliuu good, 237, 
241. 
Ponch*tioc yields honey, 292. 
Pe;u-troy yields honey, 292. 
Puppet'iiiiiil, usu of in luiiting colonies, 
2H3. 
Porfeotton, folly of clniming for hives, 
loo. 
Perfumes, disugrcenble to bees, 313 
(nolo). 
Perspveninco of bees, worthy of imitu- 
tiou by man, 197. 
Persons nttneked by bees, directions for, 
312, 314. 
Peters, Jliindolph, interesting c-xpcM-i- 
muut of, 219 (note). 
Pillage of hives, secret, cause and rem¬ 
edy of, 201). 
Pijiing of i[Uoen8, an indication of aftcr- 
KWiirming, 121. 
Plantain, a remedy for bee-stings, 310. 
IMum-treo a source of honey, 2J2. 
Poison of bees, smell of, strong and ir¬ 
ritating to bees, 314; effect of, on the 
eye, 314 (note); remedies for, 314- 
317; elfeet of, when taken into the 
month, 310; cold water the best rem¬ 
edy for, 315; a honuei>palhic reme<ly, 
315 (note); the linman system can be 
inured to, :110 (note). 
Poisonous honey,and howto remove its 
injurious qtialitie.s, 287. 
Pollen, or heed>reatl, 8U-87; fouml in 
stomachs of wax-maker.s, 8'); may aid 
in secretion of wax, 89; whence oh- 
taincfl, 89; food of immature hee.s, as 
shown hj’ lluher’s experiments, 89; 
author’s, to the same etfect, 81 ; (tun- 
delach’s opiniiui «)f, 81; useful in se¬ 
cretion of wax, 82; bees jirefer fresh 
to old, 82; in muv. comb luves, excess 
of, in ohl slock.s, can bo given to 
utlier.s, 82; how gatln-red and stored 
by bees, 83; bees gathering, aid in 
impregnating plants, 83; bees collect, 
only fromon*' kind of (lower at a time, 
83; wheat and rye meal usub.stituto 
Ibr, 81; n -eessary h»rtln* produetion of 
waix and jelly, 197 ; the gatlu'ring of, 
by bee.s, indicates a fertile iineen in 
the hive, 219 (and note). 
Polien-haski't, on h*g of bee, 56. 
Poppv, white, a remedy for bec-stings, 
315. 
Posel, discovery of, on use of sperma- 
theca, 36 (note). 
Proljoscis of ji worker. 56; wood-cuts of, 
Plate.s Xm , XVI., I-'igs. 03, 51. 
Profits of liee-ket‘i»ing, D/der/on's expe¬ 
rience in, 21; ^ydserlf's calculation 
of, 146 (note); (iei)endent on strong 
stocks, 176; difllciilty of estimating, 
396 (note), sale estimate of, 396. 
Propolis, 76-89; whtmeo fihtained, 76; 
curious sources of, in Mexico, 77 ; its 
use.s, 77; beu-juotli lays her eggs In, 
78; curious anecdotes, illustrating its 
uses, 78. 
Prussia, bee-keeping encouraged by 
government of, 32U (note). 
Pupa, or bee-nymph, 45; heat required 
for its development, 46. 
Punk, smoko of, subdues bees, 27,15-^. 
Q. 
(iutien-bee, wood-cut of (natural and 
fnagnilled size), PL XII., figs. 31, 32; 
wood-cut of ovaries and sperniiitiieca 
of, 35, PI. XVm. ; description of, 39; 
tho mother of the whole colony, 39; 
affectionate treatment of, by the other 
bees, 31; elfeet of her lo.ss on tho 
colony. 31; lier fertility, 32; how her 
egg.s are fecundated, 31-41; lluliei* 
discovers impregnation of, to take 
place out of hive, 31; dis.scctiou of, by 
J)r. Leidy, 34, 126 (note), 213 (note); 
effect of retarded imi)regnatiun on, 
36; she iletermines the sex of tlie egg, 
38; Dr. Leitly’s dissection of a drone- 
laying, 38, 126 (note), 213 (note); at¬ 
tempt of bees to rear, from u ilrone- 
‘‘gg. ^9; account of a drone laying, 
afterwards laying worker eggs, 40; 
a drone laying, with shrivelled wings, 
49; Italian, Impregnated by common 
drones, produce Italian drone.s, while 
the fenmle.s are a cross, 41, 324 (note 
2); becomes incapable of impregna¬ 
tion, 42 ; process of laying, 43; devel¬ 
opment of. in pupa state, 46; enmity 
of, to each other, 46,129. 295-297 ; can 
regnlato development of eggs in her 
ovaries, 47; •lispositiou by, of .super¬ 
numerary eggs, 48; fertility of, de- 
crease.s witli age. 49, 223; longevity 
of, 49, 58; when superannuated, hiy.s 
only drone-eggs, 49; wliy iinpreg- 
nateil in tho air, 53 ; ollico of, no sine¬ 
cure, 58; Italian, use of, to siiow how 
long workers live, 59 ; manner of rear¬ 
ing, 62; larvie of, ellVcts of royal jelly 
on, 63; iirocess of rearing in special 
emergency, CO; development of, an 
argument against infidelity, 08 ; old, 
iead-s fir.st swarm, 111; often lu.^t in 
swarming, 112; loss of, in swarming, 
causes liees to return to parent stoek, 
113; howto prevent, from deserting 
new hive, 115: influence of, in causing 
bees to cluster, 117 ; prevented by bees 
from killing inmates of royal cells, 
121; piping of, 121; several sometimes 
accompany artor-swiirms,122; emerges 
from hercell mature, 122; young moro 
active on wing than edd, 123; young 
often reluctant to leave hive, 123; 
young, does not leave for impregna¬ 
tion till established as sole lioud, 51, 
125; her precauliotis to regain her 
