Table of Contents
Introduction
The Honey-Makers By Margaret Warner Morley Author of "A Song of Life," "Life and Love," "The Bee People" Illustrated by the Author Chicago…
In Greece and Italy
36 pages
The Honey-Bee
3 pages
The Bee's Tongue
2 pages
Eyes, Antenne, and Brain
8 pages
The Wings
2 pages
The Legs
ALTHOUGH less airy and poetical than the wings, the legs of the bee have an interest of their own. In fact, when properly understood, they…
Honey-Sac and Wax-Pockets
2 pages
The Sting
7 pages
The Family
7 pages
The Drone
2 pages
The Worker
3 pages
The Swarm
32 pages
In Hindu Literature
11 pages
In Egypt and the East
13 pages
In Christian and Mediæval Times
14 pages
Curious Customs and Beliefs in Modern
10 pages
Bee-Culture at Present
33 pages
Abbé Barthélemy, 375
Adulterated honey, 187. (See Appen- Aristophanes, 306, 307. dix.) Æschylus, 277, 290.
Babilos, 337
Index Bates' "Naturalist on the River Amazons," 371.
California, 93, 128, 167, 374, 376
Collecting hairs, 77, 79, 148. "College of Bees," 359.
Easter, 320
Eggs, fertilized, 121; laid by queen, 115, 119; laid by workers, 154; number laid, 120; of wax moth, 173; unfertilized, 122.
Danube, 93
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Illyria, 282
Ingelow, Jean, 346. "Institutes of Vishnu," 234.
L'Abbé Della Rocca, 91
Lubbock, see Sir John L. from bee poison, 111, 112; from stings, 112, 168.
Macedonia, 282
Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees," Mentum, 23. 323- Mandibles, 144. (See Jaws.) Mango and bee, 236, 237, 238.
Packard, 61, 138
Pater Abraham a Santa Clara, 17, 324.
Quarles, 347
Queen, 113-129; deprived of antennæ, 44, 45; excrement of, 152; in centre of swarm, 163; leads off swarm, 159; never stings, 140; no pollen…
Tacitus, 315
Teasel, 179. "Tegner's Frithiof's Saga," 212, 213.
Valhalla, 211, 212, 213
Value of apiarian products in the United States, 384.