The Honey-Makers

Half natural history, half literature: how the honey-bee actually works — tongue, wings, sting, swarm — and then three thousand years of what people have believed about her, from the Vedas to mead.

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Harris, 340, 341. "Harsa-Carita" (see Appendix), 166, 244.

Hartlieb, 330.

Hearing, 46.

Heather honey, 193, 387.

Hebrews, 258, 259, 260.

Hekate, 277.

Hemlock honey, 192.

Herbert, 324.

Hering, Constantine, III.

Herodotus, 93, 253, 254, 257, 285.

Herrick, 182.

Hesiod, 11, 266, 276, 277, 286, 289.

Hiawatha, 377- Hieroglyphics, 247, 248.

Hindu literature, 225, 246.

Hippocrates, 204.

Holmes, O. W., 348.

Holy Land bees, 389.

Holy wafers, 325, 326.

Homer, 287; "Iliad," 276, 288; "Odyssey," 268, 278; "Hymn to Mercury," 283.

Homœopathic Pharmacopœia, 112.

Honey, 177-205; acid reaction, 81; adulterated, 187; amount stored, 178, 179, 185; amount used to form wax, 87, 141; amount of nectar to make honey, 152; amount yielded by plants, 178, 179; at baptism, 320; bestows gift of poetry, 338; bestows knowledge, 226, 259; clearness of vision from, 85; colors of, 187; consistency of, 81; deposition in comb, 148; eaten on Maundy Thursday and New Year's Day, 320; extracted honey, 186, 187; fermentation of, 81; flavors of, 181; formic acid in, 81; forms wax, 86; from cane juice and cider, 194; in buildings, 380, 381; in names of cities, 282; offered at sacrifices, 268; origin of, 195, 196; poisonous, 188-194; preserves bee poison, 107; preservative power, 199, 273, 274; recipes, 199-204; regurgitation of, 82; ripening of, 81; Russian funeral rite, 337; source of, 195; strained honey, 186, 187; symbol of death, 276; symbol of procreation, 274 (see Appendix); symbol of carnal pleasure, 260; symbol of purity, 320; symbolism in Christian ages, 320; surplus, 147; used to incite love, 280; uses of, 85, 86; value as food, 204, 222, 230, 273, 298, 299; value in U. S., 384; Hives, "bee-gums," 382; chinked by vinegar, 204.

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