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.

Danube, 93

4 pages in this part of The Honey-Makers.

Danube, 93

Feelers (see Antennæ); on palpi, 22; Darwin, 150, 370. of sting, 95, 110.

Danube, 93: Appendix

Honey, 177-205; acid reaction, 81; adulterated, 187; amount stored, 178, 179, 185; amount used to form wax, 87, 141; amount of nectar to…

Danube, 93: Honey-meats

Appendix.) (See shown for, 234; bestows beauty, Honey in India, collected as tax, 234; penalty for stealing, 234; honeygatherers to-day…

Danube, 93: Honeyed

Honey-dew, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 266. (See Appendix.) Honey eaten by, badgers, 169; bears, 167; birds, 170; foxes, 168; honeybear, or…

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