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Macedonia, 282

Mélisse, 358.

Madagascar, 187.

Melissomelos, 48.

Maddening honey, 189, 190.

Melissurgis, 282.

Madhava, 231, 232.

Melita, 282.

Madhu, 225, 231.

Melitaia, 282.

Madhuan, 231, 232.

Mélite, 358.

Madhuka flowers, 227.

Meliteria, 282.

Madhuparka, 229, 230.

Melitonus, 282.

Magic, 317, 318, 331, 332, 333, 334, Melittis, 358. 354.

Melitussa, 282.

Mahaffy, 374.

Mellonia, 280.

Mellursus, 169.

Melons, 184.

Memory of bees, 31, 48, 49.

Major de Hruschka, 186.

Makris, see Brisa.

Malta, 180, 282.

Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees," Mentum, 23. 323- Mandibles, 144. (See Jaws.) Mango and bee, 236, 237, 238.

Marcellus, 85.

Marchpane, 200.

Marmalade, 199.

Marnix, 323.

Marriage and honey, 227, 251.

Appendix.) Menzel, 93, 169, 187, 328. (See Appendix.) Merime, 336.

Meritta, 337. "Metamorphoses," 266.

Metatarsus, 71, 75, 79.

Metheglin, 175, 212, 215, 217, 218, 277. (See Mead.) (See Mexicans, 174.

Martial, 292, 293, 294, 295, 303, 307, 308.

Maspero, 248.

Mating of drone, 133.

Mating of queen, 127.

Mexico, 88, 373.

Microscope, 40, 83.

Milk-weed, 183.

Milman's "Martyr of Antioch," 66.

Mating of worker, 154. (See Appen- Mississippi, 378, 388. dix.) Maundy Thursday, 320.

Maxillæ, 21.

M. Cadet of Vaux, 86.

M. de Hofer, 104.

Milton, 70, 348.

Mithra, 256, 257.

Moccasin flower, 31.

Moffett, 12, 47, 54, 58, 84, 85, 88, 90, 104, 116, 138, 153, 160, 219, 220, 222.

Monarchy of hive, 113, 114.

Monmouthshire, 344.

Mead, 12, 206-223, 277, 299, 338, 345, Mohammedan legend, 274. 369, 370.

Mecca, 187.

Medicine, bees as, 85; honey as, 84, 85, 87, 191, 251, 252, 309, 369; propolis as, 150; wax as, 87, 88, 333; Moon, honey and, 225, 226, 239, 345; bee and, 231, 232, 269.

Moonlight work, 152, 178.

Index Morley, Henry, 338.

New Zealand, 184, 370.

Mormons, 351.

Moschus, 297.

Moses, 258.

Mother-bee, 114, 115.

Moths, 173.

Niebuhr, 370.

Nile, 252.

Noise to make bees settle, 162.

Noises liked by bees, 352, 353.

Number of bees eaten by one bird, 170.

Motion of abdomen, 61; of sting, 96, Number of bees in hive, 67. 97, 98, 99; of swarm, 163.

Moulting, 124.

Mountain laurel, 36, 37.

Mount Carma, 190.

Mount Carmel, 263.

Mount Hymettus, 180, 264, 268. (See Hymettus.) Mount Ida, 93, 264, 265, 267, 295.

Mount Olympus, 222, 299.

Mount Shasta, 177.

Mouse, 151, 169.

Mouth parts, 21.

Movable frames, 157.

M. Réaumeur, 151.

Number eaten by one toad, 171.

Number of swarms cast in one season, 159.

Nuremberg, 202, 373, 374- Nurse-bees, 138, 147.

Nymph, 138. (See Pupa.) Nymphs as bees, 268; bees, origin of, 358, 359.

Nymphs, bees as, 258.

OAK, 266, 267, 295.

Oatmeal, 148.

Ocelli, 41.

Odin, 211, 212.

Muir, 167, 177, 376, 379, 380, 382, Esophagus, 81. 383, 385.

Mulsum, 222.

Mungo Park, 93.

Muscovite ambassador, 166.

Muscovite hydromel, 220.

Music and bees, 47, 163, 244.

NAPOLEON'S bees, 350, 351.

Narbonne, 182.

Oil of wintergreen, 110.

Olearius, 92. "Omaha Bee," 360.

Orchids, 32, 33, 183. "Order of the Bee," 360.

Origin of bees, 328; from Bacchus, 276; from carcass, 116, 117, 271, 272; from eggs, 115; from flowers and leaves, 110, 116, 117. "Natural History of Selborne," 174, Origin of honey, 195. 197.

Nearchus, 10.

Nectar, 239, 299; amount used to make honey, 152; amount yielded, 178; forms bee poison, 100; from leaves and stems, 194; in watertight cells, 143; no honey flavor, 84; of the gods, 9, 222; poisonous, 188, 189; rapidity of secretion, 178; renewed as removed, 177; transformed to honey, 81.

Nectary, 28.

Nerves and nervous system, 55.

Nestor, 288, 290.

New Year's Day, 320.

New York, 181, 191, 192.

New York City, 205. "Origin of Species," 150.

Origin of wax, 86.

Ovid, 88, 192, 266, 274.

Ovipositor, 126.

Oxford, 359-