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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 basket, 78; note of queen, 48; not allowed Index to kill queens, 159; recognized by antennæ, 53; smothered, 140; sacrificed, 136.

Queen Bombus, 33, 34, 36.

Queen-cells, 121, 122, 123, 125, 145.

Queen Elizabeth's mead, 215.

Queen-larva, 124.

Quintilian, 309.

RACE odor, 84.

Rameses III., 251.

Rape-honey, 387.

Raynor, George, 340, 341.

Russians, 337.

Rye flour, 148.

SAADI, 256.

Sacred ash, 196, 211. (See Ygdrasil.) Saga, 12, 212.

Sage, 180, 181, 374, 388.

Saint Agnes, 324.

Saint Albericus, 321.

Saint Ambrose, 320, 324.

Saint Basil, 319.

Saint Bonizella, 327.

Saint David, 321.

Saint Gobinate, 321.

Saint Isidor, 320.

Reasoning power of bees, 30, 31, 49, 50, Saint Dominicus, 320. 119.

Réaumeur, 362.

Recipes for honey-cakes, 203, 204; for mead, 215-221; for preserves, 199-202; for vinegar, 204; by Athenæus, 300-307.

Remedy, for stings, 90, 91; when attacked by bees, 109. Removal of queen, 119.

Respiration, 61, 62, 139.

Revelation, 262.

Rhea, 268.

Rheumatism cured, 111.

Rhode Island, 380.

Rhododendron, poisonous honey, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193. (See Appendix.) Rhus Vernix, 192.

Rig-Veda, 226, 227.

Ripening of honey, 81.

Robber-bees, 150, 172, 354.

Robbing bees, 148, 155, 156.

Rock-dwelling bees, 93, 261, 365.

Rogers, 66, 347.

Romans, 190, 206.

Rome, 373.

Roscher, 299.

Rose as wound of Saviour, 322.

Rosetta Stone, 247.

Rosemary honey, 182.

Roses, 37, 201.

Root, 49, 144.

Royal jelly, 122, 123, 124.

Runaway bees, 163, 164, 165.

Rune calendar, 207.

Russia, 168, 187, 373.

Saint Jerome, 319.

Saint Medard, 322.

Saint Modomoc, 321.

Saint Serenicus, 321.

Saliva, in transforming nectar, 81; of stars, 195; to moisten wax, 144; to mould wax, 87.

Sākuntalā, 235, 236, 237.

Samadeva, 245.

Samson, 261.

Saturn, 282, 315.

Scandinavia, 211.

Schirach, 123, 173.

Scotland, 193, 333, 387.

Sealing-wax, 88, 89.

Self-fertilization, 182.

Seneca, 103, 126.

Sentinel bees, 139, 150, 169, 174.

Servian legend, 335.

Sesser, 92.

Shakespeare, 345; "Cymbeline," 89; "Henry IV.," 70, 117, 156, 345; "Henry V.," 114; "Henry VI.," 88; "King Lear," 89; "Love's Labor's Lost," 215; "Merry Wives of Windsor," 215; "Troilus and Cressida," 66; killing of bees, 156; mead, 215; monarchy of hive, 114; origin of bees, 117; sealing-wax, 88, 89; singing of bumble-bee, 66 thighs, 70.

Shasta, 177.

Shedding skin, 124.

Index Substitute for wax, 87.

Sucking stomach, 27.

Shelemon, 320.

Shirach, 123, 173.

Siberia, 187.

Strained honey, 186, 187.

Strainer for pollen, 83.

Straw hives, 169.

Sibyl of Cumæ, 278, 279.

Sicily, 282, 293, 313, 374.

Silenus, 275.

Silesians, 337.

Silk glands, 124.

Sirius, 195.

Sir John Lubbock, 42, 46, 51, 139.

Skin, of larva, 124; eaten by moths, 173.

Smell hollows, 46, 75.

Smell sense, 31, 48, 49, 50.

Sugar, 203; cane sugar, 10, 81, 82, 194; grape sugar, 81, 82; history of sugar, 10, 11; made from honey, 85, 86; of lead, II.

Sulphur for killing bees, 155, 156, 285, 310, 311.

Sultan of Turkey, 180.

Sun, 225, 226, 249, 270; symbolized by bee, 231, 232.

Smoke, as now used, 158; to kill bees, Supers, 147. 155, 156, 285, 310, 311.

Smoker, 158, 313.

Snail, 151.

Solomon, 127.

Solon's Laws, 310.

Sophocles, 270, 287, 306.

Sorcery, 317, 318. (See Magic.) Sour-wood, 179.

South America, 88, 169, 178, 370, 371.

Spain, 373, 386.

Spartans, 252.

Spartium Nubigerum, 182.

Speech of bees, 52.

Speed of wing vibrations, 60, 62. (See Appendix.) Spencer, 345.

Spiracles, 61, 63, 74.

Spix's "Travels," 371.

Spring flight, 152.

Spur, 77.

Stahala, 65.

Stealing honey, 49, 50.

Sting, 14, 90-112, 125, 126, 132, 151.

Stinging, manner of, 105; reason for, 91; to avenge hurt bee, 154; to prevent, 90, 110; what causes, 110.

Stingless bees, 371, 372.

Stings, cure for dull eyesight, 168; effect upon toads, 171; extracted by propolis, 151; fatal effects of, 107; prevention, 150; remedy for, 90, 101, 109; supplied for medicine, Strabo, 189, 257, 267, 293.

Superstitions, about bees, 152, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344; about wax, 317, 318, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333.

Surplus honey, 152, 185. "Sûtras," 227, 228.

Swallow, 170.

Swammerdam, 159, 362.

Swarm, 159-176; leaving of, 159, 160, 162, 163; number cast, 159, 160; when does not sting, 160, 161; settled on girl, 161; settled in boy's hat, 165; noises to prevent leaving, 162; runaway, 162-165; bee trees, 165, 166, 168; enemies, 168-174; robbing, 172, 173; fights, 172, 173; wax moth, 173; when queen is lost, 175; diseases, 176; stung Thorley's friend, 108; to make settle, 353, 354.

Swarming, what it is, 125.

Swarming song, 48.

Sweat of heavens, 195.

Sweetmeats, 202, 203.

Syrian bees, 263, 389.