Part 2 — INDEX.
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Anatomy of the bee 249
The head 251
The proboscis ib.
lips 253
tongue ib.
pharynx 254
œsophagus or gullet ib.
mandibles 255
maxillæ ib.
antenna 255, 292, 307
palpi 256, 308
eyes 256
The trunk 250, 256
The wings 256
legs 257
The abdomen 251, 258
The honey-bag 258
venom-bag ib.
anus ib.
ovipositor ib.
sting ib.
organs of reproduction ib.
Anger of bees 288
not apt to be excited at a distance from home 290
fatal consequences of 288
Animation of bees suspended 202
Antennæ 255, 292, 307
effects of their excision 309
organs for communicating information 292
for receiving meteorological intelligence ib.
Antipathies of bees 303
Ants, anecdotes respecting 183, 205
(Amazon) anecdote of 323
enslaved 324
their milch cattle 74
white, wonderful fertility of 40
Aphides 72
principal source of honey-dew ib.
their willing subserviency to bees and ants 75
wonderful fertility of 32
Apiary 48
best aspect for ib.
Bonner’s 51
circumstances to be avoided in 48
to be desired in ib.
Apparatus for deprivation 107
Architecture of bees 339
commencement and progress of a comb first observed by Huber 340
construction of a cell 340
of cells of transition 353
of drone-cells 350
of royal-cells 351
geometrical accuracy of cell-work 342
demonstrated by Maraldi, Kœnig, and McLaurin 346
honey-comb, description of 352
varnish for strengthening cell-work 344
Armour of defence against bees, &c. 175
Aurelia. Vide Pupa.
Bee, honey, comprises three descriptions of individuals 1
Bee, anatomy of. Vide Anatomy.
Bee-boxes 83
compared with hives 100
dimensions of 83
Dunbar’s 102
observations therein 103
history of 109
Huber’s 102
Hunter’s ib.
materials for, best 83
Gedde’s 111
Hartlib’s 110
Mew’s ib.
Reaumur’s 102
Thorley’s 111
Warder’s ib.
White’s ib.
centre-boards 88
floor boards 87
reference to venders of 89
Bee bread 9, 371
dress 175
eater of Selborne 337
flowers. Vide Pasturage.
house 52
shed 99
Bees, adherence of to life 202
anger of 288
protection against 177
animation of, suspended 201
antipathies of 303
attachment to queen 140
ballasting themselves (erroneous) 48
black 7
brooding (erroneous) 6
build combs sometimes under resting boards 125
their contests with each other 289
by single combat ib.
by general engagement ib.
corsair 207
death, sudden, from effluvia of Rhus Vernix 197
diseases of. Vide Diseases of Bees.
drone. Vide Drones.
duration, extraordinary, of a colony 298
education of 260
embryo 10
development of, affected by temperature 14
enemies of. Vide Enemies of Bees.
evolution of ab ovo 10
excursions of 377
exotic. Vide Exotic Bees.
excrement of 188, 194
fructifiers of flowers. Vide Fructification of Flowers.
generation, absurd theory of 35, 48
harvest season of 119
impatient of cold 114
indisposition to ascend with their works 112
instincts of. Vide Instincts of Bees.
intellect of 319
intoxicated sometimes 60
language of. Vide Language of Bees.
longevity of 296
mode of approaching 177
mortality of, extraordinary in 1762 186
numbers in a hive 3
number of stocks in some situations 234, 235
nymph 12
origin, ancient notion of 48
overstocking of 235
perspiration of 273
poison of 286
in the pupa state 12
purchase of 80
queen. Vide Queen.
regurgitating power of 229
removal from hives to boxes 148
respiration of 266
scouts. Vide Providers.
secretions of 273
senses of. Vide Senses.
sexes of 20
sleep of 295
stinging of 284
stingless 210
stock, criterions of a good one 81
suffocation of 174
sulphuring of ib.
swarming of. Vide Swarming of Bees.
swarming, not apt to sting 138
striking instance of it 139
of the contrary ib.
transportation of. Vide Transportation.
wax 220
average quantity in a hive 221
criterions of good 220
difference from myrtle wax 224
annual consumption of 222
secretion of, promoted by electricity 232
separation of from honey 216
source and nature of. Vide Source and Nature of Bees-wax.
white 221
working 3
collectors from birth 15
compared with drones 5
destroy the drones 44
fertile sometimes 23
office of 3
sex of 3, 24
Cuvier’s remarks on 24
Jurine’s dissections of ib.
usual number in a hive 3
Braggot, or common mead 245
Breeding, commencement of 37
signs of 118
early, to promote 119
Hubbard’s opinion of 117
Cells, construction of. Vide Architecture.
Chrysalis. Vide Pupa.
Circulation 271
Clustering 123
Cocoons 11, 12
Cold, effect of on bees 117
in diminishing the consumption of honey 185
Combs, construction of 340
constructed sometimes under resting-boards 125
Comparative advantages of storifying and single-hiving 122
of wooden boxes and straw-hives 100
Deprivation 162
to be exercised cautiously 163
possible accident at the time of 165
modes of performing 167
Isaac’s 170
Keys’s 170
Dovaston’s 171
Evans’s 172
proper periods for 162
Diseases of bees 184
Dysentery 188
Vertigo 189
Tumefaction of Antennæ 192
Pestilence or Faux Couvain ib.
probable causes of ib.
remedies ib.
preventive 195
review of different theories of ib.
Dividers and other implements 107
their use in deprivation 167
Drones, their use 5, 30
evolution of ab ovo 14
massacre of 43
how effected 44
not found in all swarms 4
number usual in a hive 3
occasional preservation of 44
sitting upon the eggs 6
opinion of Mr. Morris ib.
of Fabricius ib.
of Kirby and Spence ib.
Dunbar’s observations in his mirror-hive 8, 21
Eggs—drone, royal, worker 8
first laying of 37
great laying of 116
misplaced, devoured by workers 42
number of, laid in a given period 39, 40
period at which each sort is laid 37
transportation, opinion of 42
worker, may be rendered royal 19
Electricity, effect on secretion of wax and honey 232
Enemies of bees 199
protection against 203
Excrement of bees 188, 194
Exotic bees 210
their honey-cells ib.
of Guadaloupe ib.
Guiana 211
India ib.
South America ib.
Basil Hall’s Account ib.
Eye of the bee, peculiar construction of. Vide Senses. 312
Farina 370
collecting of 371
time of 372
confined to one species of flower on each journey 373
Reaumur’s opinion ib.
Dobbs, Butler and Sprengel’s 373, 374
conveyance of 372
food of larvæ, and not the constituent of wax 371
fructifying power of 370
preparation of for use 371
source of 370
storing of 373
structure of 370
Fading 179
importance of 193
syrup for ib.
modes of ib.
times of 152
Fermentation, conduct of 240
Fertility of insects 32, 40
Flies in Madeira wine 201
Fly, flesh, erroneous judgement respecting 306
Food of larvæ 10
Fructification of flowers 380
instrumentality of bees to that end ib.
bees attracted to flowers by their nectar ib.
accused by Dr. Darwin of injuring flowers ib.
defended by Dr. Evans ib.
Opinion of Sir J. E. Smith 382
of Sprengel 383
not the only insects that promote fructification ib.
in the Barberry for instance, the Iris Xiphium, the Aristolochia Sipho of America, the A. Clematitis, and the Date Palm ib.
Hawk-moth, Death’s Head 208
ravages committed by it in the apiary ib.
resources of the bees ib.
Hearing, sense of. Vide Sensation, organs of; and Senses.
Hives 95
Chelmsford and Hertford 96
compared with boxes 100
construction of, best 97
dimensions of 96
distances at which they should stand from each other 49
Dunbar’s 102
his observations therein 103
heat occasional in 39
usual in ib.
materials proper for 95
leaf 102
Moreton 96
Huber’s 91
Huish’s 90
preparation of 137
Reaumur’s 93
situation proper for 49
straw 96
Thorley’s 92
Wildman’s 93
with glasses ib.
Hiving of swarms 136
Super- and Nadir- 124, 151
Honey 226
analysis of 233
animalization of 227
candying of 196
contrivances of bees to keep it in open cells 228
Corsican, not mulcted by the Romans 63
criterions of good 232
deleterious 65, 190, 230
flavour affected by pasturage 65, 229
by season 232
by mode of separation ib.
harvests of 165
preservation of 233
qualities of 231
quantity required for winter consumption 162
average afforded by a colony 226
sometimes taken ib.
secretion of, promoted by electricity 232
separation of, from wax 216
taken by means of dividers 167
Honeycomb 339
Honey-dew 71
ancient opinions of 71
modern ditto 72
Gilbert White’s 71
Dr. Evans’s 72
Dr. Darwin’s ib.
Mr. Curtis’s ib.
Sir J. E. Smith’s 73
Boissier de Sauvages’s 79
trees addicted to it 77
yields a great harvest to the storifyer 78
Humble-bees 207, 209, 319, 327
Humming, causes of 270
Idiot bee-eater 337
Imago 13
Implements, bee 107
Impregnation. Vide Queen.
Instinct 318
definition of 335
most remarkable in creatures that congregate 318
of humble-bees ib.
all the phænomena of insect life not referable to it 322
Darwin’s opinion 323
Hunter’s 330
Virey’s 331
Des Cartes’ ib.
Buffon’s ib.
circumstance noticed by Dr. Evans 325
by Mr. Walond 236
Huber’s humble-bees 327
Amazon ants 323
bee fortifications 328
anecdote of a beetle 330
Instinct may be directed by intellect 333
modified and counteracted by intellect ib.
instanced in birds’ nests ib.
in Sir J. Banks’s spider 332
in dogs 333
Maraldi’s Slug 320
Reaumur’s Snail319
Reimar’s opinion of memory 333
weakened by domestication 336
strengthened by concentration ib.
Intellect of bees 319
capable of modifying and counteracting instinct 333
capable of directing instinct ib.
Jelly, royal 20
Jurine, Miss, dissections of 24
Knowledge distinguished from Wisdom 334
Language of bees 291
Mr. Knight’s opinion ib.
M. Huber’s ib.
his experiments ib.
Larvæ 10
food of ib.
progressive growth of 12
motions of 15
voraciousness of 12
inclosure or sealing up of 11
commencement of spinning cocoon ib.
worker may become royal 19
Leaf-hives 102
Dunbar’s 103
Huber’s 105
Hunter’s 102
Reaumur’s ib.
Leaven, artificial 242
natural 240, 242
Locusts, female, destroyed by males 46
Longevity of bees 296
extraordinary duration of a colony 298
Mead, antiquity of 236
Braggot, or common 245
directions for making 244
esteemed by our ancestors 237
ideal nectar of the Scandinavians ib.
Memory of bees 260, 314
Reimar’s opinion 333
Metys 378
Mortality among bees and wasps 186
Moth-wax 199
eggar, anecdote of 306
hawk. Vide Hawk-moth.
Motions of insects 274
instances of extraordinary power of 275
Nadir-hiving 124, 151
Nutrition 272
Nymph 12
resemblance to a mummy 13
Palpi 256
Pasturage 55
effect on the flavour of honey 66, 230
ancient opinion of 65
Barthelemy’s ib.
Duppa’s 230
noxious 67, 230
Xenophon’s opinion of 67
Tournefort’s ib.
Darwin’s opinion of 68
Barton’s 68, 231
Pellets, moulding of 372
Perspiration 273
Pissoceros 378
Poison of Bees 286
its nature ib.
crystallizes in drying ib.
Pollen. Vide Farina.
Propolis 375
analysis of ib.
mode of conveying 376
source of ib.
Huber’s experiments ib.
Evans’s observations 377
Knight’s 378
form of its pellets 377
variously compounded with wax 378
time of gathering 379
uses of 375
substitutes sometimes used for 378
Reaumur’s experiment ib.
Providers, or Scouts 131
Warder’s opinion of 132
Butler’s ib.
Knight’s ib.
Evans’s ib.
Duchet’s ib.
Reaumur’s ib.
Buffon’s ib.
Bonnet’s ib.
Huber’s ib.
Bonner’s 135
Pupa 12
resemblance of to a mummy 13
Queen-bees, artificial 20
discovery attributed to Schirach ib.
said to have been long known 20
opinions of Vogel and Monticelli ib.
experiment of Dunbar 22
not mute as Huber supposed 23
attachment of workers to 141
enmity towards, and combats with each other 281
evolution of ab ovo 14
homage paid to 144
impregnation of 25
opinions concerning ib.
Bonner’s 28
Bonnet’s 29
Butler’s 36
Debraw’s 27
Dobbs’s 26
Fleming’s 32
Hattorf’s 28
Huber’s 27, et seq.
Huish’s 27
Hunter’s 30, 33
Linnæus’s 33
Lombard’s 29
Maraldi’s 26
Reaumur’s 26
Schirach’s 28
Swammerdam’s 25
Wildman’s 36
objections to Huber’s theory ib.
impregnation retarded 37, 41
intercourse with drones 30, et seq.
probable duration of fertilizing influence 31
laying, commencement of 37
affected by temperature ib.
loss of, its consequences 144
mode of depositing eggs 8
mode of searching for when a stock has been suffocated 174
mutilated, lose their instincts 309
prescience (supposed) of 118
prisoners when very young 17
reason of this ib.
virgin, when first seek the drones 34
voice of, authoritative 128
when imprisoned 19
Reason, human, definition of 335
insect, definition of ib.
presumptive evidence of 322
difference between human and insect 335
observations of Reid 356
of Evans ib.
Regurgitating power of bees 229
Reimar’s opinion of memory 333
Reproduction, organs of 275
ovaries 276
oviducts ib.
ovipositor 277
sperm-reservoir ib.
Respiration, organs of 266
evidences of their existence 267
stigmata, spiracles or breathing pores 266
tracheæ ib.
Riem’s discovery 3
Salt, of use to bees 186
Schirach’s discovery 20
Scouts. Vide Providers.
Secretions of bees 273
Sensation of bees 258
medium of its communication 259
its seat ib.
bees have a common sensorium ib.
evidences of it ib.
protracted vitality ib.
memory 260
instances of ib.
Reimar’s opinion of 333
susceptible of instruction 261
instances of ib.
organs of 258
antennæ 262
opinions of their offices ib.
facts in support of them 263
palpi ib.
uses ascribed to ib.
Senses of bees 302
smell ib.
instances of its acuteness 303, et seq.
touch 307
analogy from ants 291
taste 309
hearing 310
evidences of ib.
sight 311
not very perfect ib.
Dr. Virey’s theory 316
Sensorium 259
Separation of wax and honey 216
Shed for bees 99
Sleep of bees 295
Source of bees-wax 356
Source and nature of bees-wax; pollen formerly supposed to be the prime constituent of it 356
striking difference between them ib.
wax proved to be a secretion from the body of the bee 362
experiments and observations of Huber, Thorley, Duchet, Wildman, Hunter and Evans 362, et seq.
regular division of labour 367
hence wax-working and nursing-bees ib.
experiment to show the designation of pollen ib.
other sources of wax 368
Sphinx Atropos. Vide Hawk-moth.
Spider, anecdotes of 261
fertilization of 31
Sir Joseph Banks’s 332
Stemmata 315
experiments of Swammerdam, Reaumur, &c. 315
Sting of working-bee 277
fatal consequences attending its use 278, 283
not apt to be used when the bee is distant from home 289
of queen-bee 279
her cautious use of it 286
compared with sharp instruments ib.
Stinging, remedies for 284
precautions against, when attacked 285
Storifying 109
will not always prevent swarming 124
compared with single-hiving 122
Suffocating or sulphuring of bees 174
Sugar an excellent substitute for honey 360
Super-hiving 124, 151
Swarming 115
causes of ib.
usual periods of 119
best periods of ib.
instance of very early ib.
disadvantages of early and late 120
heat produced by 39, 273
bees not apt to sting at this time 138
striking instance of this 139
instance to the contrary ib.
importance of queen at the time 140
experiments in proof of it 141, et seq.
Swarms, number thrown off in a season 115
intervals betwixt successive 116
hiving of 136
union of 154
causes of 115
period usual of 118
best 119
early ib.
late ib.
led off by senior queen 31
symptoms preceding 127
Syrup for feeding bees 179
Temperature of a well-stocked hive of bees 274
occasional ditto ib.
Touch 307
Transportation of bees 159
Isaac’s success from ib.
practised in Egypt, France, Italy and Greece 159-161
Union of swarms or stocks 154
Mr. Walond’s method of 157
methods practised by others 154
Ventilation 268
how accomplished ib.
Vitality protracted 259
Wax. Vide Bees-wax.
myrtle 223
its difference from bees-wax 224
pockets 365
working-bees 366
Wasps, formidable enemies of bees 199
importance of destroying queens in spring 45, 206
fact respecting them noticed by Mr. Knight 290
extraordinary dearth of in 1806, 1815 and 1824 186
Wildman’s feats 155
Wine-making, general principles of 240
elements necessary to its formation 240
sweet ib.
dry 241
fining 246
stumming ib.
Wisdom as distinguished from Knowledge 334
Working-bees. Vide Bees.
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Minor typographical errors were corrected. Hyphenation was standardized to the most prevalent form used. The poetry authors were moved to a blank line and right aligned.