INDEX
Reading edition
A
Advice to Bee-masters, Butler, 35
After-swarms, 189
Athol Brose, 261
Ancient Roman Hives, 22
Anglo-Saxon Bee-keeping, 22
Antennæ of Bee, Functions of, 155
Ants and Bees, Analogy in Swarming, 178
Aristotle’s Bee-lore, 2
Artificial Food for Bees, 262
B
Barat-Anac, the Country of Tin, 19
Bee-bikes, 139
breeding, 48
burning, 48
city: problems involved in construction, 202
colony, Progress of, 97
craft, Mediæval, 46
culture in Ancient Britain, 21
driving, 271
farming, Success in, 262
garden, Profits of, 271
gardens, Scarcity of, in England, 257
generation, 33
hives in First Century, 4
in Mythology, v
keeping as a Livelihood, 261
in Anglo-Saxon Times, 24
Modern, 47
larva, Spinning of Cocoon, 137
Bee life, Study of, 146
the Old-Age Problem in, 134
lines, 224
masters, Mediæval, 29
milk, its Nature and Uses, 123 166
monarchy, 32
scouts in Swarming, 186
stings, 52
superstitions, 40
under Microscope, 148
Bees and Birds, 87
and Holy Wafer, Story of, 37
and Spiders, 41
Cleansing-flights, 90
English and Foreign, 220
from Dead Lion, 46
Generated in Flowers, 32
in Ancient Egyptian Times, 6
Knowledge of, among Ancients, 30
Bees’ Sense of Smell, 62
Breathing-system of Bee, 163
British Beer (?) in Third Century, B.C. 21
Brood-cells, Cappings of, 140
Dimensions of, 108
nest, Globular Form of, 31
Butler’s “Feminine Monarchie,” 33
C
Chapel built by Bees, 36
Classic Bee-fathers, 28
Comb built Upwards, 217
cell, Reasons for Hexagonal Shape of, 135 206
Comb-construction, 99, 197, 204
Evolution of, 135
Mathematics of, 208
Supposed Laws of Mutual Interference and Pressure in, 212
Preservation of Verticality in, 215
Communal Mind in Hive, 69
Corsica’s Tribute of Wax to Romans, 16
Country Housewife’s Garden, 42
D
Dead Bees, Method of Bringing to Life, 46
Decline of Mead-drinking among Saxons, 26
Discipline in Hive, 14
Divine Origin of Bees, 6
Drone, 14, 41, 43, 74, 118
and Worker-eggs, Theory of Laying, 122
His Place in the Hive, 237
Drone-breeding Queen, 110
cells, 213
fly, 10
Drones in Winter, 246
Mid-day Flight, 64
Slaughter of, 244
E
Egg-stealing by Bees, 111
Emergency Comb, 201
English Black Bee, 76
Ethelwold’s Allowance of Mead to Monks, 24
Evolution in Hive-life, xviii, 79
Eyes of Bee, Compound and Simple, 154
F
Fanning-army, 59, 92
Strength of Air-current, 62
Fertile Worker, Anomaly of, 144
First Bee-hunter, xi
Flight of Bee, Mechanism of, 157
Extent of, 224
of the Drones, 240
Foot of Bee, Construction of, 151
Freemasonry of Bee-keeping, 195
“Further Discovery of Bees,” by Rusden, 1679, 31
G
Glandular System of Bee, 167
Guard-bees of Hive, 62
H
Hexagonal Principle in Hive, 134
Hive, Division of Labour in, 83
life, System and Order in, 128
Preparation for Winter, 253
Hiving Swarms, 182
Honey as Hair-restorer, 45
a Manufactured Product, 222
and Sugar: Comparative Values as Food, 259
“Honey-bearing Reed,” 23
Honey-bee, Origin of, 78
bees, Varying Intelligence of, 143
bee’s Year, Beginning of, 84
comb, Construction of, 137
crops, 226
dew, 226
flow, Duration of, 95, 221
from the Skies, 5
Imports, 258
in Mediæval Cookery, 23
In Middle Ages, 24
Medicinal Properties of, 44, 260
Preparation of, for Market, 273
Huber’s Leaf-hive, 30
I
Ideal Hive, The, 265
Infant Mortality in Bee-life, 63
Insects: Reasons for Bodily Construction, 158
Isle of Honey, 18, 22
Italian Bee, 77
J
Jaws of Bee, Construction of, 154
L
Larva-cocoons, Differences in 138
Larva, Hatching of, 72
Laying Queen’s Attendants, 107
Legs of Bee, 149
Life of the Hive, 54
of the Queen, 119
Longevity of Bee, 15
M
Master-Bees, 42
Matriarchy in the Hive, xiii
Mead: Ancient Recipe, 26
in Anglo-Saxon Times, 24, 25
like Canary-sack, 27
making, Modern, 26
Modern Bee-culture: Its Infuence on Bee-life, 190
Hive, Capacity of, 95
Morat, 25
Moses Rusden, King’s Bee-Master, 31
N
Nectar: Temperature required for its Secretion, 228
Night in the Bee-Garden, 60
Nursery-work in the Hive, 71
O
Oil of Wax, 45
Old Bee-garden, 51
Overseers in Hive, 64
Oxen-born Bees, 7
Oxymel, 44
P
Parthenogenesis, 105, 122
Pigment, 25
Pliny and the Bee, 11
Pliny’s Mirror-stone Hive, 30
Poison-sac of Bee: Its Contents, 223
Pollen from Evening Primrose, 34
gathering, 32, 55
loads, Homogeneity of, 57
Sources of, 56
Prehistoric Man and Honey-Bee, x
Propolis: Its Nature and Uses, 57, 204
Q
Queen and Worker: Differences in Bodily Structure, 101
Eggs, Identity of, 100
Queen-bee, 34, 41, 68, 71, 86
Apparent Rulership of, 96
Battle-cry of, 166, 193
Death of, 115
Duration of Life, 255
Fecundity of, 72
Fertilisation of, 121
Hatching of, 113
Her Mating-flight, 72, 117
in Swarming-time, 178
Physiology of, 101
Rearing of, 103
Supersession of, 109
the Original Female Bee, 98
Workers’ Management of, 123
cell, Construction of, 100, 110
larva Feeding of, 113
Rearing of, 99
Queenless Hives, 105, 144
Queens: Five in Single Hive, 96
Mutual Antagonism, 114
Plurality of, in Hive, 94
R
Reason and Instinct, 69
“Ringing the Bees,” Roman Origin of, 38
Robber-bees, 144, 250
S
Samson and the Lion, 11
Sanitation in the Hive, 88
Sexes, Proportion of, in Hive, 124
Sex-question in Hive, xvi
Sirius, the Honey-Star, 13
Skep, Ancient Method of Dressing, 37
Small-holder and Bee-keeping, 259
Socialism and Hive-life, 75, 130
Soot-fungus, 229
Sororicide in the Hive, 120
Sources of Honey, 230
Sting of Bee, Construction of, 170
Sugar-cane, First Introduction of, 23
Swarm-hiving, First Century, 5
in Middle Ages, 37
Swarm in May, 174
Legal Rights in, 40
Site selected by, 185
Swarming, 38
Impulse, 96, 175
Objects of, 189
Signs of, 182
T
Temper in Bees, 219
Temperature of Hive, 91, 161
Tongue of Bee, Construction of, 152
U
Undertakers in Hive, 63
V
Variation in Hive-rules, 94
Ventilation of Hive, 60, 91
Virgil as Bee-master, 2
Voice-apparatus of Bee, 163
W
Wax, 15, 198
Ancient Sources of, 16
Bees’ Method of Working, 201
in the Bronze Age, xi
Medicinal Properties of, 44
making, Food Consumed during, 161
production, a Profitable Industry, 266
Water, Need of, in Hive, 84
Winter-feeding, Method of, 86
life in Hive, 86
Worker-bee, 81, 85, 233
Age of, 85, 254
Artificial Creation of, 130
Birth of, 140
Early Life in Hive, 141
Glandular System of, 142
Supremacy of, in Hive, 68
Various Occupations of, 127
larvæ, Feeding of, 131
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