- Abdomen, [25].
- Acari infest bees, [110].
- Activity of a hive at work, [348].
- Acuminate, terminating gradually in a sharp point.
- Affinity, doctrine of, [136].
- Agassiz’ ‘Nomenclator Zoologicus,’ [130].
- Analogies between the stages of bees and flowers, [15].
- Analogy, doctrine of, [138].
- Andrena, general observations upon, [264]
- Andrenidæ, abnormal bees, [160].
- diagram of mode of folding the tongue in repose, [39].
- Animals, domestication of, [5].
- Antennæ, [26], [28].
- Antennæ, sexual differences in length, [233].
- Anthidium, general observations on, [281].
- Anthocopa, general observations on, [292].
- Anthophora, general observations on, [238].
- Apathus, general observations on, [304].
- Apidæ, diagram of the mode of folding the tongue in repose, [39].
- Apis, general observations on, [321].
- Appearance of bees intermittent, [54].
- Appendiculated, when there is a small appendage, as in the lip of Halictus, and at the end of the marginal cell of the wings, etc.
- Arrangement and description of British bees, [184].
- Artesian well, peculiar results from its soil, [223].
- Articulate, where jointed, or the point of attachment.
- Artisan bees = Dasygasters, [272].
- Aryans, one of the primitive divisions of the human race, [4].
- Atmosphere, its conditions affect bees, [50].
- Aulacus, [287].
- Auriculated, with a small ear-like appendage.
- Bee, constructive habits of the, early noticed, [93].
- Bee-bread, [347].
- Bees, amount of their susceptibility of pain, [57].
- construction of cells, [327].
- duties performed in the hive, [325].
- duties transferable, [336].
- early cultivated, [3], [90], [91].
- economy, early known, [92].
- emit an odour, [52].
- enemies, [51].
- extent of flight, [340].
- flight, modes of, varies, [49].
- found in the Orkneys, [7].
- genera of, determined by an artificial mode, [170].
- habits of, in America, [7].
- hairiness of, reason of, [14].
- intimately connected with flowers, [3].
- largely contribute to the impregnation of plants, [11].
- make about ten journeys a day, [351].
- many disclosed in autumn for the following year’s spring flight, [53].
- not early risers, [51].
- number of eyes, [355].
- other than social, also known, [8].
- rarely walk, [50].
- sagacity in finding the honey of flowers, [13].
- scientific arrangement and description of the genera of, [184].
- secretion of wax, [325].
- stages of life of,—
- swarming, [337].
- their relative perfection, [56].
- voice, a scale of music, [49].
- Beehive represented on a tomb at Thebes, [6].
- Beehives moved on rafts, [84].
- Bifid, divided into two parts.
- Binomial system invented by Linnæus, [129].
- Body of the bee, its structure, [25].
- Bombus, difficulty in determining the species of the males, [311].
- Boss of mesothorax, [45].
- Bougie, derivation of, [84].
- British bees, new arrangement of, [153], [158].
- Carder-bees, [316].
- Carelessness of describers of new species, [125].
- Carinated, having a longitudinal elevated line.
- Carpenter bees, [286].
- Cells of hive, geometrical form of, [343].
- Cenobites = social bees, [167], [302].
- Ceratina, disputed parasitism of, [247].
- Cereal plants early cultivated, [4].
- Chelostoma, general observations on, [286].
- Chrysis infests Chelostoma, [287].
- Cibarial apparatus = trophi = collective organs of the mouth, [163].
- Cilissa, general observations on, [213].
- Clavate, club-shaped.
- antennæ, [28].
- Claws, [42].
- reflected, [285].
- Climate inoperative on low forms of life, [24].
- Clothing of bees, [60].
- Clypeus, [26], [28].
- Coadunate, closely united without perceptible articulation.
- Cœlioxys, difficulty of their specific separation, [267].
- Collar, [41].
- Colletes, general observations on, [187].
- Colour of bees, [60].
- Combs, structure of, [345].
- Corbiculum, [319].
- Correlative relations of structure and function, [10].
- Cotton, Rev. Chas. Wm., a distinguished apiarian, [361].
- Coxa, or hip, [41].
- useful as a specific character, [42].
- Compound eyes, [26], [27].
- Compressed, when the transverse section is shorter than the vertical.
- Constricted, with tightened edges.
- Conterminous, where the joints follow each other in a straight line of succession.
- Crenulated, cut into segments of very small circles.
- Cubital cells of wings, [45].
- cuckoo-bees = Nudipedes, [249].
- ‘Cui bono?’ answer to, [141].
- Curtis, inferior merit of his system, [152].
- Dasygasters, artisan bees, [167], [269].
- Dasypoda, general observations on, [225].
- Deflected, when bent downwards.
- Dentate, toothed.
- Depressed, when the vertical section is shorter than the transverse.
- Describers, duties of, [125].
- Describing, modes of, before Linnæus, [129].
- Differences of appearance between the parasite and the sitos, [260].
- Digiti, anterior tarsi, [42].
- Dissimilarity frequent between the sexes, [52].
- Domestication of animals, [5].
- Dorylus, [311].
- Drone = male bee, description of, [323].
- Edentate, without teeth.
- Egg of bees, [18].
- Egyptian hieroglyphics and sculptures represent the bee, [6].
- Elenchus, habits of, described by Dale, [113].
- Elliptical, oval but with the longitudinal diameter more than twice the length of the transverse.
- Enemies of bees, [51].
- Epeolus, general observations on, [260].
- Epipharynx, [29], [30].
- Eucera, general observations on, [232].
- Face of bees, [26], [27].
- Families, characteristics of, differ, [136].
- Family, [134].
- Feeling of bees, [56].
- Femur, or thigh, [41].
- Fertilization of flowers produced by bees, [11], [51].
- Feuds of animals, the occasion of, [352].
- Filiform, thread-like, of uniform thickness.
- antennæ, [28].
- Fimbriated, = fringed.
- Flagellum of antennæ, [18].
- Flight of bees, variation of their modes, [49].
- Floral clock of Linnæus, [50].
- Flowers, the, chiefly agreeable to bees, [15].
- Fœnus infests Chelostoma, [287].
- Forcipate, when crossing each other.
- Foreign bees, conspicuous genera of, [101].
- Form of parasitical bees often adapted to that of their sitos, [48].
- determined by function, [48].
- Fossorial Hymenoptera, [45].
- Fruit preserved in honey, [83].
- Fusiform, = spindle-shaped.
- Genæ, [26], [28].
- Genera of bees determined artificially, [176].
- Geniculated, bent like a knee or angle.
- Genus, [132].
- type of, [133].
- Geography of the British genera of bees, [61].
- Gibbous, = irregularly swollen.
- Glabrous, without hair or pubescence.
- Gregarious, its application to bees, [57].
- Habit, [127].
- Habitat, [127].
- Habits, [127].
- and structure correlative, [24].
- Halictophagus, [115].
- Halictus, general observations on, [216].
- Hastate, halberd shaped.
- Head of bees, [26].
- Hedychrum infests Halictus, [219].
- Heriades, general observations on, [288].
- Hindoo Koosh, supposed cradle of the human race, [3].
- Hirsute, covered with long stiffish hairs, thickly set.
- Hives, darkness of, [355].
- moved on rafts, [85].
- Homer mentions bees, [6].
- Honey, different kinds of, [87].
- Honey-bee, see “[Apis],” “[Bee],” “[Bees].”
- mode of secreting wax, [330].
- Hypopharynx, [29].
- Imago of bees, [23].
- Inosculation, point of close contact or attachment.
- Insect-feeding reptiles before glacial period, [5].
- Inserted, where joined.
- Instinct, its applications, [56].
- Job mentions bees, [6].
- Kirby’s merits, [144].
- system of bees, [147].
- Labial palpi, [30], [32].
- Labium = lower lip, [30], [31].
- Labrum = upper lip, [28], [30].
- Lacerate, with a roughened irregular edge.
- Lanceolate, oblong but gradually tapering.
- Latreille’s classification not adopted, [168].
- Leg, diagram of, [42].
- Legs, general description of, [41].
- Length of an insect is taken from the front of the head to the apex of the abdomen; the breadth, or the expansion of the wings, it is not usual to give, excepting under such circumstances as would be particularly mentioned, viz. in cases of an excessive enlargement or diminishment of the typical size.
- Life, duration of, of bees, [54].
- Line, the twelfth part of an inch; the ordinary measure used in entomology for the fractions of an inch, unless the insect is much more than an inch long.
- Linnæus, author of the binomial system, [129].
- great merits of, [129].
- Lobated, divided into equal rounded parts.
- Low forms of life unaffected by climate, [24].
- Lunate, semicircular.
- Lunulate, crescent-shaped.
- Macropis, general observations on, [222].
- Maculæ indicantes, [13].
- Mahomet prescribes honey, [91].
- Males, how to be united to their partners, [179].
- Mandibles, [30], [40].
- used for boring, [44].
- Marginal cells of wings, [45].
- Marginate, edged with a ridge.
- Mason bees, [296].
- Maxillæ, [30], [31].
- Maxillary palpi, [30], [32].
- Megachile, general observations on, [272].
- Melecta, general observations on, [255].
- Melittobia, a parasite upon Anthophora, [241].
- Meloë proscarabæus, parasitical on bees, [110].
- said to infest Andrena, [209].
- Mesothorax, [26], [44].
- Metallic colouring of bees, [248].
- Metathorax, [26].
- Metropolis, [128].
- Miltogramma, parasitical upon Colletes, [190].
- Mode of killing coloured insects, [253].
- Moniliform, bead-like.
- antennæ, [129].
- Monodontomerus, parasitical on Anthophora and Osmia, [302].
- Moths help to fertilize flowers, [13].
- Motives for new arrangement, [163].
- Mouth, organs of = trophi = cibarial apparatus, [163].
- Mucronated, having one or more short stout processes.
- Mutilla, parasitical on bees, [117].
- Names usually given from a sexual peculiarity, [232].
- Natural history, attractions of, [141].
- modes of treating, [140].
- Natural system, [139].
- Nature, its large operations, [8].
- Nectaria of plants indicated to bees by a difference of colour, [12].
- Nervures of wings, [44].
- Nomada, general observations on, [252].
- Nomenclature simplified by Linnæus, [130].
- Nudipedes, = cuckoo-bees or parasites, [116], [167], [249].
- Nylander’s mode of determining the species of Cœlioxys, [268].
- Obsolete, more or less inapparent.
- Ocelli = simple eyes = stemmata, [26], [27].
- Oman, no bees in the province of, [84].
- Osmia, general observations on, [296].
- Ovate, oval, but with the ends circumscribed by unequal segments of circles.
- Ovipositor = egg-depositor, [17].
- Pain, doubtful susceptibility of, [57].
- Palmæ, [41].
- Palmated, spread like a hand.
- Palpi, their probable use, [55].
- Panurgus, general observations on, [229].
- Paraglossæ, [33].
- Parasites, different kinds of, [110].
- of bees, [109].
- Parasitical bees always the most highly coloured, [66], [105].
- Passions of bees, [56].
- Pecten or comb, a fringe of very short stiff hair attached to an organ, for various purposes.
- Pectinated, having an edge like a comb.
- Pediculus Melittæ, [209].
- Petiole, a foot stalk.
- Pharynx, [29], [30].
- Pile, long loose hair.
- Pilose, with long, distinct, flexible hair.
- Plantæ, [42], [46].
- structure of, in hive bee, [46].
- Plants agreeable to bees, [15].
- impregnated by bees, [11].
- Pleasures attending the pursuit of natural history, [14].
- Plumose, with long hair, but not thick.
- Pollen, collection of, [351].
- Pollen, mode of collecting and transferring from limb to limb, [43].
- Polliniferous, = pollen-collecting.
- Posterior legs, their structure for the conveyance of pollen, [46].
- where attached, [46].
- Post-scutellum, [26], [45].
- Priority, law of, the basis of synonymy, [131].
- Proboscis, [39].
- Process, a protuberance.
- Processes in bees, peculiarities of, [258].
- Propolis, nature of, [340].
- Prosopis emits an agreeable odour, [195].
- Prothorax, [26], [41].
- Pubescent, covered with short fine hair.
- Pubescent, hirsute, setose, pilose, plumose, various relative conditions of hairiness.
- Pulvillus, [42].
- Punctate, impressed with many points.
- Punctulate, with fine impressed points.
- Punctured, with coarsely impressed points.
- Pupa of bees, [22].
- Queen-bee, administrative function of, [336].
- Queen-bee, great fertility of, [334].
- Ray’s merits, [142].
- Réaumur’s description of the mode of lapping honey, [35].
- description of the structure of the tongue, [35].
- Recurrent nervures of wings, [45].
- Retuse, with an obtuse cavity.
- Ridged, with a slight projecting margin.
- Rugose, rough or irregularly wrinkled.
- St. Fargeau’s merits, [151].
- Sanskrit notice of bees and honey, [92].
- Saropoda, general observations, [243].
- Scape of antennæ, [28].
- Scent emitted by bees, [52].
- Scientific arrangement and description of the genera, [184].
- Scopulipedes = brush-legged bees, [163], [227].
- Sculpture, [60].
- Scutellum, [26], [45].
- Senses of bees, [56].
- Sensorium of bees, [55].
- Serrate, edged like a saw.
- Serratulate, edged like a fine saw.
- Setæ, slightish bristles.
- Setiform, like bristles.
- Setose, bristled.
- Shakespeare on the polity of the bee, [1].
- Shemitic branch of the human race, [4].
- Sight of bees, [56].
- Simple eyes = ocelli = stemmata, [26], [27].
- Sinus, a cavity.
- Sitos, the supporter of a parasitical bee.
- Sizes, differences of, what caused by, [41].
- Smell of bees, [56].
- Social bees = Cenobites, [302].
- Species, [122].
- Specific character, [124].
- Sphecodes, difficulty of specific distinction in, [198].
- Spines at apex of abdomen of bees, [268].
- Spinose, with minute spiny processes.
- Spinulose, with fine spiny processes.
- Spiral hair of the scopa, [226], [229].
- Spurs, [42].
- Squamulæ = epaulettes = wing-scales, [26], [44].
- State of Great Britain before the glacial period, [5].
- Stelis, general observations on, [263].
- Stemmata = simple eyes = ocelli, [26], [27].
- Stephens, inferior merit of his system, [152].
- Strepsiptera parasitical on bees, [111].
- Strigilis, [42].
- Structure and habits correlative, [24].
- Stylops infests Andrena, [208].
- Sub, a prefix indicating the diminution of a condition, as subhastate, subovate, subtruncate, etc. etc.
- Submarginal cells of wings, [45].
- Swarming, [358].
- Synonymy, [130].
- System, value of, [119].
- Tarsus of fore legs in some males greatly dilated, [43].
- or foot, [41].
- Taste of bees, [56].
- Thorax, [26], [41].
- Tibia, or shank, [41].
- Tomb at Thebes with representation of a beehive, [6].
- Tongue improperly called labium, [34].
- Topical geography of British bees, [96].
- Tooth, a long sharp process.
- Toothed, spinose, spinulose, tuberculated, mucronated, dentate, the various conditions of extraneous prominences or processes.
- Transformations of worker bee, [347].
- Transverso-cubital nervures of wings, [45].
- Travellers, suggestions to, [64], [95].
- Trifid, divided into three parts.
- Trivial name, [128].
- Trochanter, [41].
- Trophi = organs of the mouth, [26], [29].
- diagram of, [30].
- Truncated, abruptly terminated.
- Tuberculated, with small processes.
- Turonian branch of the human race, [4].
- Uses of bees in the impregnation of plants, [11].
- Vedas mention bees, [6].
- Velum, [42].
- Ventilation of the hives, [328].
- Ventral segments, peculiarities of structure of, [234].
- Vernacular names of insects, [9].
- Vertex, [26].
- Vertigo of bees, [87].
- Voice of bees, [49].
- Wagtails destroy fossorial Hymenoptera, [306].
- Wax, secretion of, [325].
- Wax used by the Romans, [85].
- Westwood’s classification not adopted, [168].
- Wild bees, [8].
- come forth early in the spring, [10].
- Will of bees, [56].
- Willughby’s merits, [143].
- Wing, treatise on the, [45].
- Wing-hooklets for uniting the upper and lower wings, [45].
- Wing-scales = squamulæ, [26].
- Wings, [44].
- diagram of, [45].
- Worker bee, description of, [324].
- Xenophon’s description of poisonous honey, [86].
1 ♂. Colletes Daviesiana, male.
1 ♀. " " female.
2 ♂. Prosopis dilatata, male.
2 ♀. Prosopis signata, female.
3 ♂. Sphecodes gibbus, male.
3 ♀. " " female.
