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The Lore of the Honey-Bee

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The author presents a compact natural and cultural history of the honey-bee, weaving ancient myth and classical writings with medieval practices, anatomical description, and practical beekeeping techniques. Chapters examine mythical origins, historical bee-masters, hive organization and social roles (queen, workers, drones), brood and comb construction, swarming, and the mechanics of honey production, illustrated with drawings and case studies. The book balances folklore and observational natural history with empirical advice on hiving, wintering, and modern apiary management, concluding with reflections on rural life and the simple pleasures of bee-keeping.

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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FOOTNOTE.

[218]  Dr. Herbert MacDonald Phillpotts, of Kingswear, Devon.