Epeolus, general observations on, 260. geography of, 73. native species, 260. parasitical on Colletes, 190, 260. scientific description of, 258.
Eucera, general observations on, 232. geography of, 70. infested by Nomada sexcincta, 235. native species, 232. natural history of, 234. scientific description of, 231.
Families, characteristics of, differ, 136.
Fertilization of flowers produced by bees, 11, 51.
Filiform, thread-like, of uniform thickness. antennæ, 28.
Flight of bees, variation of their modes, 49.
Flowers, the, chiefly agreeable to bees, 15. earliest, sought by the bees, 14. fertilized by bees, 11, 51.
Foreign bees, conspicuous genera of, 101.
Form of parasitical bees often adapted to that of their sitos, 48. determined by function, 48.
Genera of bees determined artificially, 176. that emit scents, 296. with and without parasites, 264.
Geography of the British genera of bees, 61.
Habits, 127. and structure correlative, 24.
Halictus, general observations on, 216. geography of, 68. its enemies, 220. list of native species, 215. natural history of, 217. parasites that infest it, 219. peculiar autumnal appearance, 218. scientific description of, 214. structure of labrum, 30.
Heriades, general observations on, 288. geography of, 76. native species of, 288. scientific description of, 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.
Honey, different kinds of, 87. green, 87. its use in the East, 83. mode of lapping, described by Réaumur, 35. mode of storing, 350. prescribed by Mahomet, 91. quantity in a well-filled hive, 360. sometimes poisonous, 86. used in medicine by the Egyptians, 90.
Honey-bee, see “Apis,” “Bee,” “Bees.” mode of secreting wax, 330.
Inosculation, point of close contact or attachment.
Insect-feeding reptiles before glacial period, 5.
Instinct, its applications, 56. occasional divergence of, 55. of bees, 55.
Kirby’s merits, 144. system of bees, 147.
Labial palpi, 30, 32. number of joints invariable, 32. structure in Andrenidæ, 32. structure in Apidæ, 32.
Lacerate, with a roughened irregular edge.
Lanceolate, oblong but gradually tapering.
Latreille’s classification not adopted, 168.