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Honeycomb Moth – Hope

Honeycomb Moth

in entomology, Galleria cerella, a small moth which does much damage in beehives, piercing the combs and building as it proceeds a single tube, covered with the excrement of the insect, and formed of the wax on which it feeds. Why the bees tolerate such a foe is a mystery.

Honey Guide

a species of cuckoo, Cuculus indicator, which inhabits various parts of Africa, and is celebrated for its curious habit of guiding the natives to the nests of wild bees, by its peculiar cry.

Honey Stone

or MELLITE, a mineral of remarkable characters and composition, found in connection with brown coal, in several places in Germany. It occurs in square octahedrons, looks like a honey-yellow resin, and may be cut with a knife.

Hooch

or HOOGH (höh), Pieter de, one of the best Dutch painters in genre; born in 1630. He was peculiarly successful in depicting scenes, illuminated by sunlight, of Dutch domestic life.

Many of his finest works are in British galleries. He died about 1681.

Hood

JOHN BELL, an American military officer; born in Owingsville, Ky., June 1, 1831. He was graduated at West Point in 1853, and saw some service June 1, 1831. He was graduated at against the Indians. He entered the Confederate army, commanded a brigade, and was severely wounded at Gaines's

Hood

MOUNT, a mountain of the Cascade Range, situated on the western border of Wasco co., Ore. It is connected by rail with Hood river, by which Portland, Ore., can be reached. The mountain is 11,225 feet high. On its top is an observatory used by the Forest Rangers.

Hoofs

the horny tissues which constitute the external part of the feet of certain animals, mostly herbivorous.

They may be regarded as homologues of the toe-nails of other animals.

Hooker

MOUNT, a peak in the Rocky Mountains in Canada; 15,690 feet high; on the E. boundary of British Columbia.

Hooper

WILLIAM, an American patriot; born in Boston, Mass., June 17, 1742; was graduated at Harvard College in 1760; practiced law in North Carolina and early interested himself in the colonial struggle with Great Britain; was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774 and signed the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776. He died in Hillsboro, N. C., October, 1790.

Hop Tree

an American shrub of the rue family (Rutacex), also called HOP TREE, an American shrub of HOP WORM shrubby trefoil, is planted as an ornamental plant. Its fruit is intensely bitter, and is a poor substitute for hops.

Hop Worm

a form of caterpillar.

In June, July, and August, the leaves of the hop-vine are often devoured by these active, slender, grass-green caterpillars, with but four pairs of prop-legs. They may be shaken off and the vines saved by daily spraying with whale-oil soapsuds or kerosene emulsion.

Hope

ANTHONY. See HAWKINS, ANTHONY H.