Pandas: get multiindex level as series

df['B'] = df.index.get_level_values(level=1)  # Zero based indexing.
# df['B'] = df.index.get_level_values(level='second')  # This also works.
>>> df
               A      B
first second           
foo   one     12    one
      two     11    two
bar   one     16    one
      two     12    two
      three   11  three

df['B'] = idx.to_series().str[1]