xiv AGRICULTUR]^ OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



BEES 



BLACKBERRY 



Bees, drone, characteristics and hab- 

 its of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 279. 



— honey, plants most vahiable for 

 production of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 282 



— queen, plants most valuable for 

 production of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 279. 



— swarming, theory and description 

 of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 287; 18G0(Pt. 2), 231; 

 18G3 (Pt. 2), 222. 



— social organization of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 279. 



— worker, characteristics of, and hab- 

 its, 1857 (Pt. 2), 281. 



— hiving, new colonies of, 1860 (Pt. 2), 

 231. 



— wild, how to hunt, 1860 (Pt. 2), 

 232. 



— honey and wax, uses of, 1860 (Pt. 2), 

 233. 



— how they may be made to swarm, 

 1863 (Pt. 2), 225. 



— Italian, characteristics of, 18G5 

 (Pt. 1), 317. 



Beeswax, description of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 282. 



Beech-Trees, characteristics and 

 value of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 142, 143. 



Beef, the production of, for the mar- 

 ket, profitable, 1863 (Pt. 1), 68. 



Beets, methods of cultivation, and 

 yield of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 242; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 224; 1859 (Pt. 1), 108; 1862 (Pt. 1), 

 227, 283; 1864 (Pt. 2), 91; 1869 (Pt. 2), 

 137; 1870 (Pt. 2), 158, and supple- 

 ment; 1871 (Pt. 2), 254: 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 93,94; 1875 (Pt. 1), 1.32 (Pt. 2), 162, 

 164,166; 1876 (Pt. 2), 124. 



— nutritive value of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 35. 



— varieties and characteristics of 

 growth of, 1870 (Pt. 1), 238, 239. 



Beet, sugar, cultivation and yield of 



the, 1870 (Pt. 2), supplement. 

 selection of varieties of, for sugar, 



1870 (Pt. 2), supplement. 

 Beetles, characteristics and habits 



of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 131, 135, 139,^47. 

 BELfJiAN agriculture, characteristics 



of, 1870 (Pt. 2), 10, 20. 

 Ben>t;tt, Edmund H., report by, on 



the Agricultural College, 1875 (Pt. 1), 



215. 

 Bent-Geass, characteristics of, 1856 



(Pt. 1), 28. 

 Beegh, Henry, on treatment of farm 



stock, 1877 (Pt. 2), 22-24. 

 Bekkshire Agricultural Society, ori- 



gin of the, 1853 (Pt. 1), 12; 1871 



(Pt. 2), 1. 

 Berkshire County, agricultural sur- 

 vey of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 310, 317, .320. 

 condition of agriculture in, 1869 



(Pt. 1), 12, 15. 

 principal crops raised in, 1865 



(Pt. 1), 311, 312. 

 thorough-bred stock in, 1865 



(Pt. 1), 314. 

 BiGELOW, H. H., statement of, on 



management of orchards, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 84. 

 BiGELOw, Josiah, statement of, on 



farm-management, 1854 (Pt. 2), 9. 

 on growing Indian corn, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 153. 

 BiGELOW, J. W., report by, on dairy- 

 stock, 1853 (Pt. 2), 317. 

 Big trees of California, description of 



the, 1870 (Pt. 1), 278, 279, 281. 

 Birch, white, characteristics and 



value of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 483; 1856 (Pt.2), 



103, 211 ; 1857 (Pt. 2), 363. 

 Birds and animals, General Statutes 



in relation to the preservation of, 



1859 (Pt. 2), 316. 



— consequences which have followed 

 the destruction of, 1861 (Pt. 2), 65; 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 116, 117; 1877 (Pt. 2), 23. 



— destruction of various insectivo- 

 rous, 1872 (Pt. 2), 194, 200, 209. 



— immense numbers of insects de- 

 stroyed by, 1861 (Pt. 2), 50; 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 96, 101. 



— necessity for the preservation of, 

 1855 (Pt. 1). 96; 1861 (Pt. 2), 65; 1865 

 (Pr. 1), 96, 116. 



— utility of, to agriculture, 1855 

 (Pt. 1), 96; 1861 (Pt. 2), 50; 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 94, 100, 104; 1868 (Pt. 2), 95, 

 97; 1871 (Pt. 2), 107, 119, 128. 



— of Massachusetts, list of species of, 

 1863 (Pt. 1), appendix. 



BiRXiE, AVilliam, essay by, on fall and 



spring ploughing, 1867 (Pt. 1), 267. 

 Bishop, Ilcnry "W., address by, on 



progress in farming, 1859 (Pt. 2), 52. 

 Black-Bass, habits of the, 1869 (Pt. 1), 



133. 

 Blackberries, methods of culture oi, 



1867 (Pt. 2), 93; 1868 (Pt. 1), 71, 73. 



— varieties of, recommended, 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 71,102. 



Blackberry wine, method of mak- 

 ing, 1868 (Pt. 2), 155. 



