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BEE-KEEPER'S DlCitlONARY. 



Cappings. — The covering of the cells. 



Carniolan Bees. — A variety of the common lilnck 

 bee from Carniola. Austria, said to be larger 

 and gentler than the ordinary bee. 



Carton. — A pasteboard box for holding a pound 



(f comb honey. 

 Cell. — The hexagonal apartment in a comb. 

 Cell Cups. — Artificial cells for rearing queens. 



Chaff Hive.— A hive having double walls tilled 

 between with chaff. 



Chorion. — Shell of the bee egg. 



Chyle Food or Chyme. — A food elaborated in the 

 stomach of mature bees for the purpnse of 

 feeding their young. This food varies in 

 strength, the richest being fed to growlm: 

 queens. The chyle food when given is ab- 

 sorbed not only by the mouth, but also by 

 means of glands in the skin, and for this pur- 

 pose the larvae actually float in food. It 

 resembles milk. 



Vliyme. — See Chyle Food. 



Chrysalis. — This is applied to the state of the 

 bee in its transformation from a larval con- 

 dition into an imago or perfect bee. It is 

 synonymous with pupa and nymph. 



Claustral Hiue.— I living a tovcrod-iii ciilranco with 

 ventilator for winter. 



Claws. — A bee has two claws on its feet. 



Cloister Hire. — A hive provided with a cloistered 

 entrance, which excludes the light in winter 

 weather to prevent the bees from flying. 



Closed-end Frames. — Frames for comb in which 

 the end bars touch all the way down. 



Clusteriny.- — This refers to the peculiar manner 

 bees cling together by means of booklets on 

 their wings. 



Clypcus. — The nose of the bee. 



Colony.- — A swarm of bees, comprising a mass 

 of workers, one queen and some drones (in 

 summer) . 



Comb. — An arrangement of hexagonal cells made 



of wax to hold youns bees or honey ; for 



workers 5 cells to the Inch, and for drones 



4 cells. 

 Comb Basket. — A light box of wood or tin for 



carrying combs completely covered. 

 Comb Foundation. — Thin sheets of beeswax 



stamped to imitate comb, forming a base on 



which the bees will construct a complete comb. 

 Comb-Foundation Machine. — A machine for 



stamping the foregoing. 

 Comb-c/uide. — Strips of wood used as a guide 



in the construction of combs. 

 Comb Honey. — The product of the bee in a 



natural state. 

 Cushion. — A bag filled with some porous loose 



material for covering the brood nest of a hive. 

 Cyprian Bee. — The native bee of the island of 



Cyprus. 

 Danzenbaker Frame. — 17 inches long, lYn inches 



deep. 

 Decoy Hive. — A hive placed with the object of 



attracting passing swarms. 

 Dequeen. — Depriving a colony of bees of its 



queen, to unqueen. 

 Dividing. — Separating- a colony in a manner to 



produce two or more colonies. 



Division Board. — A board of the same length and 

 height as the side of a hive used to contract 

 the size of the chamber. 



Drone. — Male bee. 



Drone Brood. — The brood of drones, bred in 

 larger cells than worker bees. 



Drone Efjp. — The egg from which a drone 

 hatches — an unimpregnated egg. 



Drumminfj. — A mode of inducing bees to leave 

 one hive for another by thumping on the sides 

 of the hive in which they have resided. The 

 two hives should touch. 



Dysentery.— A bee-keeper's name for catarrh of 

 the intestines in bees caused by bad conditions. 



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Uzicrzon Sy.<item.—A system of beekeeiiing 

 founded on 13 propositirns written by P.aron 

 Bprlci)sch iifloi- a study of the beekii'pinL' 

 methods of the late Father Dzierzon, a re- 

 nowned Cerman beekeeper. 



Fdulrnrntion. — The process by which bees con- 

 dense, sweeten, transform and acidify the 

 nectar collected by them. 



Egyvtian live. — Apis fasciala. A smaller and 

 more boaiirifiil bee than the Italian, but ex- 

 ceedingly cross. 



h'liilirii'i. — In tilt' natural history of hoes this 

 reference to the unfertilized eggs in 

 ovaries of the queen. 



Entrance. — An opening in a hive to allow 

 bees to pass. 



Entrance Blocks. — Three-cornered pieces of wcod 

 for regulating the size of the enti;ance. 



Extracted Honey. — Honey obtained from combs 

 by means of a centrifugal extractor. 



Extractor. — A machine for throwing honev out 

 of combs by centrifugal force. 



Fdn. — An abbreviation for the words vmnb 

 foundation. 



Feces. — Excreta of bees. 



/■'ecdtrs.- -Appliances for feeding bees artilicialiy. 



Femur. — Thigh of the honey bee. 



Fence. — A slotted separator resembling an ordi- 

 nary wooden fence. It is used as a guide t" 

 enable the bees to build combs that are 

 straight. 



Fertile. — Not barren, but productive. 



Fixed Frames. — Comb frames which are not loose 

 in the hive, closed-end frames. 



Formic Acid. — An acid added to honey by the 

 bees to help preserve it. The same acid is 

 found in the sting and head. 



Foul Brood. — A malignant contagious disease of 

 bees affecting the brood. 



Foundation. — See Comb Foundation. 



Frame. — Four slats of wood to hold a comb in- 

 vented by the late Rev. L. L. Langstroth of 

 Oxford, Ohio. This frame requires a bee space 

 % of an inch on all sides to be effective. Can 

 be moved in any direction. 



Fumif/atc. — Generally means to apply sulphur 

 fumes to bees. 



OaUeria cere?(a. — ScientiMe name of the beeswax- 

 moth. 



Oanglia. — Nerves of the bee. 



Glucose. — A kind of sugar 3-5 as sweet as cane 

 sugar made by the action of dilute acids ou 

 starch. Generally speaking it is detrimental 

 to health on account of the presence in it of 

 sulphites acquired in the process of manufac- 

 ture. Nearly always used as an adulterant. 

 It appears in two forms, one of which is 

 known as corn syrup and the other as crys- 

 tallized grape sugar. 



Go-backs. — Iinfinished combs in sections which 

 have to be returned to the hive to be finished. 



Grnftiny. — -Vpplied by beekeepers to the process 

 of removing ordinary larvae from their cells 

 into a queen cell cup with the purpose in view 

 of having them leared into queens. 



Green honey. — T'nripe honey. 



Hatching Brood. —Y ung bees just gnawing their 

 way out of the cells. 



Heddon Frame. — o% inches deep by 18 1-lG in 

 length. 



Hermaphrodite Bees. — Bees which be'ong to no 

 sex — imperfect bees. 



Hive. — A home for bees furnished by man. 



Holy Land Bees. — A variety of bees from Pales- 

 tine. Somewhat resemble Italian bees, but 

 are more irritable. 



Honey. — The nectar of flowers edulcorated by 

 the bees. 



Honey Evaporator. — A machine for removing 

 water from honey when deemed too thin. 



Honey Sac. — A special stomach for holding nec- 

 tar ; it is also used to prepare the honey and 

 partially to convert it. 



