INDEX 



569 



Bees, Age of ^ 



" Albinos [^;! 



" and Birds ]'-' 



" and Fruit 59 



" and Pear Blossoins 333 



" and Tliieves >53 



" Apis Dorsata vv cd 



Apis Florea 55. 56 



" as a Nuisance *^'~ 



" Attacking Horses 63 



" Banat 54 



" Black or German 5-^ 



" Borrowing ^bl 



" Brushing of 1°^ 



;: Carniolau •••„5d 



" Cyprian ^^i ""* 



" Daily Growthof 56 



" Egg of 57 



" Egyptian • »* 



" Exonerated by Jury oiroon 



" Fertilizing Plants 3<JJ-.idy 



" Getting Meal from Barns and Stables 3t*^ 



" Giant, of India 56 



" Holy Lands 55 



" How They Grow 5b 



" in a Confined State ^15 



" in Cities, Law of ~° ' 



" in South America " ' ' ' ooc 



" in Law, Identity of ^™ 



in Straw Skeps In Holland ii'^^a 



" Indian -55, 56 



" Indispensable to Horticulturists d31-dd9 



" Made Cross by Sources of Honey 16 



" may be Kept in Cities by Law ^97 



" Nervousness of ^J* 



" of the East ■^f 



" on Shares °* 



" Puncturing Fruit °^ 



" Reclaimed f!l, 



" Sending out Scouts *^j 



" Scncffcil 



" Shaking Them out of the Super 220 



" Spaces I" 



" Stingless X? 



" Syrian ^^ 



" Tunisians .2* 



" Weightof *'i 



" Wlien Not a Nuisance -"j 



'• Wlien They Damage Fruit 61 



" Where They may be Kept by Law ~9 . 



" Worst Kind for Stings *li 



Beeswax •• ;^!i 



" How Made by the Bees f^i, 



in the Arts *57 



" Moths il 



to Bleich V~ 



Beet Sugar '* 



Beginning with Bees 21 



Bellflower — '* 



Benton's Mailing-cage «°* 



Best States for Keeping Bees ^"5 



Bingham Hive f*" 



Honey-knife ^o< 



tfc Smoker 



Birds as Enemies of Bees 163 



Birds, not Bees, Attacking Fruit 6i 



Bisulpliide of Carbon for Ants i' 



Black Bees ,%% 



Bleaching Beeswax *'f 



" Comb Honey • J^* 



House for Soiled Comb Honey ....... .1^4 



Blending Honey 1^7 



Bloom of Cuban Bee-flower . . <* 



Blossoms, Fertilization of by Bees --6 



" of Basswood-tree go 



of Carpet^grass °^ 



Boardman's Entrance Feeder fJ^ 



" Solar Wax-extractor 4« 



Bottles for Liquid Honey ■ • • • J^" 



Bottles, Coveyou's Method of Filling ^^^^\i.\ 



Bottling Honey ^ ' i 



Borrowing Bees ^°j 



Box-cart for Combs '°| 



Box for Bleacliing ^'I* 



Bee-hunting *y 



" Carrying Honey 1;^ 



Box for Comb Honey ^"'-J 



Brain of the Bee },^ 



Bread of Bees f^ 



Breathing System ^" 



Bricks of Candied Honey °.^ 



" under Hive-stands ;;■•••• v. in^ 



Brood Frames, How to Fill with Foundation lU ' 



" Nest, Contraction of J^^ 



" Rearing, How to Stimulate t.ia 



Brown-bread, Recipe for 262 



Brushing Bees lf<2 



Brushed Swarms 433 



Buckwheat 69, 7ii 



" and Crimson Clover 73 



Honey 70 



" " Caution 73 



" Jai)aiie8e 70 



" Varieties of 71 



Bulletin on Alfalfa 8 



Burlap as fuel for Smokers 396 



liutter cutler for Cutting Candied Honey 80 



Button Sage 390 



Cage for Cells and Virgins 352 



" for Handling Bees 194 



" to Set over Robbed Hive 380, 386 



Caging the Queen 4 



Cakes, Recipe for <»» 



California Apiary 21 



" Plan of an Apiary ^ 



California Sage 390 



Campanula J^ 



" Blanca in Bloom '4 



Campeche ^ 



Canada Thistle ;• • •* 



Candied Brick Honey Ready to Market ■9, 81 



" Honey '* 



" " Cutting it into Bricks 79 



" " in Sections J8 



" " Melter for 76 



" " " with a Machine 81 



with a Wire 79 



" " Educating the Pub ic on 81 



" " How to Make 81 



" " How to Market jo 



" " in Barrels JA 



" " in Square Oyster-pails 80 



*' " in Oyster-pails '9 



Liquefying Outfit for 76 



Candles of Beeswax *j^ 



Candy for Bees 



82 



311 



... 63 



.. 18 



...501 



83 



83 



for Wintering ^ 



Cane Sugar •• — • '* 



Cans for Honey, New v. Second-hand ibb 



Capehart's Glass-front Veil ^21 



Cape May Warbler ^ 



Capping-melters ■■■^ •• -^2? 



" " for Candied Honey '6 



Caramels, Recipe for 360 



Carbon Bisulphide for Ants Y 



Carload of Bees, How to Ship 



Carniolan Bees 



Carnivorous Ants 



Carpenter Bees 



Carpet-grass 



Carpet-grass and Blossoms ioAl i5? 



Cartons for Comb Honey Tal 



Carts for Hives, Mercer's ^ 



Carriers for Hives ^ 



Carrying Hives on Poles *»" 



Carrying Swarms Home r?i 



Cases of Comb Honey ^^ 



Catalpa ^ 



" Japanese ^ 



the Hardy ■ 2! 



Catclaw Leaf, Twig, and Blossom »* 



" or Mimosa ^5 



Catnip , =,, 



Cause of djsentery ■■■•:■ ■■■■^-■■■- n 



Caution with Regard to Buckwheat Honey ^ 



Cellar for Bees JS 



" how to Ventilate ™ 



Cell-construction ^ 



Cell-cups ••■• 348 



" How to Make ^ 



Mode of Inserting ^ 



Cell-holders of Wood 2S 



Cells Rather than Virgins *^ 



Centurj-plant oan 



Cereal Cottee, Recipe for o^i " jSi 



Chaff Hives - • • • ••:■.„ " ' Si 



Chilled Bees on the Ground Reviving Wi 



Choosing a Location before Swarming ii^ 



Chyle-stomach .'.'.'...... 10 



Cider-maker and Bee-keeper .,^ 



Circular Cells in Combs Jg, 



Clamps for Wintering Bees J~ 



Cleansing Mot t les •••••;••„•; 151 



Second-hand Cans .a/?* 



Hands, Recipe for ••_..■■ ••• :?'" 



Cleats vs. Hand-lu.lis to Lift Hives b> -« 



Climbers for Bee-hunters.. ' 



Clipped Queens and Swarming *-" 



