GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



ontal 234; Starters put In before sections are 



folded 12; Starters, small ones preferred :i<jO; 

 Starvation, bees at point of in .June 440; 

 Starved-out swarms 448; Starved (lueens stim- 

 ulated with royal jelly 662; Steam-heated 

 knife, much improved 245-; Steam honey-knife 

 does not break the combs 579; Steam uncap- 

 ping knife at Chalon Fowls's 557; Steam un- 

 capping-knives practical 185, 442; Stimulation 

 out of season does not pay 651; Slinging not 

 fatal to cattle 272; Stings as an aid to health 

 SOO; Stings, hydrogen peroxide for 564; Stings, 

 more of them received by stranger to bees 

 716; Stings to cure rheumatism, see Rheuma- 

 tism; Stocking of bee-range, Hershiser on 263; 

 Strainer for honev, is it necessary? 107; 

 Strainer, gravity 402, 680; Strainer, Holter- 

 mann on 266; Straining honey by gravity 402, 

 556, 680, 716; Straws, reason why they were 

 late 714; Strong colony defined 211; Sugar- 

 cane, blacks vs. Italians on 668; Sugar from 

 beets fed on large scale without bad results 

 733; Sugar, one thousand pounds fed between 

 fruit-bloom and clover 802; Sugar syrup vs. 

 combs of honey for winter stores 701; Sugar 

 syrup, would it be carried into a super? 327; 

 Sulphate paper-mills do not hurt bees 272; 

 Summer evergreen for shading hives 621; 

 Sun for liquefying honey, Metcalfe on 212; 

 Super, Howell's improved 735; Super of empty 

 sections over brood-nest in winter 801: Super 

 placed under brood-nest to prevent swarming 

 428; Supers, bees did not work in 670; Supers, 

 contracting brood-chambers when putting on 

 208; Superseding attempted In October 772; 

 Supers, empty, where to locate on hiv^ 5, 440; 

 Supers, getting bees to work in early olO, 465; 

 Supers, Scholl's method of getting bees out of 

 647; Supers, should honey be left in all win- 

 ter? 771; Surplus, large amount from one col- 

 ony of bees 724; Swarm clustered in catch- 

 basin in Akron 392; Swarm, does queen give 

 warning before? 426; Swarm, drifting of bees 

 from 196; Swarm, how to find parent colony 

 338; Swarming at the right time according to 

 book 578, 781; Swarming, Bedford's device to 

 prevent 299; Swarming-box, Crane on 309; 

 Swarming, can it be eliminated? 293, 321, 338, 

 529 620 632, 736, 748, 787; Swarming, can it be 

 prevented by ventilation? 261, 295, 320, 515; 

 Swarming caused by crowding the queen 311; 

 Swarming-cells, do queens from cause de- 

 terioration? 392; Swarming controlled by re- 

 moving brood 291, 407, 716; Swarming, Cyrenius 

 plan for controlling 654; Swarming, Demaree 

 plan of preventing 544; Swarming-device, sat- 

 isfactory 392; Swarming, devices for prevent- 

 irg on increase 512; Swarming. Dr. Miller on 

 elimination of 748: Swarming, does the age of 

 queen govern? 103; Swarming foretold bv out- 

 side conditions 89; Swarming impulse, Holter- 

 mann on elimination of 715: Swarming in- 

 stinct, Bullamore on 788; Swarming .lungs 

 device to prevent 295; Swarming less during a 

 rapid honev-flow 407; Swarming, less in ex- 

 tracted-honev colonies 103; Swarming m-re 

 pronounced with Italians than blacks 286. -98; 

 Swarming natural, Doolittle on 549; Svyarming 

 not a serious problem in Colorado 282: Swarm- 

 ing out on foundation 235; Swarming pre- 

 vented bv baits in the center 4; Swarming 

 prevented by empty super below brood-nest 

 428; Swarming prevented by foundation below 

 brood-chamber 392; Swarming prevented by 

 raising hive-bodies 44; Swarming tendency, 

 when greatest? 210; Swarming. Williams on 

 cause of 321: Swarming with newly hatched 

 virgin 136: Swarm-prevention, Couper's plan 

 for 345; Swarms. Bedford's and other devices 

 to prevent 308; Swarms, common law affecting 

 669- Swarms entering four empty hives 561, 

 Swarms from swarms 497; Swarms going In 

 decov hives 405; Swarms held by traps in out- 

 vards 299; Swarms, how to remove from tall 

 trees 319; Swarms i«sue about time cells are 

 sealed 578; Swarm-prevention, Smith s plan 

 347; Swarm, queer clustering-place for 315, 

 Swarm-shaklng. Halter on 390; Swarm shoot- 

 ing down 566; Swarms, to prevent their issu- 

 Inl 360; Swarm that built comb outside of 

 hive 353; Swarm that would not stav hived 

 566; Swarm without queen, will it remain In 

 hive? 360; Sweet clover as noxious-weed eradl- 



cator 658; Sweet clover for sheep 478; Sweet 

 clover for stock 496; Sweet clover, growing 87; 

 Sweet clover has stronger odor than alfalfa 

 6;i; Sweet clover, hulled, starts quickly 236; 

 Sweet clover in canyons of Colorado 478; 

 Sweet clover in Scotland 68; Sweet Clover in 

 Washington 595; Sweet clover killed by stock 

 eating it down so close 714; Sweet clover no 

 longer a pest 565; Sweet clover provides water 

 for stock 688; Sweet clover recognized by 

 farm papers 236; Sweet clover, stock ate with- 

 out teaching 566; Sweet clover, yellow 565; 

 Sweet clover, yellow variety blooms when only 

 six inches high 802; Switzerland, bee-keeping 

 in 147; Syrup-feeders, percolating 550, 614; 

 Syrup, how Dr. Miller makes it 4; S>Tup taken 

 from Doolittle feeders 596; Syrup, thick advo- 

 cated 512; Syrup, to prevent candying of 128; 

 Syrup, two to one preferred by Crane 102. 



Talc not good for marking bees 36; Tangle- 

 foot honey not suitable for bees 736; Tar paper 

 covering whole row of hives 627, 781; Temper- 

 ature, difference between brood-chamber and 

 super 714; Temperature in bee cellar, is it 

 necessary to be uniform? 715; Tennessee, bee- 

 keeping in 350; Tent for extracting honey 624; 

 Territory, control of 41, 154, 155, 157, 172, 191, 

 236, 752; Texas ahead of other states 441; 

 Texas bee-keeping, Scholl's articles on 55; 

 Texas, different conditions in 223 ; Texas 

 lioney-crop 513; Texas honey-crop short 372, 

 580; Texas prospects 39, 101, 174; Tin division- 

 boards 466; Tires, solid not satisfactory for 

 bee-keeper's automobile 495: Tobacco-blos- 

 soms not Injurious to bees 59; Top-bars, thick- 

 ness of discussed 338; Transferring from old 

 stump to hive 290; Transferring from tree 465; 

 Transferring from tree without cutting 521; 

 Transferring, Todd on 222; Traveling men to 

 sell and advertise honey 592; Trees, hunting 

 colonies in 590; Trees, transferring from with- 

 out cutting 521; Trust, effect of on prices 442. 



Uncapping-can, Metcalfe 515; Uncapping 

 comb honey 586; Uncapping-machine. capacity 

 of 36; Uncapping-machine not needed 716; Un- 

 capping- table. Gibson 524; Unfinished sections, 

 Taylor vs. Miller plan for cleaning out 476; 

 Uniting colony from tree with weak colony in 

 hive 668: Uniting in spring or fall 52; Uniting 

 in the fall 120, 635; Uniting, newspaper not 

 needed for 714. 



Varnish made from propolis 772; Veil, 

 Chalon Fowls's 557, 578; Ventilation at back 

 of hive under super 440; Ventilation at bottom 

 prevents swarming 261, 299. 427: Ventilation at 

 entrance to prevent swarming 464; Ventilation 

 at top to preyent swarming 566: Ventilation, 

 bees cluster out in spite of 635: Ventilation by 

 raising hive-bndv off the bottom 44: Ventila- 

 tion, danger of too much 380: Ventilation does 

 not always prevent swarming 386; Ventilation, 

 effect on swarming and brood-rearing 404; 

 Ventilating in old box hives to prevent swarm- 

 ing 385: Ventilation in winter in Colorado 682; 

 Ventilation, lack "f in hive causes foamy 

 honey 735; Ventilation. Metcalfe on 515; Ven- 

 tilation not the onlv thing that causes swarm- 

 ing 544; Ventilation, why it prevents swarm- 

 ing 385; Ventilators, automatic 476: Venti- 

 lators, sub-earth for bee-oellars 517, 684; 

 Vinegar from honev 327; Virgin combs pro- 

 duce finest honev 482; Virgin, does more than 

 one leave hive at same time? 495; Virgin from 

 supersedure colony going in wrong hive 701; 

 Virgin hatches and destroys other cells 772; 

 Virgins fertilized when six weeks old 136; 

 Virgins tear holes in queen-cells 578. 682; Vir- 

 gins to introduce to a laving-worker colony 

 691 : Virgins vs. cells 389. 404. 566. 



Wagon, canvas covered for hauling extract- 

 ing combs 162; "V^^ashington. bee-keepir^g in 28; 

 Water for irrigation, Foster on 655: Watering 

 bees from 5-gallon water-bottles 546: Water- 

 ing bees with tub 578: watering- troughs, are 

 cattle stune at? 199; Water, mortalitv of bees 

 near 772: Water required by bees 256; W^ater 

 supply, how it affects honey yield 69; Water 

 supplv in Colorado depends on snow 209; Wax, 

 amount of in ten combs 45; Wax carried by 

 bees in pollen -baskets 89; Wax, color of 46, 

 548- "U'ax, Foster's plan for rendering 526; 

 Wax from foul -broody combs safe to use 646; 



