GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Combs cleaned from foul brood, Stewart on 

 415, 445; Combs diseased with foul brood can 

 not be made safe to use again 646; Combs, 

 how often should they be renewed? 751; 

 Combs melting when entrance was con- 

 tracted 426; Combs, new, best honey comes 

 from 667; Combs of honey reserved for use in 

 spring 612; Combs old, bees have preference 

 for 646, 781; Combs, old, diameter of cells left 

 in 4; Combs, old, light honey produced in 

 591; Combs on which bees have died used 

 again 270, 769; Combs, wisdom of keeping the 

 same order of 407; Comb v. Extracted honey 

 production 225; Comb, worker, thickness of 

 646; Commission men, frauds among 547; 

 Community hive, Phillips on 762; Concrete 

 floor for bee-yard 597 ; Concrete for hive-cov- 

 ers 597; Concrete slabs for hive foundation 

 379; Contracting brood-chambers when put- 

 ting on supers 20S; Contraction in production 

 of honey 386; Co-operation among bee-keep- 

 ers, Rauchfuss on 699; Corrugated-paper 

 shipping cases, see shipping cases; Cotton as 

 a honey-plant 21, 162; Cotton furnished honey 

 in spite of long drouth 734; Cotton, honey 

 from leaves of 373; Cotton honey of good 

 quality 766; Cotton taking place of alfalfa in 

 California 653, 756; Cover, Foster's ventilated 

 583; Covers of both wood and concrete 597; 

 Cow pea, honey from 326; Cross bees, Doo- 

 little on 444; Cuba, conditions brighter in 667; 

 Cushion not necessary over bees in cellar 

 748; Cushions, absorbing vs. sealed covers, see 

 Absorbing Cushions; Cutter for transferring 

 both the cell and larva 765. 



Damages claimed from foul brood 596; 

 Tampening sections. Dr. Miller's plan for 308; 

 Dampening sections, Foster's method of 293; 

 Dandelion and heartsease becoming valuable 

 646: Danzenbaker frames spaced wide for ex- 

 tracting 92; Danzenbaker hives, transferring 

 into 327; Decoy hives in trees 405; Demon- 

 strations with bees, pointers on 702; Demon- 

 strator, bee, wearing only a bathing suit 759; 

 Demonstrator of bees as interesting as a 

 snake charmer 738; Disease among Catherine 

 Seattle's bees 670; Disease attacks adult bees 

 248; Diseased colony does not work in super 

 714; Disease, foul brood, see Foul brood; Dis- 

 ease in California 411, 453, 613; Disease law 

 in California a failure 767; Disease of Cath- 

 erine Beattie's bees due to confinement 631; 

 Disease of Catherine Beattie's bees cured by 

 new queen 670; Disease, puzzling set of symp- 

 toms of 516: Disease situation in Canada 229; 

 Disease, Stewart on 415, 445; Disease. Stew- 

 art's plan tested 759; Disease, Stewart's plan 

 vs. Alexander's 476: Disease, strong colonies 

 of Italians or Carniolans necessary in cur- 

 ing 683; Diseases of bees. Beattie on 377; Dis- 

 infecting alighting-boards 308: Disinfecting 

 foul-broody hives on large scale 77; Disinfect- 

 ing hives and frames 244, 327; Divisible hives 

 all right for comb honey 262; Divisible hives 

 bound to become standard 441: Divisible hives 

 described in old book 28; Divisible hives, dis- 

 ease in 328; Divisible hives, weak points in 

 235; Division-boards made of tin 466; Double 

 bottom-board, description of 693; Doughnuts 

 made of honey 124; Dovetailed corner all right 

 in Marengo 371; Dovetailed hive-corner, to 

 make 355; Drifting. Holtermann on 106; Drift- 

 ing of bees removed from cellar 208; Drone- 

 cells, workers reared in 440: Drone-rearing 

 colony, how to maintain 533: Drones, are they 

 ever wintered over? 272; Drones, early 766; 

 Drones eaten by chicken 328, 391, 529, 655; 

 Drones from laying workers, can thev fertilize 

 queens? 769; Drones, how Doolittle secures a 

 supply of 211; Drones. Simmins on selection 

 of 582; Drones, why are large numbers reared, 

 Bullamore on 788; Drones, why many are 

 reared by Caucasians 90; Drouth' did not hin- 

 der yield of honey from cotton 734; Drouth 

 killed clover 511; Drouth, worst known in 

 Marengo 578: Dwarf bees the result of very 

 old comb 174: Dysentery, disease resembling 

 516; Dysentary stains inside of hive 16.4; 

 Dzierzon theory, it is all wrong 715. 



Ears, do bees have such organs? 711: Eggs, 

 do bees carry them? 91, 108, 272. 412, 427, 481, 

 520: Eggs in queen-cells the only ones in hive 

 636; Eggs, number of laid by queen 476; Eggs 



that did not hatch 634; Egyptian bee-keeping, 

 ancient 383; Electricity for imbedding foun- 

 dation 668; End-bars device for holding while 

 nailing 625; England, some apiaries in 415; 

 English and Canadian systems compared 210; 

 Entrance, Scholl's method of varying size of 

 593; Entrances in winter, size of 209, 280, 

 254, 309, 356; Entrances, keeping them free 

 from snow 802; Entrances, large vs. small in 

 the south 457; Entrances, open, in cellar 338; 

 Entrances too close together in community 

 hives produce bad results 780; Entrance, up- 

 per 769; Entrance, ventilation at to prevent 

 swarming 464; European foul brood, Alexan- 

 der plan for 68, 80, 125, 141, 143, 490, 545, 551; 

 European foul brood, Bender on 42; European 

 foul brood, cause of trouble 428; European 

 foul brood, discussion on 141-147; European 

 foul brood. Dr. Miller gives more facts on 8; 

 European foul brood, Dr. Miller on 8, 68, 143, 

 649, 753; European foul brood, Italians im- 

 mune to 533; European foul brood, sign of 511; 

 European foul brood varies in virulence 88; 

 European foul brood, Williams on 85, 119; 

 European foul brood, will it reappear at Dr. 

 Miller's 9; European not so dangerous as 

 American foul brood 748; Evans automatic 

 can-filler 489; Excluder as used by Doolittle 

 300; Excluder not needed on eight-frame hive 

 308; Excluders do not interfere with the stor- 

 ing of honey 22; Excluders, no reason for not 

 using 525; Excluders with bee-spaces run- 

 ning crosswise 428; Exhibiting bees at fairs 

 458; Exhibitions, value of to bee-keepers 619; 

 Express companies paid two claims 716; Ex- 

 press rates exorbitant 532; Express ship- 

 ments more liable to breakage 547; Extracted- 

 honey production, Byer on 698; Extracted 

 honey, tendency toward in Canada 683; Ex- 

 tracted vs. comb honey, Doolittle on 408; Ex- 

 tracting-combs. number of sets needed per 

 colony 484. 563; Extracting-combs to clean 

 427, 446, 683; Extracting during a honey-flow 

 342, 579; Extracting during flow to secure a 

 large vield 579: Extracting-frames in comb- 

 honev supers 533; Extracting from all yards 

 at one place 162; Extracting by hand, loss of 

 honey from 579; Extracting by hand and by 

 power 579: Extracting honey in a tent 624; 

 Extracting, how to tell when honey is too thin 

 for 660: Extracting-supers over excluders 195; 

 Extracting, time for 71: Extracting without 

 an extractor 496; Extractor, how large needed 

 for fortv-colonv apiarv 772; Extractor, is one 

 needed for 23 colonies? 139; Extractor, reversi- 

 ble, not speedy 716: Extractors, improvements 

 in suggested bv Metcalfe 515. 



Fair. New England. Gates on 653; Fairs, 

 exhibiting bees at 458; Fall flow, strong col- 

 onies needed for 617. 683; Fan for cooling 

 extracting-room 556; Fasting method of In- 

 troducing queens 313: Faucet, self-measuring 

 for honey tank 694: Feeder made from two- 

 quart Mason .iar 725; Feeder, new way or 

 making 172; Feeders, percolating. Simmons 

 on 550; Feeders, percolator Holtermann on 

 614; Feeding back honey from cappings 532; 

 Feeding between fruit-bloom and clover, 

 Crane on 700: Feeding between fruit-bloom 

 and clover. Green on 802; Feeding candied 

 honev 4, 309, 512: Feeding combs of honey in 

 earlv spring 236: Feeding, expensive, by Hol- 

 termann 40'7: Feeding for stimulating in spring 

 199, 353, 748: Feeding for stimulating mtro- 

 duces foul brood 546: Feeding for stimulative 

 purposes does not pav 651: Feeding in sprmg 

 usuallv detrimental 248; Feeding late advo- 

 cated 512: Feeding late must be done with a 

 pepper-box feeder 781; Feeding on percolating 

 plan in Miller feeder 646: Feeding, out of 

 door plan recommended 545; Feeding s>Tup 

 in combs 198. 406, 497. 565: Feeding thick 

 s\Tup late, advantages of 281; Fermenting 

 honev 636: Fertile workers, see laying work- 

 ers: "Fertilization of blossoms by bees 251; 

 Fertilization of fruit aided by bees 4: Fertili- 

 zation of fruit-trees, colonies needed for 235; 

 Fertilizer for buckwheat 152: Fertilizing, 

 should bees be scattered for 511; Field bees 

 unloading in brood-chamber 4: Fielders, num- 

 ber of in normal colonv 136: Field meeting 

 of Mass. bee-keepers 690: Field pea, some 

 honey secured from 328; Flat wrappers of 



