GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Swarm cells wroduce poor queens 569; Swarm 

 lea\ir,g a cokmy queenless 13S7; Swarm from 

 colony with clipped queen 8:^8; Swarm made 

 to cluster by noise 832; Swarm made to clus- 

 ter with queen on pole 832; Swarm divided 

 77; Swarm, to tell where from 950; Swarms 

 an aggravation 889; Swarming caused by tin 

 cover 933; Swarming controlled by breedmg 

 434; Swarming controlled by prolific queens 

 569; Swarming impulse, queens reared in 1008; 

 Swarming prevented by double-queen plan 

 101; Swarming prevented by plenty of room 

 746; Swarming prevented by upper ventilation 

 411; Swarming prevented by cutting queen- 

 cell 831; Swarming retarded by large en- 

 trances 933; Swarming of yellow Italians and 

 hybrids 928; Swarming, excessive, at Dr. Mil- 

 ler's 867; Swarming, Hand's system to pre- 

 vent 947; Swarming, natural 91; Swarming, 

 the Jay's plan for 417; Swarming, large hive 

 to prevent 420; Swarming, Rich- Alexander 

 plan to prevent 583; Swarming, tiering up to 

 prevent 873; Swarming, proposed plans for 

 controlling 84, 445, 640, 681; Swarming, plural- 

 queen colony 2307; Swarms choose location 

 before leaving 42, 213, 421, 567, 748, 996, 1318; 

 Swarms controlled by Alley trap 282; Swarms 

 going together 555; Swarms hived with weak 

 colonies 362; Swarms led by old or young 

 queens 875; Swarms prevented with least la- 

 bor 628; Swarms prevented by non-swarming 

 race 815; Swarms with virgin 988, 1009, 1140; 

 Swarms, absconding 101; Swarms, distance 

 traveled by 643, 806, 1308; Swarms, few in 

 Coggshall's yard 1499; Swarms, to catch 583; 

 Swarms, preventing in sectional hives 35; 

 Swarms, to prevent flight of in spring 448; 

 Swarms, shaken 35; Swarms, where to hive 

 685; Swarming controlled by queen-trap 555; 

 Swarming, preventing in 1500 colonies 205; 

 Swarm-catcher of burlap sack 764; Swarm- 

 catching cage 1261; Swarm-catcher, Dayton's 

 1509; Sweet clover 643; Sweet clover for stock 

 510, 1430; Sweet clover for cattle and bees 

 220; Sweet clover in Illinois 829; Sweet clover, 

 when it yields 1010, 1047; Sweet clover, to sow 

 1175; Sweet clover, yellow 832; Sweet clover 

 on drainage canal 940; Swiss apiary 426; Swit- 

 zerland, bee-keeping in 879; Syrup for late 

 feeding 77; Syrup preferred for winter stores 

 1428; Syrup, loss of, by evaporation 236; Syrup 

 V. honey for winter feed 29, 286, 1126, 1200; 

 Svrup, to make 945, 1264; Syrup, thick, fed 

 la"te 275; Svrup, thick v. thin 212, 286, 3:6, 

 493, 504, 628, 'i48; Syrup, to prevent cry.'-lal- 

 lizatior of 1138; Syrup, weight of compared 

 with weight of stc:-'^s 509, 545. 



Tariff on honev, relation to foul brood 2424; 

 Tariff on honey in France 1248; Tariff on 

 honey and wax 1429; Tarred paper to line 

 honev-house 686; Tartaric acid for syrup 286; 

 Temperature of cluster 139; Tenement winter 

 case 1180, 1491; Territory, bee, control of 18, 

 1423; Texas association 746, 994; Texas crop 

 large 1047; Texas crop light in spring 746; 

 Texas, bee-keeping in 635; Texas, high prices 

 in 746; Texas, honey-plants, bulletin on 931; 

 Te.xas, prospects for honey in 872; Texas, first 

 honey-flow in season 628; Texas, kinds of 

 honey in 873; Texas river-bottom, apiaries in 

 1260; Texas, season in 994; Tongues, length of 

 991; Top and bottom starters, see starters; 

 Top-bars, narrow v. wide 1250; Top-bars, 

 thinner, preferred 1440; Transferring 366; 

 Transferring from box hives. Wilder on 1321; 

 Transferring to sectional hives 560; Transfer- 

 ring, Todd on 496; Transvaal association 991; 

 Travel-stain, Crane on 1506; Tropics, condi- 

 tions in 1512; Trousers-guards to protect the 

 ankle 545; Troubles of amateur bee-keeper 

 689, 761, 807, 889, 940, 1059; Turkey, bee-keep- 

 ing in 90; Typewriter, Oliver 1363. 



Uncapping shallow frames 1251; Uncapping- 

 knives, see knives; Uncapping honey 751; Un- 

 capping, Townsend on 892; Uncapping-box, 

 Mclntyre 760; Uncapping-box made of a bar- 

 rel 751; Unfinished sections, disposal of 1181; 

 Uniting 1137; Uniting in fall 1243; Uniting in 



spring 348; Uniting with paper between 

 hives 1139. 1175, 1244, 1444; University of Cal- 

 ifornia 1322; Utah, bee-keeping in 764. 



Veil with shaded wire cloth 1445; Veil held 

 by safety-pin 139; Veils sewed to hat 139; 

 Veils, various 93; Ventilation at back of hive 

 1115; Ventilation in cellars 208, 275, 360, 1186, 

 1316; Ventilation of bees in shipment 799; 

 Ventilation of hives in winter 1268; Ventilation 

 to prevent clustering 987; Ventilation to pre- 

 vent swarming 1053; Ventilation cut off by 

 Queen-trap 557; Ventilation, upper 411, 485; 

 Vestibuled entrance, see storm doors: Vinegar 

 from honey 1183; Virgin with plural-queen 

 system 372; Virgin detected by young brood 

 867, 1139; Virgin killed in introducing-cage 

 800; Virgins, introduction of 1317; Virginia 

 creeper 1175. 



Wagons, hauling honey on, see hauling, etc.; 

 Warming artificially for extracting 695, 808, 

 927; Warming honey before extracting 695, 

 927; Water in honey 1248; Water for bees 

 208, 681, 740; Water, lack of in honey 1303; 

 Watering bees, cement trough for 448, 829; 

 Watering bees with wet boards 510; Watery 

 cappings made by good workers 739; Wax 

 candles 687; Wax carried by a bee 799; Wax 

 cakes, to remove from pans 553; Wax craft, 

 review of book 992; Wax good for digestion 

 739; Wax unwholesome 199; Wax refined with 

 sulphuric acid 633; Wax, testing 643; Wax, 

 amount of honey required to produce 685; 

 Wax, amount in combs 1244; Wax, finish for 

 woodwork 1194, 1423, 1491; Wax, price in Ham- 

 burg 875: Wax, production of in France 1429: 

 Wax-moth larvae 740; Wax-press, Manley 

 1313; Wax-press, Sibbald 210; Wax -press, 

 steam converted to water 1077; Wax-render- 

 ing, Hatch-Gemmil v. hot water 887, 1121; 

 Wax-rendering, hot-water plan for 557; Wax- 

 rendering, Salisbury on lOSO; Wax -rendering, 

 comments on Sibbald's plan 558; Wax-render- 

 ing, Manley method 1313, 1428; Wax-render- 

 ing, Townsend on 1313; Wax- worms 1123; 

 Weak colony produces fine surplus 636; Weak 

 colony under strong one 867; Weak colonies, 

 to build up 621, 642; Weak colonies, Alexan- 

 der plan for 214, 366, 368, 622, 681; Weather, 

 influence of on honey-flow 1184; Weber en- 

 trance-controller 355; Wells system, see 

 plural-queen system; Wheat, whole, for eat- 

 ing 1423; Wheelbarrow for carrying supers 

 877; White clover, early bloom of 867; Will- 

 iams, Susan E. 88; Wind power for hive-mak- 

 ing 215; Winter cases 349; Winter case for 

 four hives 1491; Winter cases of paper 92, 

 150, 292, 369, 697, 831, 1265, 1328; Winter case, 

 home-made 1438; Winter hives packed closely 

 1427; Winter loss, to make up 576; Winter 

 stores, proper amount of 1303; Winter stores, 

 judging weight of 1181; Winter supply as- 

 sured 1363; Winter, getting rid of old bees for 

 1135; Winter, killing old queens before 1175; 

 Winter, packing outdoors for 1491; Winter, 

 preparing bees for 1056; Winter, six months of 

 1125; Winter, supers on hives through 1513; 

 Wintering in the cellar, see cellar wintering; 

 Wintering in damp cellar 214; Wintering in 

 building above ground 1444; Wintering four 

 hives in tenement case 1180; Wintering col- 

 onies shut in hive 1444; Wintering outdoors 

 1247; Wintering two nuclei in a liive 621; Win- 

 tering two queens in a hive 582, 1307; Winter- 

 ing in Danz. hives wrapped with paper 831; 

 Wintering in pit 1387; Wintering with holes 

 through combs 1381; Winter stores in comb- 

 honey colonies 627; Wintering, question of 

 wind 993; Wintering, results of in Canada 552; 

 Wintering, stores needed for 342; "^'N'inter, tem- 

 porary sheds for 446; Wintering, value of pro- 

 tected apiary 1247; Wires closer at top to pre- 

 vent sagging 799; Wire and splints not neces- 

 sary in combs 699; Wire v. splints, see splints; 

 Wiring frames with needle 372; Wiring foun- 

 dation 365; Wiring without piercing bars 758; 

 Wires, vertical 1388; Wiring, vertical, pre- 

 ferred 1440; Wiring, vertical 1446; Wrappers, 

 transparent, for comb honey 369. 



EDITORIALS 



Adulteration, very little 202; African bee- 

 keeping 745: Alexander bee-veil 800; Alexan- 

 der's affliction 990; Alexander, death of 1176; 

 Alexander's articles in book form 1425; Alex- 

 ander's locality 337; Alfalfa cut before ripen- 



ing 743; Alley, Henry, death of 278; Alsike 

 clover seed, furnishing to farmers 415; Alsike, 

 Agee on 487; Alsike, National Stockman on 

 487; Alsike v. red clover 339; American I^ee- 

 keeper suspended 989; American Bee-keeper'a 



