GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



SOT; Queen, to keep record of 418; Queen, 

 why not kill 948; Queens, black, to find 1267; 

 Queens, bought or reared 642; Queens, breed- 

 ing of 569; Queens, breeding of 429; Queens, 

 clipped, V. Alley trap, see Alley trap; Queens, 

 clipping, see clipping queens; Queens, con- 

 troversy about 799: Queens, dented, of no 

 value 621, 1512; Queens, capacity of 412; 

 Queens, Doolittle, valuable 1307; Queens, eight 

 in box hive 562; Queens, getting from nat- 

 ural-swarm cells 509; Queens, loss of, when 

 ■discovered 208; Queens, handling with clean 

 fingers 952; Queens, how long to keep 881, 

 1423; Queens, old, used In cfueen -rearing 

 1203, 1205; Queens, old, do good work 1363; 

 •Queens, life of 1363; Queens, plea for better 

 1076; Queens, price of 199, 829; Queens, rear- 

 ing V. buying 209; Queens, old, superseded 

 101; Queens, old, easily introduced 1243; 

 ■Queens, relation of to swarming 881; Queens, 

 selection of 24; Queens, superseding 40, 77, 

 157, 411, 556, 881, 1138; Queens, surplus of, 

 wintered 1139; Queens, to find in populous 

 colonies 1428; Queens, to test value of 509; 

 ■Queens, too old larvae selected for 545; 

 Queens, tested, explanation of 621; Queens, 

 short-lived 1079; Queens, wintering two 

 in hive 582; Queens, several in hive, 

 see plural-queen system; Queen-cage for 

 shaking out new combs 41; Queen-catcher 

 100; Queen-cell v. virgin 1317; Queen-cell 

 hatched in cage 1007; Queen-cell started 

 quickly 1175; Queen-cells removed after in- 

 troducing 545; Queen-cells causing swarming 

 206; Queen-cells destroyed made bees vicious 

 831; Queen-cells finished by strong colonies 

 700; Queen-cells, workers in 1011; Queen-cells, 

 when torn down 1445; Queen-cells, to produce 

 577; Queen-cell, several eggs in 927; 1047; 

 Queen-excluder, inventor of 1243; Queen-ex- 

 ciuder, wooden 139; Queen-finder 1439; Queen- 

 rearing for women 693; Queen-rearing, Doo- 

 little on 804; Queen-rearing, two methods 1317; 

 Queen-rearing, Alexander on 209; Queen-rear- 

 ing, selecting larvae for 1175; Queen-rearing, 

 swarm cells not recommended for 210; Queen- 

 trap V. clipped queens 555, 556, 622, 753, 993, 

 1009; Queenless colonies in fall, disposing of 

 1493; Queenlessness, signs of 1048, 1250, 1368. 



Railroad in apiary 568; Railroad responsible 

 for leaky cans 1494; Rassenzucht, German bee- 

 book 750; Raspberries in Michigan 563; Rasp- 

 berry pasturage, Townsend on 1253; Rats, to 

 destroy 40; Rauchfuss, Frank 32; Rearing v. 

 buying queens 209; Reaumur, sketch of 340; 

 Red clover worked by black bees 750; Red 

 clover, second crop for honey 875; Red clover, 

 second crop of clover from 1121; Red clover, 

 to adapt to bees 1364; Refrigerator, honey in 

 1047; Removing in spring 1494; Requeening by 

 bees during a fall flow 1428; Requeening with 

 best stock 1115; Requeening 91, 157, 411; Re- 

 queening, easy method wanted 932; Requeen- 

 ing, time for 40, 77, 629; Requeening, Case's 

 method explained 1008; Requeening, Doolittle 

 plan 627; Requeening, Greiner on 158; Rheu- 

 matism cured by stings 153, 628; Ripening 

 honey 809, 874; Ripening honey in hive 874; 

 Rivers, apiaries between 1128; Robber cloth 

 371; Robber flies 146; Robber-trap 1368; Rob- 

 bers, getting rid of 1048; Robbing or helping 

 703; Robbing in fall dangerous 1493; Robbing 

 in spring 361; Robbing from wheelbarrow pre- 

 vented by smoke 810; Robbing during a honey- 

 flow 696; Robbing prevented by entrance- 

 guard 440, 830; Robbing prevented by paint- 

 ing entrances 697; Robbing, felt cloth to cover 

 supers 1428; Robbing, less in cloudy weather 

 932; Robbing, to prevent during extracting 

 892; Robbing, large entrances to, preventing 

 276. 



Safety-pin for liolding veil 139; Sage in Ida- 

 ho 1140; Sage in California 1202; Sage honey 

 in Idaho and Utah 952; Salt in water for bees 

 819; San Jose scale spread by bees 553; Scald- 

 ing new cans 1268; Sealed covers v. absorbing 

 cushions 369; Season in Marengo disappointing 

 1243; Sections finished slowly at side of super 

 485; Sections partly filled, preventing 436; Sec- 

 tions, cleaning, see cleaning comb-honey; Sec- 

 tions, combs built crosswise in 828; Sections, 

 light, sold in butter-dishes 342; Sections, 

 nailed 630, 681; Sections, split, see split sec- 

 tions; Sections, removing from super 437; Sec- 

 tions, travel-stained 493; Sections, unfinished, 



to reduce 995; Sections, unfinished, what to 

 do with 1181; Sections, unfinished, Doolittle's 

 price for 1368; Sections, unfinished, for early 

 spring feeding 445; Sectional hive a labor- 

 saver 747 ; Sectional hive for plural-queen sys- 

 tem 35; Sectional hives superior 435; Sectional 

 hives, Atwater on 878; Sectional hive, name 

 for 140, 200, 275, 335; Sectional hive, shallow 

 supers for 344; Sectional hive tried ten years 

 86; Sectional hive for wintering 628; Sectional 

 hives not good for beginners 1079; Sectional 

 hives, finding queen in 1439; Sectional hives, 

 shaken swarms in 35; Sectional hives, trans- 

 ferring to 560; Selling honey 149, 280, 811, 1436; 

 Selling from house to house 1251, 1491; Sell- 

 ing honey at home 1139; Selling off-grade 

 comb honey 102; Selling honey in Mason jars 

 1070; Selling to consumers 207; Selling grocers 

 1252; Selling honey, value of competition 1069; 

 Selling unfinished sections 11S2; Separators, 

 cleaning 878: Separators, cleaning old, or buy- 

 ing 927 ; Separators, dispensing with 831, 947, 

 1079, 1208, 1372; Shade beneficial for bees 927; 

 Shade in apple orchard 894; Shade in Califor- 

 nia detrimental 950; Shade furnished by 

 honevsuckle arbor 1132; Shade for bees 551, 

 1053, 1308: Shade v. no shade 1315; Shade, 

 Virginia creeper for 1175; Shade-boards 944; 

 Shaken swarms in sectional hive 35; Shaking 

 on new combs 41; Shaking of bees 830, 868; 

 Shed apiarv 89, 288, 747; Shed for apiary 637; 

 Sheds for winter 294, 637, 1438; Sheds v. 

 Outdoor cases 364; Sheds, temporary, for pack- 

 ing 446; Shingled hive-cover 1138; Shipping 

 bees, ventilation during 799; Shipping-cases, 

 corrugated paper v. cleats 1368; Shipping- 

 cases, sandpapering 1073; Shipping-case with 

 sliding cover 25, 1060, 1115; Shipping-case, 

 single-tier 1312; Shipping-cases, nailing and 

 marketing 1075; Shipping-cases, removing sec- 

 tions from 1138; Skunks in apiary 1445; Smoke 

 to prevent robbing from wheelbarrow 810; 

 Smoker fuel, greasy waste for 1010; Smoker- 

 bellows spring, to renew 371; Smokers, valve- 

 less, indorsed 100; Smoking vicious bees 871; 

 Souring of honey in hive 1374; Southern bee 

 culture 746; Spacers for frames, see frame- 

 spacers; Spacing wide for winter 1076; Spac- 

 ing-staple at bottom of end-bars 1010; Spain, 

 bee-keeping in 1249; Spain, honey flora of 27; 

 Spider plant for honey 1262; Splints v. wire 

 423, 755, 828, 867, 874, 1127, 1176, 1243, 1383, 

 1491; Split sections 18, 77, 151. 200, 290, 552. 

 554, 631, 702, 934, 810, 1054; Spring dwindling 

 418, 1062; Spring feeding for stimulating not 

 advised 422; Spring feeding, text-books on 

 572; Spring losses 1323; Spring management 

 347, 420; Spring management, Hershiser 763; 

 Spring management, Wagner on 436; Starters, 

 top and bottom 234, 290. 335. 486, 552. 561, 582, 

 583, 642, 681, 747, 763, 799, 938, 993; Stimulative 

 feeding, see feeding; Stings in taking off 

 honey 621: .Stings, effects of 800; Stings, queen, 

 clipping 156; Stings, to avoid 1427; Stings, 

 poisonous acid of 275; Stinging controlled by 

 breeding 434; Stinging-bugs 25; Sting-proof 

 suits. Coggshall 1500; Stores in spring 139; 

 Stores to stimulate brood-rearing 873; Stores 

 consumed in winter 17, 1303; Stores, plenty 

 of, effect on bees in spring 681, 1053, 1505; 

 Stores, plenty of, to stimulate brood-rearing 

 545, 872, 927: Stores, too much 949; Storm- 

 doors 95. 97, 282, 294, 353, 1080, 1327, 1328, 1387; 

 Strainer of cheese-cloth 761, 811; Strainer, 

 heavy wire cloth to support 1208; Straining 

 honey after extracting 811; Sugar, loaf, fed 

 in cellar 1140; Sugar syrup, see syrup; Sul- 

 phured bees 643; Sulphuric acid not good for 

 wax 633; Sunflowers 1183; Sunflower hard on 

 soil 1491; Supers on through winter 1513: 

 Super, T 829, 947; Supers, bees not finding way 

 back 200; Supers, bees will not work in 831; 

 Supers, empty placed above partly filled ones 

 641, 949, 1441; Supers, empty place under part- 

 Iv filled ones 199; Supers, tent escape for 78: 

 Supers, preparing 349; Supers, shallow, v. deep 

 1250; Supers, when to put on and remove 933. 

 1441; Supers, to get surplus honey in 416: 

 Supers, work of different colonies in 1057; 

 Supers, number per colony 682; Supers, young 

 bees lost from 1136; Super-springs 350; Super- 

 seding 40, 77, 157, 411, 556, 881, 1138; Super- 

 seding in California 1203; Superseding, Bas- 

 setfs method 1368; Supersedure cells, using 

 nueens from 804: Supersedure, natural 54' 

 927; Swarm building comb in open air 568; 



