GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



carrying- supers to 999; Honey-houses 686; 

 Honey-labels 207; Honey-packages, Texas 873; 

 Honey-plants, fall 356; Honey-plants poison- 

 ous for cattle 434; Honey-stand, elevated 284; 

 Honey-yield, Dr. Miller's 1303, 1491; Honey- 

 yield, good 1140; Hornets' nest 819; House- 

 apiaries in Germany 739; Humming, loud, in 

 hive 1208; Hydrometer for testing honey 367. 



Idaho association 632; Inbreeding 1513; In- 

 crease, Alexander method for 578, 1005; In- 

 crease, Chapman's plan 579; Increase, 20 col- 

 onies from 9 1487; Increase, difficulty in mak- 

 ing 447; Increase, Somerford plan for 577, 

 1139; Increase, rapid, with good yield 703; 

 Increase, Alexander and Somerford's methods 

 compared 757, 1443; Inspector, troubles of 

 1324; Introducing with no young brood pres- 

 ent 987; Introducing before removing queen- 

 cells 545; Introducing to colony 48 hours queen- 

 less 548; Introducing cage, new Miller 763; 

 Introducing to colony long queenless 799; In- 

 troducing queen, safe way 893; Introducing, 

 Beuhne's plan of 1513; Introducing, dual plan 

 for 800; Introducing-cage at entrance 987, 

 1048, 1327; Irrigation in Idaho 632; Irrigation 

 in Nebraska 435; Italians from Switzerland 

 750; Italians not equal to blacks in Switzer- 

 land 38; Italians, light, gentle 1447; Italians, 

 V. leather-colored 281; Italians, yellow 342, 

 1267. 



Japan, bee-keeping 1325. 



Kerosene irritates bees 1205; King birds 42; 

 Knives, both hot and cold needed 1511; Knives, 

 cold, preferred for uncapping 1374; Knives, 

 hot or cold 1126; Knife, straight butcher 1250; 

 Knives, two kinds for uncapping 1303 ; Koumis 

 621; Kramer, U. 879. 



Labeling by Coveyou method 1064; Labels 

 for honey 207, 703, 946; Labels to conform to 

 pure-food law 1123; Larvae, old, not selected 

 by bees 545, 1054; Larvae, age of to start 

 queen-cells 890; Larvae, selecting for queen- 

 rearing 1175; Laying- worker colony, introduc- 

 ing queen to 1140; Laying workers 364; Leaks 

 in hives, to stop 1428; Leakage, preventing in 

 honey-.iars 993; Lebanon County Bee associa- 

 tion 233; Lectures on bees 34; Legs of honey- 

 bee 1002; Levulose, artificial 1206; Life of bees 

 747; Life of workers 1116; Liquefying bulk 

 comb honey 370, 873; Liquefying bottled honey 

 365; Liquefying candied comb honey 627; 

 Liquefying in cake-tin 948; Liquefying in in- 

 cubator 448; Liquefying honey inside of the 

 hive 810; Liquefying honey in hot air 145. 199, 

 233, 343; Liquefying honey in cans 509; Lique- 

 fying, danger of burning 276; Liquefying, 

 temperature for 276; Live-bee demonstration 

 994; Locality, improving 1388; Location, Burr 

 on 699; Locust-trees for bees 876; Logan 

 berry recommended in B. B. J. 991; Log gum, 

 drumming bees from 217; London, congress of 

 beekeepers in 867; Long idea hive 1175; Lore 

 of the honey-bee 1052; Lore of honey-bee, re- 

 view of 1310. 



Mammoth clover 931; Massachusetts society 

 41, 159, 702; Mating-box, twin, Pritchard on 

 1008; Mating-box not satisfactorv 159; Melting 

 cappings, see capping melters; Melting combs 

 to remove foul brood 1423; Merrill, D. E., 

 death of 757; Mexican honey 635; Mice in 

 chaff cushions 696; Michigan convention 99; 

 Michigan, honey resources of 1184. 1253: Mich- 

 igan, locating apiary in 562: Migratory bee- 

 keeping 1257; Migratory bee-keeping 875. 1257; 

 Milkweed as a honey-yielder 1058: Miller, C. 

 C. 938; Miller improved introducing-cage 147; 

 Monks as bee-keepers 687; Moths in stored 

 comb honev 1199; Moths living on pollen 1243: 

 Moths, movement of 78; Moths, to kill 993; 

 Moths laying eggs 78, 799: Moths, food of 

 1491; Moving bees 1137; Moving bees, prepar- 

 ing for 940: Moving colonies in .spring 889; 

 Moving for basswood flow 77, 932; Moving 

 bees, best time in winter 288: Moving bees 

 in carlots 500; Moving bees with open en- 

 trances 101; Moving bees on boat 1257: Mov- 

 ing bov hives 1059; Moving from outyards 

 1445; Mo\ing in spring 1363; Moving by 

 schooner in Cuba 1441: Moving, expensive 

 1506; Moving, time for 1136; Moving, to close 

 hives for 1328. 



Nails for supporting frames 1199; Nails in 

 fig^r-boxes 582: National convention, program 

 of SO.'. 932; National convention notes 892; 



Natural history of the bee 26; Nature study 

 of bees 1495; Nebraska, bee-keeping in 435; 

 New Mexico, artificial pasturage in 1207; New 

 Mexico, bee-keeping in 205, 580, 1207; New 

 Zealand, bee-keeping in 434; Night, handling 

 bees at 739; Non-swarming bees 814; North 

 Carolina, bee-keeping in 696; Nuclei from 

 queenless colonies 993; Nuclei, forming 281, 

 621, 799; Nuclei, three-frame, starting with 

 294; Nuclei, to prevent loss of brood in 205; 

 Nuclei, two wintered in a hive 621. 



Observatory hive 1320; Oil-stove for heating 

 knives 751; Oil-stove for warming honey 695; 

 Oregon, Britt's apiary in 943; Outdoor colony 

 692: Outyards, Coggshall method of managing 

 1499; Overstocking 494, 874. 



Paint made of cement 510; Paint made of 

 water not water-proof 829; Paint for hives 

 412, 424, 486, 746: Painted hives not best for 

 bees 894; Painted hives v. unpainted 343; 

 Painting edges of hive-bodies 449; Paint to 

 prevent robbing 697; Paper, to fasten around 

 hives 1080; Paper roofing for hive-quilts 1137; 

 Paper winter cases 92, 150, 292, 349, 697, 831, 

 1265, 1328; Paper wrappers for comb honey 

 39, 102; Papered hives, can moisture escape 

 from 1512; Paper, black and white compared 

 344; Paralysis 949; Paralysis in Australia 1445; 

 Paralvsis or dvsenterv 703; Parcels post 931, 

 1052, 130.9, 1370; -Parthenogenesis 411; Paste 

 for labeling tin 368. 447; Pasturage, artificial 

 1388; Pear blight 1179: Pennsylvania meeting 

 763; Plural-queen svstem 144, 295, 372, 507, 

 621, 1052, 1062. 1183, 1307; Phacelia, two varie- 

 ties 1505; Phacelia, honey from 1243; Plural- 

 itv of queens in winter 42; Plurality of queens 

 155. 157. 199: Plural-queen svstem 17: Plural- 

 queen system opposed 36; Plural-queen sys- 

 tem unsuccessful 102; Plural-queen system for 

 sectional hive 35; Plural-queen system v. 

 Wells 78: Plural-queen system, Alexander on 

 1135; Plural-queen system. Beuhne on 1203: 

 Plural-queen system for preventing swarming 

 101; Plural-queen system. Gray on 505; Plural- 

 queen system, Simmins on 506; Poisonous 

 plants 747; Poisonous plants kill brood 1327; 

 Poisonous plants, nectar from 275; Poisonous 

 plants, effect of on brood 1513; Pollen from 

 basswood 1428: Pollen in extracting-comtas 

 1268; Pollen on legs of bees 1495; Pollen, early, 

 value of 1427: Pollen, famine in Australia 

 1061; Pollen, red. from aster 102; Pollen, first 

 source of in spring 629; Pollen, great amount 

 of 1123; Pollen, position of in brood-nest 

 1200; Potassium cyanide, danger of 1121; 

 Potassium cyanide question 93.5; Potassium 

 cvanide to kill moths 571; Prices, low, rea- 

 sons for 583: Prices of honey 87, 747, 1048; 

 Prices of honey and wax in Hamburg 991; 

 Prices of honey in Canada 1054; Prices of 

 honey in Colorado 1311, 1430; Prices of honey 

 in Texas 994; Profits on bees 584: Propolis 

 from sweet-gum trees 950; Propolis mixed 

 with wax 1447; Propolis from wax 1388: 

 Propolis, removing when cleaning sections 

 1057; Pure-food law 1429: Pure-food law dis- 

 cussed 367: Pure-food laws in Texas 994; 

 Pure-food show 159. 



Quebec association 584; Quebec, bee-keeping 

 in 153; Queen balled after mating 1137; Queen 

 dead on excluder 740: Queen detected by the 

 building of worker-cells 932; Queen frightened 

 after clipping 1115: Queen introduced at 

 entrance 1048, 1327: Queen laying eggs beyond 

 dummy 800: Queen killed in mails 1208; Queen 

 killed by a rival 1259: Queen mating early in 

 spring 1266; Queen stings worker 4il; Queen 

 with dented back 581; Queens above excluders 

 1202; Queens laying worker eggs in drone- 

 cells 545: Queens mating in upper story 158; 

 Queens reared artificially cause deterioration 

 627: Queens reared under swarming impulse 

 1008; Queens separated by zinc 17; Queens 

 stinging workers 335; Queens superseded by 

 Doolittle plan 449; Queens superseded in win- 

 ter 448: Queens from supersedure cells 804; 

 Queen, bees kill 987; Queen, capacity of 947: 

 Queen, poor, first season 952; Queen, contro- 

 versy over 411: Queen, dented 940: Queen, 

 failure of 1326: Queen, keeping caged in strong 

 colony 1487; Queen, length of time to hntch 

 1116: Queen, old, cause of spring dwindling 

 418; Queen, to tell age of 1303: Queen, time 

 required to test 546: Queen, trouble tT find 



