GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



281, 1056: Brood-nest, temperature of 83; 

 Brood-nest, to get honey out of 1200; Brood- 

 rearing in spring 411; Brood-rearing stimu- 

 lated by stores 872, 873, 927; Brood-rearing 

 stopped wliile eggs are still laid 1363; Buck- 

 ling of foundation 151, 631, 1440; Buckwheat 

 in Texas 629; Buckwheat in poor season 2054; 

 Buckwheat honey 140; Buckwheat, decrease 

 in amount 1053; Buckwheat, opinion of far- 

 mers 642; Buckwheat, Silverhull, preferred 

 1504; Building up colonies for harvest 362, 421, 

 639; Building, removing bees from 701; Bulk 

 comb honey, good pi-ice for 1011; Bulk comb 

 honey in Texas 207; Bulk comb honey, lique- 

 fying 370; Bulk comb honey profitable in the 

 south 1250; Bumble-bees in Arctic regions 

 799; Burbank, Dadant's visit to 1364; Burr- 

 combs between two supers 987. 



Cans, should dealers- pay for? 1491; Cage, 

 Miller improved 147; Cages, demonstration, 

 see handling live bees; California bee-keep- 

 ing 1505; California. Imperial Valley of 1052, 

 1055, 1125; California weather conditions 803; 

 California sage, enemies of 1202; California, 

 university of 1322; California, yield in 1054; 

 Cane sugar, variation of in honey 1121; Can- 

 filler, Coveyou automatic 101, 811; Canada, 

 honey-flow in 932; Canada, prospects for sea- 

 son 876; Canadian association 818; Canadian 

 northwest, honey-plants in 763; Candied 

 honey in hives 1079; Candied comb honey 

 1140; Candied honey in combs 621, 1487; 

 Candying, to prevent, 465; Cane sugar in 

 honey 139; Candied honey, dry 1243; Candied 

 honey, exhibiting 207; Candied honey, retain- 

 ing aroma of 1263: Candying of honey as soon 

 as capped 1444; Candles, why beeswax is used 

 for 687; Canning fruit with honey 809; Cans, 

 plea for better 1493; Cappings of dark wax 

 1368; Cappings. white, to breed for 434; Cap- 

 pings, watery 832; Cappings, white, in Cau- 

 casian colonies 690: Cappings, watery, made 

 by best workers 702; Capping-melter. Mercer 

 217; Capping-melter, latest design 1375; Cap- 

 ping-melter. crane on 342; Capping-melters, 

 old 828; Capping-melter. Peterson's 559; Cap- 

 ping-melter, Lathrop on 1380; Carbon bisul- 

 phide for fumigating 830, 935, 1207; Carniolan- 

 Italian bees 739; Carpet weeds 1371: Cartons 

 for comb honey 702, 1071; Caucasians not 

 good honey-gatherers 42; Caucasians at Ne- 

 braska fair 1248; . Caucasians breed many 

 drones 1063; Caucasians build much drone 

 comb 1133; Caucasians excel Italians 690; 

 Caucasians, irritable 102; Caucasians, Wild- 

 er's experience with 1424; Cellar, bees quiet 

 in 1492; Cellar of concrete 1316; Cellar, 

 feeding in 17; Cellar for storing honey 

 739; Cellar too cold 1078; Cellar ven- 

 tilation 208, 275, 360. 1186. 1316; Cellar, 

 carbon-dioxide in 26: Cellar, damp 214; Cel- 

 lar, locating hives when removing bees from 

 492: Cellar, bee-room partitioned off in 1185; 

 Cellar, covers removed in 1126; Cellar, remov- 

 ing bees from 345. 360. 418. 701; Cellar, 

 screened entrances in 582; Cellar, when to put 

 bees in 25, 1492; Cellars v. outdoor plan 372; 

 Cellars, foundation of 208; Cellars, hive-cov- 

 ers loose in 345; Cellars, ventilation of 275. 

 260, 1186. 1316; Cells, grafting 39; Chickens 

 eat drones 584; China, bees in 1512; Chittim 

 tree 832; Cleaning comb honey 832, 1057, 1073; 

 Clipping queens, 371, 700: Clipped queens v. 

 queen -trap, see queen-trap: Clover, does 

 drouth kill? 1487, 1512; Clover, honey from 

 second crop 952; Clover, white Italian 40; 

 Clover, sweet, and alfalfa, in Alabama 893; 

 Clovers in France 750; Clovers, sour 86; Clus- 

 ter, position of in winter 446: Clusters quiet 

 in cellar 1492: Clustering out not waste of 

 time 944, 1368; Clustering out on hot davs 

 987; Coggshall, methods of 1499; Colorado 

 grading-rules 546: Colorado, bee-keeping 1128; 

 Colorado, season in 1312; Colonies building up 

 in spring 362, 421, 639; Colonies reaching ma- 

 turity in time for honey-flow 419: Colonies 

 rendered normal 364: Colonies, weak. Alexan- 

 der plan modified 366; Colonies, why they 

 differ 1205; Colonies, equalizing in spring 347. 

 362; Color of hives 551; Colors distinguished 

 by bees 1124; Color, do bees notice? 1447; 

 Color, how bees distinguish 145: Comb and 

 extracted honey in same super 631; Comb v. 

 extracted honey 341, 681, 867, 1446; Comb 



honey sold by section 946; G jmb honey twelve 

 years old 1437. 1487; Comb lioney without sep- 

 arators 947; Comb honey hauled in wagons, 

 see hauling, etc.; Comb honey season, close 

 of 995; Comb honev supers, extracting combs 

 in 100; Comb honey, cleaning 832, 1057, 1073; 

 Comb honey, crowding, to secure perfect cap- 

 ping 1431; Comb honey, fancy, from foul- 

 broody colonies 495; Comb honey, labeling 

 weight of 199; Comb honey, melting 343; Comb 

 honey, moths in 1199; Comb honey, off-grade, 

 to sell 102; Comb honey, preparing for 

 market 1073; Comb honey, price of in Canada 

 552; Comb honey, transparent wrappers for 

 39, 102, 369: Comb honey, wax in. unwhole- 

 some 199; Combs melting in hive 681; Combs 

 of sealed honey fed in spring 83; Combs, 

 melting in supers 485; Cqmtas, perfect, with- 

 out wire or splints 699; Combs, thin, evener 

 than thick 342; Comb-builders 341; Comb- 

 building, peculiarities in 34; Congress of bee- 

 keepers in London 876; Convention, Brant 

 district 25, 285, Convention, Colorado state 

 1430; Convention, Massachusetts 294; Conven- 

 tion, national, at Detroit 1181; Co-operative 

 experiments 100; Correspondence school in 

 France 750; Cotton honey light-colored 1250; 

 Covers of Tin cause swarming 933; Covers, 

 filling cracks in 41; Covers, leaky, kill bees 

 1446; Covers, sealed, preferred 1327; Cross 

 bees, to manage 871: Cross bees, finding 

 queen among 927; Crosses of different races 

 877; Crossing bees 38; Cuba, moving three 

 apiaries in 1441; Cushions v. sealed covers 

 1327. 



Dandelion 878; Dandelion in Germany 1323; 

 Dandelion, value of 1243; Demonstration be- 

 fore audience, principles of 1326; Demonstra- 

 tion cage, see handling live bees; Denmark, 

 foul brood in 875; Divisible-brood-chamber 

 hive, see sectional hive; Drifting in spring, 

 preventing 346. 411; Drone comb built by Cau- 

 casians 1133; Drone comb in supers 1487; Drone 

 comb, to get rid of 143; Drone comb, worker 

 brood in 1115; Drones to generate heat 199; 

 Drones eaten by chickens 1080. 1446; Drones 

 killed during cold spell 205; Drones, relation 

 of to honey production 832; Drouth, effect of 

 on honey-flow 1431; Ducks in the apiary 42, 

 447; Dummies made of di\ision-boards 830; 

 Dummies in middle to contract brood-nest 

 746: Dummies, value of 873; Dysentery 485; 

 Dysenterv or paralysis 703; Dvsentery in cel- 

 lar 582. 



Egg of queen 1498; Eggs, amount of in 

 comb 1121: Eggs, number from old queen 491; 

 Eggs, several in cell 927: England, bee-keep- 

 ing in 1383; Entrance protected 1327. 1387; 

 Entrance-block held by spring 235; Entrance- 

 contractor held by a spring 1447; Entrance- 

 controller. TVeber's 95; Entrance-controllers 

 1323; Entrance. Aspinwall non-clogging 1180; 

 Entrance, importance of keeping clear 1203; 

 Entrance, location of 102, 294, 372; Entrance, 

 position of in winter 78; Entrance, storm- 

 door for, see storm door; Entrance, vestibule 

 1328; Entrances above queen-excluders 878; 

 Entrances, deep 290; Entrances, large, to re- 

 tard swarming 933; Entrances, direction to 

 face 994: Entrances, small, in Idaho 877; 

 Entrances, vestibuled, see storm-door; En- 

 trances, value of protection in spring 1247; 

 Entrances, wedges to control size of 369; 

 Equalizing colonies in spring 347, 362; Escape 

 for removing supers 1182; Escapes for remov- 

 ing honey 639, 808; Escape, hive-lifting lever 

 for inserting 694; Escape-boards, improve- 

 ment in 436: Escape, to put on 1137; Escape, 

 Atwater on 877; Escape, Miller 701, 739: Es- 

 cape, tent, for supers 78, 140. 200; Escape, 

 Whitney v. Miller 883; Eucalyptus' of Califor- 

 nia 1175; Eucalyptus in Australia 1204; Euro- 

 pean notes 1323; Excluder to prevent brood 

 in super 641; Exhibit at Colorado state fair 

 1311: Exhibit at Texas fair 1250; Exhibit of 

 Lebanon association 1262; Exhibit of bees and 

 honey 283: Exhibit in Ontario 757: Exhibit at 

 Utah state fair 433; Exhibits, selling honey 

 at 1251: Exhibits, value of 1317: Exhihition- 

 cage. Wagoner's 1436; Exhibition. Toronto 

 1181; Extracted honey fed to finish sections 

 1182; Extracted honey ■warmed artificially 

 927; E\tracted-honey production, Hutchinson 



