GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



upward 154 ; Uncappiiiir a whole frame at one 

 stroke 130 ; I'ncappin.if-liox, position of 128 : 

 Uncapplug-knife witli stiaiglit lianille preferred 

 ISO, 350; Uucappin^-knifo willi two handles 154; 

 rncappinii-kuife. strai^lit, preferred 359 ; Uncap- 

 piiifl-knife, Imtclier 351); Incapiiinji-knife, cold, 

 preferred 1S((, 525 ; rncappinjj-knife, corrugated 

 (J45 ; I'ncapping-knife. Hyer on 530; Uncappiug- 

 knives, thick N!t ; rncappiug-kuives, thin 89 ; 

 I'ncappiug-knives, l)oth hot and cold used 426 ; 

 Incapping-knives, hot or colil 3(), 37, 128, 146, 

 253, 426; ^■ncapping-knive^^. straiglit preferred 

 130; rncapping-niaciiiues, ("rane not interested 

 in 492 ; rncapping-macliine, Bayless 165 ; Un- 

 oaiipiiig-uiachine, is it a practical tiling? 319; 

 I ncapping-niachine. Miller's 190. 235; Uncap- 

 ping-machiiu'. Sinuuins' 223 ; Uncapping-niachine. 

 Ferguson's 4(ti.' ; Inaerstocking. danger of 21; 

 Inlinislied sections, market for 225; Unfinished 

 sections, to prevent 693; Fniting weak colonies 

 in tlie cellar in spring 1S2 ; I'niting and saving 

 (pioens 787; Tnitiug in the fall,- Crane on 758; 

 liiiting in fall. Dr. .Miller on 624; Uniting in 

 tlie fall to conserve heat 4(i ; Uniting bees in 

 fall. Doolittle's plan for 59:> ; Uniting when put- 

 ting colonies in cellar 100; Uniting weak col- 

 onies, Doolittle on 228 ; Uniting workers of two 

 colonies .3S1 ; Uniting with newspaper between 

 two colonies 390; Uniting, success followed by 

 failure 745; Upper entrances not used by bees 

 59(1; Upper entrances o3o, 590; Upper entrances, 

 Walker on 532. 



Vacuum honey-extractor 463, 559 ; Vegetable 

 wax 299 ; \'eil, Alexander, supported on the 

 head 114 ; Ventilation to make white ca.ppings 

 ;;62. :>91. 635 ; \"entilation at top of hive in 

 winter 51, ISl ; Ventilation to prevent swarm- 

 ing tiUl, 693 : Ventilation by upper entrances 

 530, 590. 734 ; Ventilation through bottom-board 

 unnecessary 645 ; Ventilation by tin tube for 

 chaff-packed colony 745 ; Ventilation, upward, in 

 cellar unnecessary 645 ; Ventilation, extra, at 

 bottom of hive 53, S^U ; Ventilation, extra, to 

 prevent swarming 525. 638 ; Ventilation, diffi- 

 cult to increase with bottoms nailed fast 492 ; 

 N'entilatiou, upward, v. sealed covers 677; Ven- 

 tilation in cellar, caution about 254 ; Ventila- 

 tion from two lower entrances 229 ; Ventilator 

 at top of hive not used by bees 590 ; Vinegar 

 made from Iioney 590 ; Virgin, sale of 74 ; Vir- 

 gins destroyed if young brood is present 690. 



Walioo-tree 477 ; Walls of bm.uings, bees in 

 .■'..".9 ; Washington, conditions in 89 ; Wasps dam- 

 age comb honey 110 ; Water evaporated from 

 nectar 7u9 ; Water elected by uees during flight 

 547 ; Water-soaked and white cappings from 

 same colony 539 ; Watering bees 467 ; W'ater- 

 ing-places, cork chips better for 390 ; Watering- 

 l)laces for bees, using blocks or corks 357 ; 

 Watery cappings due to lack of ventilation 362, 

 .191. 539, 574, 635 ; Watery cappings, is queen 

 rcsponsil)le for'? 539 ; Watery combs, I'unics bad 

 for 524 ; Wax goes to waste 361 ; Wax in plants 

 155; Wax produced by confined bees 731; W^ax 

 secretion, effect on amount of honey 102 ; Wax 



secretion not involuntary 594 ; Wax secretion, 

 voluntary or involuntary 102, 154, 223, 225; 

 Wax, involuntary secretion of 25, 50; Wax, 

 amount of in old combs 52 ; Wax, amount of 

 used at Medina 724 ; Wax. tariff on not favored 

 127; Wax, color of when new 422, 531; Wax, 

 reason for color of 626 ; Wax-moth, lesser 560 ; 

 Wax-reiulering in a wholesale way 248 ; Wax 

 production in Cuba 73"; Wax-press, Hatch, used 

 on hot-water plan 310; Wax-rendering, Atwat- 

 er's method for i:{6 ; W^eak colony placed under 

 strong colony instead of over 251 ; W'eak golden 

 colony, to build up 349 ; Weak colonies united 

 in the fall 786; \teak colonies, Byer's plan to 

 build up .■!70 ; Weak colonies, I'ratt plan to build 

 up in spring 244 ; Weak colonies, Doolittle plan 

 foi- uniting 228; Weak colonies, to save 383; 

 Weber, life of 104 ; Weeping honey 644, 738 ; 

 Wet lauds, reclaiming 265 ; Weight of bees and 

 larvii^ 454 ; Weighing doubtful sections in grad 

 ing 591 ; Weighing-apparatus 105 ; Weighing-de- 

 vice, simple 105, 360 ; White clover, see Clover ; 

 Wiley, stand for 192, 193 ; Winter cases made 

 like tireless cooker 570 ; Winter cases, double- 

 story 590 ; Winter cases, new way of using 735 ; 

 Winter cases, Bartlett's 563 ; Winter cases, 

 Smitli's 599 ; Winter consumption of stores In 

 Switzerland 330 ; Winter flights scarce in Can- 

 ada 192 ; Winter mild in Marengo 98 ; Winter 

 losses in Colorado 191 ; Winter "nests, Hurley- 

 Koot controversy on 724 ; Winter passageways 

 through combs 181. 264. 661 ; Winter severe for 

 bees in Colorado 263 ; Winter stores largely con- 

 sumed in Canada 264 ; Winter stores, plenty of 

 in small apiary 758 ; Winter stores, qualit.v of, 

 important 264 ; W'inter work in the shop 725 ; 

 Winters mild in most localities north of the 

 Ohio 122 ; Winter, colonies grouped close to- 

 gether for 05 ; Wintering outdoors, colonies fur- 

 ther advanced 357 ; Wintering with outer en- 

 trances closed 110; Wintering in shed over hole 

 in ground 18 ; Wintering in warm room 98, 100, 

 123, 212, 575, 730 ; Wintering prospects good in 

 Canada 123 ; Wintering in cellar with 2 ft. of 

 water 787 ; Wintering, close grouping of hives 

 under one paper cover 676 ; Winter-killing of 

 c over, see clover ; Winter-killing of clover, Doo- 

 Kttle on 75; Winter-killing of clover, Holter- 

 niann on 85 ; Wire cloth, why sections are filled 

 more rapidly 223 ; Wire excluders preferred 534 : 

 Wire queen-excluders report on 320, 534 ; Wires 

 in foundation 658 ; Wires should be in upper 

 part of frame 492 ; Wires, taut v. loose 754 ; 

 Wire-cloth separators 205 ; Wire-cloth separators, 

 good report of 349 ; Wire-cloth separators not a 

 success 445 ; Wiring vertically makes top-bars 

 sag 128, 154 ; Wiring, convenient plan for 254. 

 281 ; Women, dress for in apiary 373, 390 : 

 Worker comb by weak queenless colony 122 ; 

 Worker comb, straight, from starter 693 ; 

 Worker comlis built by colony Without queen 

 113; Worker combs, to get straight ones from 

 starters 472. 



Yellow alfalfa 422 ; Yellow sweet clover in 

 Marengo 390; Yields of 200 lbs. per hive 393. 



EDITO 



A B C of Bee Culture 588; Absorbent vs. 

 sealed covers 654 ; Absorbent vs. sealed covers. 

 See Sealed covers ; Acid, amount to be used in 

 syrnp 622 ; Alexander apiary, remarkable 260 ; 

 .VIexauder book ready for delivery 2.il ; Alexan- 

 der's writings in book form 49; Alfalfa bulletin; 

 I'. S. Government 47 ; .\lfalfa honey, color of 

 723; Alfalfa, early or late cut 723; Alligator, 

 Hunt's big catch 260 ; Alsike and buckwheat 

 sowing vs. feeding 555 ; Alsike and buckwheat 

 bee pasturage 1S7 ; Alsike booklet 260; Apiaries, 

 large not numerous 260 ; .\piary, shade for 653; 

 .\picultural building, permanent at the Michigan 

 State Fair 451 ; Apiculture taught in public 

 schools 687; Apiculture, development of, 1908 

 17 ; Apiculture, statistics of in the United States 

 188 ; Artificial pasturage that pa.vs 187 ; Arti- 

 cles, surplus of 152; Atwater, K. F., correspond- 

 ent 151 ; Automatic uncapping machine 222 ; 

 Automobiles for out-apiary service 355 ; Auto- 



RIAL 



mobiles, high-wheeled or pneumatic tired 523 ; 

 Avocation of bees 119. 



r.aldridge plan oi treating foul brood 451, 

 488 ; lialied queen, is she stung? 355 ; Balled 

 queen, scheme for releasing 621 ; Basswood cut- 

 ting 721 ; Bee culture, statistics of in the United 

 St.ates 188 ; Bee culture taught in public schools 

 687 ; Bee diseases, bulletin on 187 ; Bee diseases. 

 none in Hawaii 294 ; Bee disease, combatting 

 292 ; Bee disease, new in Europe 654 • Bee flight, 

 length of 388, 587 ; Bee pasturage that pays 

 187 ; Bee range controlled, Hawaii 291 ; Bee 

 rights 293 ; Bees forming winter-nest 688 ; Bees 

 more inclined to sting some times than others 

 420 ; Bees pollinating fruit trees 087 ; Bees and 

 neighbors 221, 259 ; Bees by carload, how to 

 ship 260 ; Bees flying out and chilling 95 ; Bees 

 killed by telephone wires 328 ; Bees chilled witli 

 snow and revived 95 ; Bees in corners of supers 

 622 ; Bees wintering well 219 ; Bees moved in 

 cold weather 17 ; Bees uneasy In cellar 97 ; Bees. 



