GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



340 ; Drones. large number in hive 781 ; Drouth, 

 effects on clover, see Clover ; Duty on beeswax 

 7S ; Dwarf bees from old combs 625, 656, 757; 

 Dysentery, parasites the catise of 664. 



Effss carried through excluder 701 ; Eggs trans- 

 ferred by bees 477 ; Electrical conditions, effect 

 of on lioney-llow 5i!5 ; Energ.v of natural swarms 

 524. 502; England, honey plants in 106; En- 

 trance at both ends of bottom-board 229 ; En- 

 trance conditions indicating strength of colony 

 :W2 : Entrances of different sizes. Scholl on 53; 

 Entrance, double, in winter 122 ; Entrance, two- 

 inch, preferred by Dr. Miller 558 ; Entrances 

 closed in winter 111 ; Entrances enlarged by 

 wedges 457 ; lOntrances. bearing of on swarm 

 control 504; ICnti-ances, to prevent from clog- 

 ging SO ; Entrances, various positions of for 

 winter 51 ; Entrances, uirper 181, 190. 734 ; 

 Entrance-blocks. Todd on G41 ; Entrance-protec- 

 tor to prevent robbing 1519 ; Equipment at State 

 fair 597, 624 ; Escape, how to use and keep 

 honey warm 565 ; Escape, use of compared to 

 brushing 525 ; Escape-boards, correct method.,of 

 putting on 605; Europe, relative niuuber "*of 

 frame and box hives in 661 ; European v. Ameri- 

 can methods 594 ; European foul brood, Dr. 

 Miller on 760: Evergreen trees for clustering- 

 place 37 ; Excluders cause more honey in brood- 

 nest 173. 223; Excluders, less honey 'under 223, 

 412. 422; Excluders, should they be used? 579; 

 Exhibit of comb honey in glass cases 762 ; Ex- 

 hibit erf sound fruit in observation hive 103 ; 

 Exhiiiition-cases for comb honey 21 ; Exhibit of 

 liouse made of cans of honey 132 ; Experiment 

 stations doing little for apiculture 754 ; Ex- 

 tensive honey production, Gibson on 395 ; Ex- 

 tracted honey kept indefinitely 74 ; Extracted 

 honey on Doolittle's plan 379; Extracted not 

 good name for liquid honey 263 ; Extracting 

 from brood-nest and feeding syrup 547 ; Ex- 

 tracting in Cuba on large scale 737; Extracting, 

 and feeding back 180 ; Extractor with removable 

 comb-pockets 349 ; Extractors, how to clean 785 ; 

 Extractors, large cans wanted for 180 ; Extrac- 

 tor-brake, home-made 474 ; Extracting-combs re- 

 moved in a wholesale way 426 ; Extracting- 

 combs, how Greiner cleans 762 ; Extracting- 

 house on wagon 273 ; Extracting-supers given 

 first to comb-honey colonies 129 ; Eyes, do they 

 aid bees in tinding hive? 454. 



Eacing comb honey 263 ; Fall flow in Marengo 

 600; En 11 honey -flow, building up colonies for 

 233 ; Fall uniting, Doolittle on 598 ; Fall unit- 

 ing. Dr. Miller on 624; Farmers' Institute lec- 

 tures 21 ; Farming and bee-keeping 180 ; Fasten- 

 ing foundation with melted wax 366, 390 ; Feath- 

 ers for bee-lirushes ISO ; Feeding syrup after 

 extracting from brood-nest 547 ; Feeding in 

 spring not advised 233 ; Feeding in fail or 

 spring Clace on 566 ; Feeding for winter stores, 

 Doolittle on 561 ; Feeu.ng followed by fighting 

 744^ Feeding thick and thin syrup, JBruennich 

 on 742 : Feeding syrup in spring to force new 

 lioDey into supers 475 ; Feeding under the clust- 

 er in winter 59, 74 ; Feeding slowly recommend- 

 ed by Iloltermann 658 ; Feeding, Crane's figures 

 on 295 ; Feeding, time for modified by locality 

 444; Feeder, box, in super 711; Feeders, filling 

 when robbers are about 611 ; Feeders, leakv, 

 Doolittle 38; Feeders, Todd on 641; Fence as 'a 

 protection to apiary 112, 190: Fence-boards, 

 tight, bad for protection 424 ; Fertilization of 

 lilossoms 123; Fertilization of queens, station 

 to insure 74 ; Field meet of Massachusetts bee- 

 keepers 600 ; Fighting bees in winter 145; Fight- 

 ing after feeding 744 ; Fires, are lumber-cutters 

 to Itlame for? 145; Flax-plant in Xew Zealand 

 226 : Flight of liees, see distance ; Florida, 

 glimpses from 4:57; Flour method of introducing 

 579; Flour method, see Introducing; Flower, 

 more than one kind visited on same trip 180, 

 425, 547 ; Flowers, do bees of one colony work 

 on only cue kind? 180; Flowers, why a bee- 

 keeper should study them 750 ; Folding sections, 

 Townsend on 365 ; Folding sections, Foster on 

 591 ; Folding .sections without breaking 301 ; 

 Foot-power honey-extractor 133; Foreign and 

 American methods compared ... 4 ; Formalin for 

 fumigating comos 114; Foul and black brood 



compared 340; Foul brood at Marengo 524. 728; 

 Foul brood not from foundation 690 ; ri'oul brood 

 carried by swarms 7S5 ; Foul brood cured by 

 shaking in the evening 782 ; Foul brood in On- 

 tario 20; Foul brood in New .Jersey 115; Foul 

 brood cured during the production of honev 136; 

 Foul brood located by smell 332 ; Foul brood, 

 fine illustration of 192; Foul brood, American, 

 Alexander plan not safe for 760 ; Foul brood, 

 does it affect mature bees? 590; Foul brood, how 

 shown by Morley Pettit 690 ; Foul brood, Euro- 

 pean, increasing in Canada 726 ; Foul brood, is 

 it found in bee-trees? 677; Foul brood. Crane's 

 comment on Atwater method 360 ; Foul brood, 

 European methods to cure 596 ; Foul brood, can 

 it be carried by swarms? 7S7 ; Foul-brood appro- 

 priation in Texas 298 ; Foul-brood law in Iowa 

 115. 245; Foul-brood law failed in New" Jersey 

 366 ; Foul-brood inspection in Canada 392 ; Foui- 

 brood laws, Phillips on 782 ; Foul-brood legisla- 

 tion in Connecticut 546 ; Foul-brood treatment 

 originated in Canada 726 ; Foul-broody colonies, 

 can they be treated in winter? 113; Foul-broody 

 hives, is honey from them good to eat? 444*; 

 Foul-broody combs, how to burn 782 ; Foundation 

 in brood-frames, to fasten 443 ; Foundation sag- 

 ging 128, 154 ; Foundation, full sheets defended 

 by Hand 730 ; Foundation, full sheets not ad- 

 vised 50, 761 ; Foundation, full sheets economical 

 223, 594 ; Foundation, Crane on full sheets in 

 foundation 758 ; Foundation, Scholl on different 

 amounts in sections 102 ; Foundation, Town- 

 send's plan to fasten 365 ; Foundation, flat-bot- 

 tom 6715 ; Foundation, no disease in 690 ; Founaa- 

 tion, too much used in sections, Greiner on 

 528, 761 ; Foundation, size to use with splints 

 454 ; Foundation, to prevent from sticking to 

 rolls 786 ; Foundation, to put in frames 281 ; 

 Foundation, how it affects grading 333; Foun- 

 dation, split bottom-bars to hold 691; Founda- 

 tion-mill lubricated with dextrine 223 ; Founda- 

 tion-press makes drone comb 39o ; Foundation- 

 press, stone, not a success 320 ; Frames. Dan- 

 zenbaker, to use for extracting 785 ; Frames, 

 standard, in Austria 98 ; Frames, to get combs 

 from without injury 711 ; Freezing does not 

 kill bees 573 ; Freezing and thawing kills clover, 

 see Clover ; French bee-.iournal, new 226 ; French 

 ABC appreciated in Europe 754 ; Fruit pre- 

 vented from spoiling by bees 225 ; Fruit and 

 honey packing 333 ; Fruit, how bees help to 

 resist frost 754 ; Fruit, sound, bees do not in- 

 jure 55, 103 ; Fruit-blossoms, spraying 598. 



Galvanized iron taints honey 40 ; Garret for 

 keeping comb honey 100 ; Garrets, bees kept in 

 786 ; Gasoline power v. hand power 396 ; Gaso- 

 line portable extracting-outflt 273 ; Gaston Bon- 

 nier 226 ; German Bee Journal 330 ; German 

 bee-sheds 377 ; Germany, bee-keeping in 373, 691 : 

 Glass not needed in shipping-cases 526, 560 ; 

 (ijass hives, comb-building in IS ; Glucose trust 

 has competitor 331 ; Glucose, boiler-plate matter 

 to assist sale of 444 ; Goldenrod and other fall 

 flowers 598 ; Goldens flying in cold weather 113 ; 

 Government aid for bee-keepers 101 ; Grading 

 comb honey 77 ; Grading for exhibition 529 ; 

 firading honey, scales needed for 591 ; Grading, 

 importance of careful 560 ; Grading-rules ex- 

 plained 64 ; Grading. Foster on 725 ; Grading- 

 rules difficult to introduce in Colorado 455 ; 

 firafting larva twice to get strong queens 763 ; 

 (jrain-car, bees in 445 ; Granulation prevented 

 by sunshine 693 ; Grass around entrances kept 

 down liy boards 361 ; Greasy cappings caused by 

 lack of ventilation 362, 391, 539, 574, 635 ; 

 (Jreasy sections, Whitney on 362 ; Greenhouse 

 to winter bees in 730 ; Grocer, how to interest 

 in increase of sales 191 ; Grocer's profit on 

 honey 393, 784 ; Guadaloupe, bees in 155. 



Hammers, how to use 400 ; Handling combs 

 without breaking 7.39 ; Harness-dressing 155 ; 

 Hatch wax-press used in hot-water plan 310 ; 

 Hatching, difference in time of 454 ; Hearing of 

 bees 177, 19(1. 264 ; Heat applied to bees in win- 

 ter 730 ; Heather, moving bees to in England 

 12.".: lleddon frame preferred 180; Hickory 

 honey 711 : Hive to adopt 211 ; Hive lifting and 

 shifting device 506 ; Hive to select, Todd on 

 439 ; Hive sides of two pieces 333, 359 ; Hive 



