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from 55 colonies, 297; Comb honey cut to fit sec- 

 tions, 674, 863; Comb honey. Dr. Miller's crop, 878; 

 Comb honey from short flow, 303 ; Comb honey, 

 Humpert on, 674 ; Comb honey in shallow frames for 

 market, 799; Comb-honey market, condition of, 328; 

 Comb honey, parcel post for sending, 705 ; Comb- 

 honey production, dummies for, 442; Comb-honey 

 production, Hand on, 805 ; Comb honey sells easier 

 than extracted, 163 ; Comb honey, shrinkage in weight 

 of, 822; Comb honey, tin covers for, 726; Combless 

 package, 257; Combless package, double wire cloth 

 for, 132; Combless package, comb built in, 387; 

 Combless package, queens die in, 670; Combs boiled, 

 then rendered later, 762; Combs built on fence, 584; 

 Combs built outside hive, 579 ; Combs, drawn, v. 

 foundation, 807; Combs, easy way to build, 316; 

 Combs in bee-tree smash, 620 ; Combs melting down, 

 776; Combs, old, and bulk comb honey, 330; Combs, 

 passageway through, 232; Combs, proper space un- 

 der, 437; Combs, to keep free from moths in sum- 

 mer, 486 ; Combs v. extracted, in Ontario, 877 ; 

 Concrete hive-stands, 88 ; Concrete slabs for hive 

 bottoms, 819 ; Connecticut Fair, honey exhibits at, 

 755; Connecticut foul-brood law, 656; Consolidated 

 honey producers of California, 206; Convention, Cal- 

 ifornia State, 42; Convention, Cayuga County, 271; 

 Convention, Iowa, 86 ; Convention, Jefferson and St. 

 LaviTence Counties, 212; Convention, Kansas State, 

 271; Convention, National, at Cincinnati, 190; Con- 

 vention, New Jersey, 64 ; Convention, New Zealand, 

 report of, 615; Convention, Ontario, 6; Convention, 

 Quebec, 898; Convention, Toronto, 840; Cook, fight 

 against, in California, 635; Co-operative association. 

 New Zealand, 424; Corn, honey, 190; Cotton, no 

 honey from, in California, 250; Cottonseed meal a 

 substitute for pollen, 272, 388; Cover, Holtermann's 

 new, 848; Cranberries, bees fertilize, 479, 517; 

 Crating and grading, Doolittle on, 673 ; Crawford, 

 Harry, 852 ; Cross bees. Crane on, 249 ; Cuba, Amer- 

 ican apiary in, 338; Cutting comb honey to fit sec- 

 tions, 674, 863; Cyprus, beekeeping in, 127. 



Dandelions in December, 30; Danzenbaker hive, 

 high pressure, 767; Danzenbaker sections take long 

 journey, 130; Dark honey sells slowly, 452; Dead 

 air V. packing material, 270; Demonstration, live 

 bee, 653; Demonstration train, Colorado, 365; Den- 

 tist a beekeeper, 639, 640; Disease, Isle-of -Wight, 

 647; Disease or bad food, 548; Disease, peculiar, 

 547, 548, 778; Diseased colony, honey from, 619; 

 Diseases. See Foul Brood, Paralysis, etc. Doolittle 

 system for comb honey, 232; Dovetailing of hives, 

 91, 108; Drawn combs v. foundation, 807; Dross for 

 women in apiary, 148, 152, 159; Drone brood, cost 

 of, 603, 749; Drone comb, destroying, 316; Drones, 

 color of, 906; Drones congregating in large numbers, 

 601; Drones from drone-layers, 348; Drones mis- 

 taken for queens, 466; Drones necessary for natural 

 swarming, 287 ; Drones not necessary in every hive, 

 603 ; Drones, scarcity of, 778 ; Drones, stinging of, 

 116; Drouth, no effect on alfalfa, 692; Dummies in 

 comb-honey production, 442, 563. 



Educational apiary in London, 672 ; Eggs, stealing 

 of, 907; Eggs, why none laid in fall, 777; Emplovees 

 on bee-ranch, 58, 174, 420, 421, 466; Encouraging 

 beginners, Byer on, 113; English sparrows enemies 

 of bees, 638; Entrance at top of hive, 381; Entrance 

 contracted bv bees, 816; Entrance, location of, 599, 

 794; Entrance screen for closing, 891; Entrance, 

 size of, 4, 5, 30, 40, 41, 110, 819, 877; Entrance 

 small and absorbing cushions, 795; Entrance, upper, 

 tin tule for, 794; Equalizing by exchanging places, 

 212; Escape-boards ventilated, 577, 776, 884; Eu- 

 ropean foul brood. See Foul Brood; Excluders not 

 used, 762; Exhibit at Hamilton County Fair, 641; 

 Exhibit, Madison County Centennial, 810; Exhibit 

 Panama Exposition, 174; Exhibit, San Francisco, 

 47; Exhibit, Toronto, 601; Exhibits at an Oklahoma 

 fair, 132; Exhibits, Connecticut Fair, 755; Experts 

 in bee management wanted, 424 ; Express, shipping 

 colonies 1000 miles, 678; Extracted and comb honey, 

 M. A. Gill on, 770; Extracted honey. Gill and Chad- 

 wick on, 770, 841 ; Extracted honey in small rusty 

 cans, 193; Extracted-honey production, cleanliness 

 in, 770, 841; Extracted or comb honey, 838; Ex- 

 tracting close and feeding, 349; Extracting combs, 

 proper spacing of, 840; Extracting from brood comb, 

 863; Extracting-house and cellar, 217; Extracting- 

 house, collapsible, 211; Extracting-house on auto, 

 75; Extracting-house on wagon, 220; Extracting- 

 house small, equipment of, 224; Extracting machin- 

 ery, Sechrist's, 226; Extracting machinery, Wilder's, 

 227; Extracting outfit, moving, 216, 218 ;" Extracting 

 unripened honey, 164; Extracting without extractor. 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUiiE 



162; Extractor above tank, 230; Extractor, old time, 

 4 ; Extractor, twelve-frame power, 214, 845 ; Ex- 

 tractor, two-frame, capacity of, 776. 



Farm, ten-acre, paid for by bees, 686; Fastening 

 foundation, pen-filler for, 421 ; Fecundity of bees, 

 605, 749; Feeder, new idea for, 778; Feeder, 

 Smith's, 119; Feeding after extracting close, 349; 

 Feeding back dark honey, 404 ; Feeding back ex- 

 tracted honey, 164, 415, 564; Feeding back for comb 

 honey, 44, 415, 691; Feeding candy in fall, 843; 

 Feeding during increase, 315; Feeding, fall, Byer 

 on, 751; Feeding for brood-rearing in fall, 864; 

 Feeding in winter, A. C. Miller on, 89; Feeding, open 

 air, 464; Feeding outdoors for winter stores, 63; 

 Feeding soft A sugar, 233; Feeding soft candy in 

 spring, 153 ; Feeding, spring, unnecessary, 143 ; 

 Feeding sugar, J. E. Hand on, 858 ; Feeding, to 

 prevent robbing during, 764; Feeding very thin 

 syrup, 864; Feeding, winter, Rexford on, 817; Fence, 

 open, for windbreak, 649 ; Pence, windljreak. Halter 

 on, 55 ; Ferguson uncapping machine, latest form, 

 338; Fermentation of Jamaican honey, 64; Fertile 

 workers. See Laying Workers ; Fertilization of 

 flowers. Crane on, 483 ; Fertilizing queens at mating 

 station, 493; Field day in New Zealand, 374; Field 

 meeting in Ontario, 366; Fire in California, 600; 

 Fires, forest, effect of, '796; Flavor of comb and 

 extracted, difference in, 41; Flight of bees, how long, 

 634, 751; Florida apiary of Drumwright's, 571; 

 Florida, Marchant's honey crop in, 652 ; Florida, 

 Wilder on, 53; Flowers "of foothills, 117; Forest 

 tires, effect of, 796; Poster, Oliver, memoriam of, 

 373; Poster, Robert E., 49; Foul brood, always iji 

 locality, 204, 564; Foul brood, American, Atwaler 

 on, 124 ; Foul brood, American, Gilbert on, 857 ; 

 Foul brood, attitudes of beekeepers vary, 564 ; Foul 

 Lrood, Baldridge's plan moditied, 334; Foul brood, 

 Barstow's raelliod of shaking, 887; Foul brood, care- 

 less treating, 839; Foul brood carried by swarm, 795, 

 856; Foul brood. Case's plan for, 406; Foul brood, 

 caution on using combs again, 379 ; Foul brood, cau- 

 tion when shaking for, 864; Foul brood, compensa- 

 tion for bees destroyed, 365, 437, 707; Foul brood, 

 drugs to cure in England, 599 ; Foul brood, Euro- 

 pean, Alexander plan endorsed, 897; Foul brood, 

 European, differs in different localities, 249; Foul 

 brood, European, Dr. Miller on, 517; Foul brood, 

 European, in California, 65 ; Foul brood, European, 

 in every comb, 40 ; Foul brood, European, Italians 

 for, 193, 212; Foul brood, European, new queen for, 

 140 ; Foul brood, formaldehyde a failure, 142 ; Foul 

 brood from swarm, 633 ; Foul brood, Holtermann on, 

 726; Foul-brood inspecting during robbing, 351; 

 Foul-brood inspection expenses, 142; Foul-brood in- 

 spection important, 111; Foul-brood inspection in 

 Idaho, 760; Foul-brood inspection in Minnr-sota, 731; 

 Foul-brood inspection in Montezuma County, 811; 

 Foul-brood inspection, making most of, 856; Foul- 

 brood inspector, experiences of, 19, 57, 84, 122, 189 ; 

 Foul-brood law, California, 206, 368, 484; Foul- 

 brood law, Connecticut, 656; Foul-brood law, Iowa, 

 206; Foul-brood law, Idaho, 365; Foul-brood law, 

 Texas, 649; Foul-brood law, Utah, 206; Poubbrood 

 law violated, 881; Foul-brood legislation, new, pro- 

 posed, 855; Foul-brood legislation requires "push," 

 839 ; Foul brood, ridding locality of, 366 ; Foul brood, 

 shallow combs to hold aiseased honey, 821 ; Foul brood, 

 starvation cure, 386; Foul brood, virulence varies, 

 76, 329; Foul brood, why not carried by swarms, 

 734; Foul-broody colony, swarms from, 822; Foul- 

 broody combs, safe method of handling, 762; Poub 

 broody combs, to render, 619 ; Foundation, full sheets 

 to put in frames, 799 ; Foundation, in hives in fall, 

 864; Foundation, larger cells, cause larger bees, 248; 

 Foundation-press, Foster's, 3'73 ; Foundation v. drawn 

 comb, 807, 879; Foundation, which way placed in 

 sections, 733 ; Fountain-pen filler for fastening foun- 

 dation, 421; Frames, Hoffman, propolis on, 548; 

 Frames, proper space under, 43'7; Freeze in Califor- 

 nia, 82, 110: Freight rates in New South Wales, 

 728 ; Fruit blossoms, value of bees, 254 ; Fruit farm, 

 beekeeping on, 727: Fiuit growing, bees essential, 

 732 ; Fruit-men keep bees for pollinating blossoms, 

 128; Frost causes dearth of pollen, 386. 



Georgia, average crop in, 778 ; Georgia v. Colora- 

 do, 752 ; Glass super covers, 207 ; Glucose-honey 

 canard, 366; Goldens, Chadwick on, 484; Goldens 

 hardy and gentle, 422 ; Goldens, definition of, 609 ; 

 Goldens, not cross if pure, 54; Grading and crating, 

 Doolittle on, 673; Grading and packing, Scholl on, 

 313; Grading at central point, 880; Grading, Colo- 

 rado rules on, 172; Grading, Crane on, 402; Grad- 

 ing, Dr. Miller on, 705 ; Grading, scales for, 481 ; 



