GI.OSSARY. 519 



Cap— To seal or close a cell. 



Capped Brood — Brood sealed. 



Capped Honey — Honey sealed. 



Cappings or Caps— Thin wax sheets cut off In extracting'. 



Card — Frame of comb. Rare. 



Cardo — Part of maxilla, p. 66. 



Carniolans— Same as Krainer. Race of black bees from Krain, Austria 

 pp. 57, 310, 346. 



Carton — Paper box to hold comb honey, p. 882. 



Casts — After-swarms. Rare. 



Caterpillar — Larva of butterfly or moth. 



Caucasian Bee— Variety of black bee,from Caucasian Mountaias,pp. 48,52. 



Cell — Opening in comb for brood, honey or bee-bread, p. 179. 



Chaff-Hive— A double-walled hive with space filled with chaff, pp. 215,459. 



Chitine — Substance which makes crust of insects hard, p, 32. 



Chyle— Digested food ; probable food of larva, p. 141. 



Chyme — Partially digested food ; word of doubtful use, p. 141. 



Chrysalid or Chrysalis — Pupa of butterflies. Sometimes applied to other 

 papae. 



Clamp — Hives placed close together and covered, p. 466. 



Cleansing Flight — Removing bees from cellar that they may fly, p. 464. 



Closed End or Top Frames— Where end-bars of frames and ends of top- 

 bars are close fitting, p. 233. 



Cluster — Bees in compact mass, pp. 166, 167. 



Clustering — Many bees hanging together, pp. 166, 167. 



Clypeus — Portion of head of insects below the eyes, p. 66. 



Cocoon — Case, often containing silk fibers, which surrounds a pupa ; cup 

 lining cells of comb, pp. 90, 101, 162, 184. 



Collateral System — Side-storing. English. 



Colon — Part of intestine, rectum, pp. 89, 145. 



Colony — The bees of one hive. 



Comb — The fabric which holds the brood and honey, p. 179. 



Comb-Basket — The frame of an extractor which holds the comb, p. 323. 



Comb-Carrier — Box for carrying combs; most used in extracting, p. 329. 



Comb foundation — Thin sheets of impressed wax, like the foundation of 

 real comb, p. 353. 



Comb Foundation Machine — Machine for making comb foundation, p. 3i>4. 



Comb-Guide— Strip of wood, comb or foundation on the bottom of top- 

 bar of frame, to induce bees to build comb in proper place, p. 361. 



Comb-Holder— Device for holding combs, 324. 



Comb Honey — Honey in comb, p. 335. 



Compound Eyes — Large eyes of insects, so called as they consist of many 

 simple eyes, p. 73. 



Corbicula — Pollen-basket on hind leg of worker-bee, p. 154. 



Cover — Lid of hive, or cover of brood-frames, pp. 220, 223, 233. 



Coxa — First part or joint of the insect's leg, p. 79. 



Crate — Box for sections on the hive,or for shipping comb honey, pp.247,381. 



Cushion— Quilt or bag for covering bees, p. 223. 



Cyprian Bees — A yellow race from the Isle of Cyprus, p. 55. 



Dalmation Bees — A variety of black bees from Dalmatia, the Southwest- 

 ern Province of Austria, p. 58. 

 Darts — Lancets of sting, p. 157. 

 Decoy Hive— Hives set to catch absconding swarms. 

 Diarrhea — Dysentery, p. 475. 



