539 



Plants (see honey-plants) 397 



Pleurisy-root 423 



Poisonous honey 441 



Poison-sack 151 



Pollen (bee-bread) 186 



albuminous 188 



composition of j 188 



figure of 187 



function of 190 



how gathered 188 



nature of 190 



Pollen-basket 151 



figure of 152 



Pollen-combs 154 



figure of 153 



Pollen-hairs 79 



Pollen in winter 456 



Pollination of flowers 395 



by bees 395 



very important 395 



Poplars 405 



Porter bee-escape 341 



Portico 212 



Pound section 242 



Praying mantis (see mantis) . . . 503 



Pridgen's queen-rearing 278 



Products of bees 171 



of other insects 171 



Profits of bee-keeping ". ... 15 



Propolis 190 



nature of 190 



function of 190 



Pulvilli 150 



figure of 150 



Pupa of insects 99 



figure of 100 



Queen 103 



barren 118 



cage for 311, 317, 318 



candy for 318 



ceUof 110 



figure of Ill, 283 



clipping wing of 288 



development of 108 



doUar 316 



eggs of 106 



figure of 101 



eyes of 105 



fecundity of 106 



fed by workers 107 



figure of 101 



food of 107 



form of 105 



function of 119 



glands of 105 



Cwem— ( Continued) : 



how reared 273 



unfertile 118 



introduction of 287 



legs of 106 



figure of 104 



longevity of 117 



lost 296 



mailing of 319 



marketing 385 



mating of 112 



mouth-parts of 105 



ovaries of 103 



figure of 94, 105 



piping of 147, 169 



rearing of 213 



Alley method 276 



Doolittle method 277 



Pridgen method 278 



removing of 337 



shipping of 317 



spermatheca of 103 



sterile 118 



sting of 106 



tongue of 105 



figure of 104 



trap for 285 



where to purchase 316 



why developed 112 



young virgin easily intro- 

 duced 314 



Queen-cage 311 



figure of 311, 312, 317, 319 



Queen-cells 1 10 



figures of Ill, 283 



cups 277 



figures of 278, 279 



formed when 165, 274 



forms for 277 



figure of 277 



placing in nucleus 282 



when best 274 



Queen-excluding honey-board. 



219 >. . . . 338 



figure of 219 



Queen lamp-nursery 286 



Queen-rearing 273 



how done 273 



selection in 274 



Queen-register 291 



figure of 291 



Queen-trap 285 



figure of 284 



Quinby hive 235 



figure of 235 



