FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



Sections, Scraping 279 



Sections, Sorting 275 



Sections. Taking Off 199 



Sections, Taking Out of Super 210 

 Sections, Taking Out Unfin- 

 ished 213 



Sections, Unmarketable 276 



Sections, Wetting 144 



Selection, Importance of . . . . 234 



Separators, Putting in 153 



Separators. Top 153 



Shade 97 



Shade. Movable 99 



Shaken Swarms 176 



Shaken Swarms Without In- 

 crease 198 



Shaking Bees Off Combs 273 



Shipping-cases 280 



Shop for Bee-work 134 



Smoker Fuel 70 



Smoker Fuel. Green 72 



Smoker-kindling 72 



Smokers 69 



Smokers, Cleats on 70 



Smoking Bees Down 201 



Spacing End 86 



Spacing-nails 84 



Sponge-bath at Noon 232 



Spring Overhauling 55 



^Standard Goods. Using . . . 87 



Stands 96. 327 



"Starters in Sections, Size of 146 

 "Starters. Putting in Sections. 151 



Stings, Getting Out 230 



Stings, Protection from 228 



Stories, Number of 294 



e*ove in Cellar 308 



Strong vs. Weak Colonies... Ill 



Sub-earth Ventilation 312 



Subsequent Overhauling .... 115 



Super-filler 151 



Supers for Out-a^iiaries .... 158 

 Supers, Giving Additional.... 155 

 Supers, Loading on Wagon.. 207 

 Supers of Sections. Blocking 



Up 213 



Supers, T 129 



Supers, Under or Over 158 



Super-springs 130 



Surplus Arrangements 128 



Surplus Combs of Honey 104 



Swarming, Cause of 173 



Swsrming Colonies. Manage- 

 ment of 161 



Swarming, Demaree Plan to 



Prevent 197 



Swarming, Destroying Queen- 

 cells to Prevent 191 



Swarming, Disadvantage of 



Forced 178 



Swarming. Empty Frames to 



Prevent 191 



Swarming Forced 176 



Swarming, Forced vs. Natural 176 

 Swarming, Foundation Plan to 



Prevent 189 



Swarming Galore 183 



Swarming. Natural, for Ital- 

 ianizing, to Prevent 263 



Swarming Not Desirable 160 



Swarming. Prevention of 172 



Swarming, Replacing Queen 



to Prevent 193 



Swarming, Ventilation to Pre- 

 vent 197 



Swarms, Accidental 198 



Swarms. Watching for 162 



Sweeping Up Dead Bees.... 314 



Syrup for Feeding 291 



System, Lack of 110 



Tent-escape 203. 21 « 



Tool-basket 7»^ 



Top-bars, Thick 39. 138 



Total Crop Rarther than Per 



Colony 36 



T Super 39 



Uniting Nuclei 297 



Unqueening Colonies to Start 

 Queen-Cells 238 



Value of Pure Air 318 



Veneering 281 



Ventilation and Room to Pre- 

 vent Swarming 173. 197 



Ventilation of Cellar 309 



Warm Spells in Wintering.. 309 



Watering-crock 109 



Wax-extractor, Dripping-pan. 323 



Wax-Extractor, Solar 323 



Wax-press, Steani ... 324 



Weak Colonies in Spring... Ill 



Weighing Colonies 295 



Wide Frames 33 



Wintering, Disastrous 25 



Wintering, Unfavorable Con- 

 ditions 316 



Wintering Upside Down .... 18 



Winter Work 324 



Working for Improvement. ... 87 



Young Queens and Swarming 175 



