INDEX. 



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Abbott metal spacer 170 ] Aristotle, on drones, 



Absconding swarms 233 



Adobe for hives 177 



Adulteration, of beeswax 387 



of honey 518 



Afterswarming 230 



Afterswarms, prevention of. 2-41, 212 

 superiority of.... 233 



objections to 233 



Age of the queen when fecun- 

 dated 53 



Age sign of old, in bees 80-82 



Air, see Ventilation 179 



Alexander, on overstocking 423 



Alley, drone trap 80 



mailing queens 32-1 



method of queen-rearing | 

 276, 277 



on impregnation 54 



Alighting-board, see Apron 16G | 



Alsike clover 403 



American frames 153 



Ammonia for stings 208 



Anger of bees 189, 205 



Antennae 7 



bees cannot live without 14 



cutting of the 14-15 



" as organs of hearing. . . . 10 

 as organs for smelling. . 11 

 " experiments of Huber on 



the.. 9 

 Ants about the hive 50.6 



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on eggs 60 



on foul-brood 473 



on fruit 19 



on Italian bees 292 



on moth 489 



on pollen 125 



on robber-bees 375 



on scent of the queen.. 288 



on strong odors 206 



on water 370 



Artificial swarming 243 



advices on. .253 

 caution about 



255, 256 

 " by dividing. 244 



" by driving 



bees. 247 

 by removing 



the hive. 246 

 improved . .249 

 " nucleus * 



method. 251 

 with queens 

 already reared. 250, 252 

 with queen- 

 cells. 251 

 increasing 



too fast. 256 



Association of bee-keepers 543 



Australian bees 299 



Austria, yield of honey 424 



fondness for honey 509 Automatic extractor 469 



their fecundity 41 Axioms, bee-keepers' 553 



Aphides, Parthenogehesis of the 61 

 causes of honey dew 



119, 120 Bacillus alvei, see Foul-brood 



Bait, in sections 437 



Baldenstein, on Italian bees. . . .297 



Balled queens 227, 284 



Bar-hives 135, 136. 140. 244 



slow motions around the . . 1 99 Barbo IX 



Apifuge 19.5 



Apis dorsata 300 



Apis fasciata 298 



Barrels for honey 



469, 470, 512, 514 



Basswood, see Linden 



Apis ligustica 293 Bears and bees 505 



Apis mellifica 292 Beaunier on the production of 



Apron, or alighting-board 166 i wax 99 



560 



