INDEX. 



561 



Bee-bread, see Pollen 



Bee-dress 197 



Bee escape 465 



Bee-hat 197 



Bee-keepers' calendar 545 



Bee-louse 506 



Bee-moth 489 



description of ...489, 490 



food of 493 



galleries of 492,493 



how they act.... 490, 491 

 how to destroy. . .498, 499 

 in queenless colonies 



498, 499 



Italian bees and 499 



killed by cold. . . .495, 496 

 lays eggs in propolis., Ill 



not to be feared 501 



" preserving comb, 



against. 498 

 temperature required 



for their growth. 495 



worm of the 492, 493 



their disgusting work. 497 

 Bees, and flowers. ... 127, 128, 543 



and fruits 19, 540 



angered 202 



by bad odors 206 



by the odor of their 



poi.son.207 j 

 by the jarring of 



the hive. 202 , 



as means of defense 210 



bewildered by light 201 



" building combs 93 I 



" building few- store cells... 107 | 

 " building third store cells. .109 

 building store cells here 



and there. 109 ( 



" Carniolan 292 , 



Caucasian 299 



" climbing on polished sur- 

 faces. 22 



" clustering in winter 340 



" clustering outside ...162, 182 ^ 



Cyprian 298 ; 



deprived of their antennae. 15 | 



" deserting 211, 365, 372 



discharge in flight 33 ' 



do not make honey.. 116, 336 



" dwindling in spring 368 | 



" eating to keep warm 341 



" eyes of 3, 4 



feeding the queen 9, 17 



filled with honey 191 1 



first introduced in this I 



country 292 ' 

 " first noticed in Florida. .. 289 

 " for honey production in 



the North. 327 



" going Westward 291 



" handling 189 j 



" hatching 75 



" hearing organs of 10 | 



" Holy Land and Syrian. . . .299 . 



Bees how far they fly 421 



how many in a pound. . . .326 

 " in California ...423, 424, 425 



in Germany 424 



" injured by fruit juice. 344, 542 

 " Italian, see Italian 



" killing their drones 90 



" memory of 14 



mouth of 19 



" noticing their new location 



308, 328 

 " not indigenous to America. 289 



" on boats 321, 322 



" peaceable when filled with 



honey. 191 



peaceable when swarming. 191 



" preparing to swarm ....211 



" procuring 309 



propolizing small holes... Ill 



" quiet at mid-day 198 



races of 293 



rebuilding store cells 108 



" removing from the cellar 



365, 366 

 " return to their location 



274, 328, 366 



" sending scouts 216 



" smelling organs of 11 



" smelling honey 13 



" starving in Spring 317 



suffocated 181 



swarming 211 



swarming with introduced 



queen. 287 



" transferring 309 



unable to take wing 32 



understand each other. ... 80 



" varieties 292 



" ventilating 179 



Bee-smokers, see Smokers. 



Beeswax (see also Wax) 531 



adulteration of 387 



for comb-foundation ...387 



melting 531 



pressing 533, 534 



residues 534,535 



spoiled 536 



uses of 536 



Bee-veil 196, 197 



Beginners' mistakes 553 



Beginning on a small scale.... 301 



Benton, apis dorsata 300 



" Caucasian bees 299 



divisible frame 273 



mailing queens 324 



trip to Cyprus 298 



trip around the world. . .297 

 Berlepsch, on comb building. . . .105 

 on drone-laying 



queens. 60 



on Italian bees 296 



on refrigerating 



queens. 64 

 on water in Winter 



129, 370, 371 



