664 



iNUEii. 



Comb guides for frames. 157,158,221 



Comb honey, best selling 430 



capping of 122 



care in shipping511,512 

 difficult to produce. 431 



leaking 510,511 



moths in 498 



production 430 



by reversing. 435 

 " Improve- 

 ments in. 431, 432 

 " " in wide 



frames. .448 

 " " in large 



frames. .431 

 " " in lower 



story. .433 

 " in sections. . .431 

 " " in shallow up- 



per stories. .433 

 " " in supers. 448, 449 



" " remarks 



on. .450, 451 

 " with fences.. .439 

 " with separa- 

 tors. .439 

 " with swarm- 

 ing. .442 



sealed 443, 444 



sweating 510 



unsalable 44fj 



without propolis442,443 



Combs 93 



" age of 74, 229 



" breaking down 182 



" brimstoning to keep out 



moths 408 



built upwards 93 



care in returning after in- 

 spection 204 



" care of in Winter 471 



" economy of bees in build- 

 ing 104 



" empty, furnishing to bees. 461 

 " " given to prevent 



swarming 238 



" extracting from 463 



*' guides for straight 



157, 158, 382 



" made of wax 93 



" melting 532 



" moths in 497 



" pruning 133 



" returned to the bees after 



extracting 471 



" straight 157.383,385 



" surface occupied by brood. 155 



" transferring 313 



" washing dark 531 



Comparative table of transfor- 

 mations 92 



Comparison of the eyes of 



nupens, drones, and workers 4 

 Confrctioners annoyed by bees.. 338 



Confining b^es unsafe 181 



Confining colonies 320, 353 



Confining aueens 323 



Confinement, fertilization in.... 55 



Confinement, in cellar 3G0 



out of doors 353 



Constipation 369, 472 



Consumption of honey 520 



by bees in 

 Winter. .341, 342 



" of pollen 125 



Contagious diseases 472-487 



Contraction of brood cham- 

 ber 369,370,437 



Cook, his praise of the Langs- 

 troth hive. . . .142 



" Lubbock's experiment 6 



" on enemies of bees 507 



" on Neighbour's opinion.... 54 

 " on the broodo of the moth. 490 



" on the ears of bees 11 



" on production of wax 



scales in old bees. . 96 



" quotation of Doolittle 260 



Cowan, apifuge 195 



automatic extractors ....469 



" hive 356 



" in Italy 146 



" microscopical studies .... 12 



on foul-brood . 479 



" on the prevention of 



swarming. .239 

 " on the treatment of foul- 

 brood. .479, 487 

 Cracks, closed with propolis by 



bees. .111 

 " how to close when bees rob380 

 Crates, see Section-crates 

 Cutting, H. D., on the introduc- 

 tion of virgin queens... 280 



Cyprian bees 293, 298, 299 



" difficult to subdue.. 198 

 " " rearing queen-cells. 46 



Debeauvoys 142 



Decoy hives 310 



Deep frames 153 



De Gelieu hive 136 



on weight of bees. . . .326 

 De Layens counted the eggs 



dropped by queens. . 66 

 " experiments on cost of 



wax. .106 

 " " the use of 



water. .130 



" on feeding bees 335 



" report of weight of a 



swarm. .239 



Delia Rocca comb-guide 157 



" on age of colonies. . . 81 



" on attracting swarms. 220 



" on bees as means of 



defense. .210 

 " on floating apiaries. . 321 



De Planta, experiments on food 



of larvqp. .2^d 

 on honey. .397 



Desertion 211, 369. 372 



Diarrhoea 343, 472 



Dieesting apparatus 26 



Digestion, process of 28, 29 



