568 



INDEX. 



Honey cakes 528 



•• cells, are they air tight?. 122 

 *' comb, see Combs. 



crop in California 425 



Germany 424 



this country ....420 



" our largest 460 



•• dew 118, 119, 120, 121 



as seen by Knight... 120 

 " from aphides.119, 120, 121 



" its looks 120 



" " origin of 119 



*• different grades of 508 



" evaporating 122 



extracted 451 



" extractor 434 



fermenting 510, 517 



" from clover 398-400 



divers flowers 398 



" hollow trees 453 



" " linden 402 



granulating 515 



*' handling 508 



" harvesting 463 



" house 318 



" implements ....463,465 



" in sections 432 



" marketing 508 



" melting 517 



poisonous 509 



production 428 



*' sack 26, 27 



" shipping cases 509 



" storing and evaporating. . 122 



" strained 452 



" uses of 525 



" vinegar 528, 529 



Hornets damaging fruit.... 19, 128 



Horse killed by bees 206 



Hour of the fecundation of 



queens. . 54 



" of swarming 214 



House apiary 306 



Hruschka 454 



Huber, apiary 301 



experiments on comb 



building. .104, 105 

 pollen ... .123, 124 



" " propolis 110 



" " the antennae 



8, 9. 10, 14 

 " " the memory of 



bees. . 14 

 " " the sense of 



smell. .206 

 " " ventilation ....180 



" " virgin queens 



50, 51 



" hive 141 



" imported Melipones 300 



" on artificial swarming. ... 244 

 " bees transporting eggs. 47 



" drone reared in queen 



cell. . 59 



" fertile workers 77 



" how bees build their 



combs 394 

 " location 301 



Huber, on the impregnation of 



queens. .55, 57, 84 

 the introduction of 



queens. .282 

 the talents of Buruens 



74, 77 



" tribute to 8, 9 



was blind 8 



" wife of 9 



Humming 26, 33 



Hutchinson, on comb building. . 97 

 " comb honey pro- 



duction. .442, 451 

 " packing comb 



honey. .511 

 " prevention of 



after-swarms. .242 

 " queen rearing 



279, 280, 282 

 shipping honey. 511 

 use of comb. . .221 

 use of founda- 

 tion. .396 

 Hymenoptera 1 



Implements, see Tools. 



Importing bees.. 297, 298, 323, 324 



Impregnation of the queen 53 



in confinement. . . . 55 

 in the open air. . . 5?. 



Increasing too fast 487 



Inhabitants of a hive 2 



Insects and bees 506 



Introducing queens 282 



"^rving, quotation from. . . .289, 290 



Italian bees 59. 293 



color 295 



description of . . . .295 

 destroy moths . . . .499 

 first importa- 

 tion in America. .297 

 qualities of. .293, 2P4 

 vary even in Italy. 296 

 Italian cakes 528 



Jarring combs, anger bees 202 



.Taws of bees 19 



Jefferson, quotation of 289 



Jelly fed to larvee 71 



Johnson, J. E., on feeding bees. 330 



Jones, cure of foul brood 44 9 



importer of bees 298 



•' on number of queen cells. 46 



Kirby and Spence 119 



Knives for uncapping. ... 465, 468 



Labial palpi and maxilla 20 



Labrum 19 



Landois on the humming. ... 26, 34 

 Language of bees 34 



