iNDElt. 



569 



Larvae casting the skin 73 



" duration of development.. 74 

 " fed from the glands of 



workers 28 



" how fed 73 



" of queens copiously fed. 47, 48 



Laying of eggs 65 



hindered by shallow 



frames 152 



" of two queens in the same 



hive 52 



" -workers 77 



" " how to get rid of . . 80 

 Leakage of honey ... .510, 512, 523 



Legs of bees 22 



" covered with hairs... 23 

 " notches of the first pair.. 24 

 " pollen baskets of the 



posterior. . 24 



second pair 24 



Leidy, dissections of queens.. 56, 59 



Levi on mating 54, 55 



Life of colonies, length of 81 



Life of queens, length of 67 



Life of worker, length of 80 



Light in the cellar 363 



" on bees 201 



Linden 403 



Longfellow, quotation from 289 



Loosening the frames 202 



Loss of bees by heat 182 



" the queen 262 



" " sting 37 



Love of the workers for the 



queen. .42, 324 

 Lungs of bees 31 



MacCord on hive covers 175 



McEvoy, treatment of foul- 

 brood. .482, 483, 487 



McLain statistics from 425 



Magnetizing bees lOG 



Mahan, experiments on drones. . 88 

 " refrigerating 

 queens. ... 64 

 imported Italian bees.. 298 



Mailing queens 324 



Malpighian tubes 29 



Mandibles of bees 19 



Manum on the control of 



swarming 458 



Marketing, see Honey marketing. 



Mats 173 



Material for hives 177 



Mating of the queen 54 



MaxilL-e 20 



Mehring, inventor of comb 



foundation 384 



stamp for securing 



straight combs. .157 



Melipones 293, 300 



Melting honey 514, 517 



" wax 532 



Memory of bees 14, 366 



Mentum 20 



Metatarsus of bees 24 



Mice In bee hives 503 



Miller, C. C, adding supers. .. .444 



baits in sections 437 



bottom boards 167 



cellar wintering . . . .362 

 clipping queens' wings . 226 



excluders 442 



fastening foundation . 393 



feeder 333 



feeding out doors.... 381 

 foundation starters... 



445, 446 

 introduction of queenrs.287 

 number of colonies in 



one location. .426 

 prevention of swarm- 

 ing. .241 



queen cage 283 



queen cells 46 



removing comb honey. 445 



robber cloths 463 



scraping propolis from 



sections. .443 



section supers 449 



smoking bees . . .194, 195 

 success with small 



hives. . 156 



super 449 



time of removal of 

 bees from cellar.. 546 



uses tin tops 175 



Mills on painting hives different 



colors. .306 



Mismanagement of bees 205 



Mistakes of beginners 553 



Mixing bees from different hives 



254, 463 



More on honey 525 



Moth, see Bee-Moth. 



Mouth of bees 15-19 



Movable comb hives 140 



frame hives, see Hives, 

 frame, see Frames. 



Moving bees 306,320,327 



Munn hive 112 



Muth honey cake .528 



" honey vinegar 529 



" location 301 



foul-brood method. . .477, 478 

 " on ripening honey... 517 



Natural swarming 211 



" uncertainty of. . . 243 



Nectar, best condition to pro- 



duce. .118 



changed to honey 116 



contains more or less 



water. .116 

 exists in different parts 



of the plant. .118 



extrafloral 118 



in deep corollas. 121.122,400 

 reabsorbed by plants.. 118 

 storing and evaporating.122 

 yields of, vary greatly. 



117. 397, 420 

 Nervous system in bees 29 



