INDEX. 



571 



Queen entering the wrong hive. 



262, 263 

 " fecundity of . . .17, 41. 42, 155 



" fed by the workers 17 



" fighting of 52 



" growtn of, delayed 260 



how she lays 65 



" to find a 287 



" to cage 284 



" importation 323,324 



impregnation of eggs... 55, 60 

 " the queen 53 

 " impregnation of the queen 



delayed. .60, 61 

 " impregnation of the queen 



for life. . 53 

 " impregnation of the queen 



in confinement. . 55 

 " introduction of impreg- 

 nated. .282 

 " " " virgin . . . 



286. 287 

 " knowing the sex of her 



eggs . . 62 



" last to die 324 



" laying drones in worker- 

 cells. .58, 62, 64 



" in queen-cells 47 



" worker eggs in drone-cells 63 



lays more in Spring 42 



longevity of 67 



" loss of the 43, 262 



" lost in her wedding trip.. 262 



love of bees for the 42 



" mailing 324 



" mating 53 



" missing 214, 264 



" odor of the 288 



" old 67 



" ovaries of 56 



" " a drone-laying. .57, 58 



" parthenogenesis of the. . . 58 

 " preference for worker cells 



63, 108 



" prisoner in the hive 284 



" reared from eggs 47,268 



" " old larvae. . . 



49, 50, 260 



" in the South 326 



" rearing 44, 45, 259 



" Alley method 276 



" Doolittle method ..278 



" refrigerated 64 



" size of 49 



" shipping 323 



by mail 324 



" sting of 48 



" traps 240 



" unable to fly 214, 262 



" virgin 50 



" why not impregnated in the 



hive. . 91 

 " young, confined by Huber 57 



Queen-cell cups 280 



Queen-cells, artificial ....279, 280 



" destroyed 50, 51 



" for artificial swarm- 



ing. .251 



Queen-cells, how reared 15 



" to transfer . . .268 



inserting 269 



large number of.46, 268 



preparing for 268 



Queenless colonies destroyed by 



moths. .499 

 " " do not kill 



their drones. 266 



how detected.. 265 



Queens, several in a swarm.... 232 



two in a hive 52 



" in a swarm. .. .226, 227 



Quinby closed end hive 141 



frames, size of 



151, 154, 155, 158, 164 

 number of .... 155 

 superiority of. ..154 

 on distances between 



frames. .157 



" robbing 378 



" shape of frames. 151, 153 

 smoker 193 



Rabbet 167, 170 



enlargement of top edge.172 



Races of bees 289 



Racine on old combs 229 



" swarming 235 



Radouan hive 136 



Rapping ; 311 



Rauchfuss, foundation fastener. .302 

 selling honey ...'..448 



Rauschenfels IX , 96 



Raynor, carbolized sheet 195 



Rearing queens 44, 45, 259 



from eggs . . . .268 

 " " " improved 



races. .267 

 " in moderate col- 

 onies. .268 



Reaumur on impregnation 53 



Reid on the shape of the cells. Ill 



Remedies for foul-brood 477 



for stings 207 



Removing frames 202 



Reversible hives 436 



Reversing 435 



Ringing bells to stop swarms.. 215 

 Ripening honey artificially. 461, 517 



Robber bees 374, 375 



acting like young 



bees . . 76 



Robber cloth 464 



Robbing, danger of, after cellar 



wintering. .366 



difficult to detect 374 



how to detect 376 



to stop 377,378 



prevention of 379 



promoted by the bee- 

 keeper. .376 



secret 378 



" stopped by a carbolized 



sheet. .378 

 " by exchanging hives, . . .378 



