574 



INDEX. 



Tulip trees 7, 398 



Uncapping 467 



knives 468 



Uniting colonies ...254, 255, 318 

 Upper stories, see Supers. 



Vandervort mill 386 



spur 393, 394 



Van Deusen clamp 160 



Veil 196, 197 



Ventilation 162, 179 



in cellar 365 



in winter 181, 350 



to prevent swarming. 239 



when shipping 320 



Viallon experiments on comb- 

 building. .106 



" on laying workers 77 



Virgil description of the Italian 



bee. .292, 293 

 " mentions the bee-moth. .. 489 

 " on clipping wings of 



queens. . . .225 

 on material for hives.... 177 



Virgin queens 50 



introducing 286 



rivalry of 50 



voice of 51 



"Wagner incident of swarming. . 217 



on age of comb 229 



on egg laying 47, 62 



on robbing 377 



on success 140 



on the Italian bee. 296, 297 

 " patent on comb-founda- 

 tion. .384 



" on sex of eggs 62 



" on translation of 



Berlepsch. .371 

 " Donhoff 



71, 496 

 Warm ab.sorbents for Winter.. 351 



Warping boards 179 



Water for bees 129, 370 



as a remedy for stings. .208 



needed in Spring 370 



injurious in shipping 



bees. . . .130 



Wax 93 



" adulteration of 387 



" bleaching 536 



" candles 537 



" chemical composition of.. 105 



" cleaning 535 



" extractors 533-534 



" from cappings ..471, 531, 535 



" how produced 94 



" many pounds of honey 



to produce. . . .106 



" made by young bees 94 



" melting point of 387 



" not made of pollen 104 



" old bees can make 95, 96 



" pollen necessary to make 



If^A, 105 



Wax produced by eating 94, 95 



■ resiuues of 535 



" scales 94 



who discovered the. ... 99 

 " " on the bottom-board. . . 99 



" uses of 536 



Weigel recommends candy 334 



Weight of bees 326 



" drones 326 



swarms 239 



Weiss, first manufacturer of 



foundation in America. .384 



Wide frames for sections 448 



Wide top bars for brood frames. 159 

 Wildman on comb-building. ... 99 



" feeding 329 



" the scent of the 



queen. . . .288 



" uniting 255 



Wil.sou. Miss 301, 447, 448 



Window screens 318 



Winds protection from 350 



Wings 25, 26 



" used in ventilation 180 



" of queens 42 



of queens, clipping. 225, 226 



Winter flight 355, 356, 367 



passages 345, 346 



protection 349 



Wintering bees 340 



best conditions for. 360 



cellar for 361 



chaff hives for. . .357 



clamps for 368 



cold repositories 



for. . .368 

 experiment on . . .342 



food for 344 



in-doors 360 



mis'akes in 342 



narrowing the 



spfice for. . . . 345 

 on full combs. . . .341 

 outer boxes for 



359, 360 



Workers 67 



agitated when the queen 



is removed. . 265 



balling queens 284 



building 94, 96 



cells, see Cells. 



crippled 82 



discharges of 29 



Donhoff experiment on. 68 

 duration of transforma- 

 tion of . . 92 



duties of 68 



. " eat eggs 6(> 



eggs in drone cells.... 63 

 I " " to raise queens. 47, 259 



( " feeding the young 15 



' •' " " queen 18 



fertile 77 



how discovered... 79 



" use of 77 



first flight of 68, 76 



functions of 67 



