INDEX 



After-swarms, treatment of, 48. 



Age of bees, 46, 50-51. 



Alexander, E. W., method of 

 doubling colonies practised by, 

 153, 170; experience of, in 

 matter of large apiary in one 

 yard, 185-186; treatment of 

 bee diseases by, 196-197. 



Alexander feeder, the, 272-273. 



Alfalfa as forags for bees, 173. 



Alley Method of queen-rearing, 

 109. 



Alsatian gingerbread made with 

 honey, 248. 



American foul brood disease, 187- 

 194. 



Antennae of bees, 14. 



Apiaries, system of out apiaries, 

 58, 173 ff.; location of, and of 

 hives in, 172 ff.; house apiaries, 

 294-295. 



Apple-butter from honey, 246. 



Artificial comb honey, impossi- 

 bility of making, 31. 



Automatic hivers, fallacy of, 92. 



Bakers, use of honey by, 236-238. 



Banat bees, 24. 



Baskets for tools, 68. 



Basswood, fondness of bees for, 

 38. 



Bears, damage to hives from, 200. 



Bees, life of, 3; physiology of, 

 11-17; workers, 12, 13, 45, 48- 

 49, 52, 54; drones, 13, 51, 52- 

 54; queens, 13, 26-27, 41-44, 

 46, 48, 97 ff., 100, 111, 113-115, 



164-167, 199; races and varie- 

 ties, 18-27; homes of, 28-39; 

 constitution of family, 40-54; 

 mating of, 41-43; moving of, 

 59-64, 179-180; handling of, 

 73-82; swarming of, 83-96; 

 increasing of, 152-171; diseases 

 of, 187-198; enemies of, 199- 

 201 ; robbers and robbing, 258- 

 268; feeding, 269-282; winter- 

 ing of, 283-296. 



Beeswax, uses of, 217-219; 

 methods of rendering, 221-229. 

 See Wax. 



Bingham uncapping knife, 145. 



Birds as bee enemies, 199. 



Black bees, 18-20; resemblance 

 of Caucasians to, 24. 



Black brood disease, 189-192, 

 194-197. 



Bleaching of wax, 225-228. 



Blood of bees, 16. 



Boardrnan entrance feeder, 168, 

 273. 



Books on bees, 11, 17. 



Bottling extracted honey, 204- 

 205. 



Brood nest, the, 71-72. 



Buckwheat, as forage for bees, 

 173; flavor of honey from, 231. 



Candles from beeswax, 218, 229. 

 Candy from honey, 245, 247, 249, 



252, 253. 



Carniolan bees, 21-22. 

 Caucasian bees, 22-24. 

 Cellars for wintering bees, 291-294 



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