444 



INDEX TO SUBJECTS. 



Makketing Tioi<!EY— continued. 

 encouruge and work up local 

 trade. . . .o7, 170, 22t), 236, 2tiU, 363 



In Cleveland, Ohio 2!)6 



in Great Britain 296 



overstocking improbable 12 



straw packing injurious 408 



Melipones — an hymenopter- 



ous insect.. 252 



Moth WoEiMS and Milt.ers.. 



24, 200, 220, 436 

 t November— seasonable hints.. 366 



Novice— Encyclopaedia 3;^, 333 



(in the war-path 142, 180, 32.i 



BureU'jreply to \&\ 193 



Winder's reply to 180, 269 



OurLetter-Box..9, 10, 13, 54 to 

 58, 97 to 99, 132 to 134, 145 to 

 152. 206 t(j 210, 242 to 245, 282 

 to 285, 321 to 323, 358 to 362, 



402, 403, 431, 432 



Paint— on inside of hives . 



203 



PARIS Exposition ... .6, 96, 218, 299 



honey show 37 



directions to e.vliibitors 18 



Elwood's honey e.vhibited 106 



gold medal award 369 



PATENTS— something about 179 



why obtained on smokers 71 



The Journal not interested 



in any 172 



Quinby hive not patented 327 



Petrified honey comb 372, 407 



Pollen— flour of peas 95 



Postal peculiarities 255, 332, 366 



Prize Box— description of .6, 28. 313 



inventors of 34 



should it be glassed ? 24 



how to use it I.i6 



adopted in Oregon 91 



case to hold it on hive. .157, 234, 313 

 how not made 296 



Producers and Consumers- 

 address to 394 



Queens, unmailable. .68, 119,143, 314 Statistics. .49, 115, 159, 185, 280, 



rearing 87, 200, 206, 210, 318 ' :>41, 355, 433 



supersede non-layers 218, 220 | lessons from 328, 419, 420 



Queens— cojitmtted. 



duplicating themselves 290, 349 



laying eggs at will 297 



purity of 310, 400 



strange freak of virgin 321 



large, handsome, prolific 323 



seven in one hive :iH2 



selection of best at sight 333 



introduction of. .19, 4a, 114, 119, 206 



Scovell's cages for 179, 215 259 



how to clip their wings 10 



how to produce good 86, 399 



stung but not killed 197 



how to know when absent.. 283, 318 



two in one hive 39, 319 



how to keep surplus l.il 



mothers, not rulers 264 



sometimes lav before mating. . 264 



when cells are started 19 



when cells may he transferred 45 



when cells will not hatch 210 



returning them to colonies 279 



impregnation while swarming. 114 

 untested condemned . . .48, 368, 39 i 



Ke VIEW of a year's work 411 



RIGHTS of Inventors 31, 170 



ROBBING 116, 121, 158, 163, 202, 209 



drones not robbers 219 



Saw— hand circular rip 105, 179 



foot-power circular 148 



Sartori's Manual in Italian. 289 



Separators— theiruse . .17, 149, 202 



Shipping— crates. .6,35,45, 64, 69, 72 



honey to England 36 



two tiers of boxes 3t) 



with top-bar downwards 327 



goods by express 294 



Smokers— rights of inventors. . 



71, 188 



Novice's Inferior 31, 61, 148 



different kinds described... 6H, 

 142, 146, 176, 193, 213, 214, 277, 



301, 409 



how to operate them 256 



early invention of 186 



Southern Notes. .11 to 13, 'nS, 39, 



I 69, 109, 110, 152 to 154, o05, 306 



Standard of Purity., 177, 212. 

 216, 220, 252, 268,273, 311,314, 

 323, 345, 347, 348, 350, 354, 378, 



395, 399, 430, 433 



Swarming— not induced by the 



queen 16 



methods of 20, 45, 116, 154, 276 



how to prevent. .22, 90, 133, 166, 



185, 192, 200, 398 



. origin of bell-ringing 182 



often uncontrollable , . "282 



division of colony preferable. 343 

 preparation of nuclei 329 



Swarms— which way they fly . . . 22 



amusing incident 76 



select a place in advance 342 



what to do with surplus 50 



brought down by mirror 143 



two issue within two days 218 



does(jld queen always go with? 234 

 returning second swarms 277 



Tin Corners 214 



Tremontani's business tact. . . 255 



Uniting Colonies. . . .19, 45, 154, 221 



Useful Implements 323 



Winter— moving bees in 49 



cleansing flights during 76 



preparation for. . .9, 97, 110, 150, 



191, 343 

 time of preparation for 221 



WINTERING. . . .5, 17, 21, 27, 42, 48, 



109, 1.58, 159 



in cellar 51. 77, 97, 98, 207 



Betsinger's plan criticised 43 



cellars vs. summer stands 44 



e.xperience with chaff. ..61, 132, 133 



use of quilts in 52 



in a cave 54,77, 151, 168 



on summer stands 75, 321 



how to keep quiet in cellar 102 



in California in 1876-7 Ill 



position of honey in brood nest 114 



pure honey tor food 133 



in France and Germany 182 



use of oat straw in 3,58 



H. H. Flick's system of M) 



Garrett's plan of 421 



Zell's ENCYCLOPJEDIA 261 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Atomizer for spraying bees 212 



Armstrong's Centennial hive 332 



Bingham's smoker 3i 



Betsinger's prize bo.v 34 



Bee showing wax formations . . . 103 



Bee parasite -the oil beetle 65 



Block for frame making 336 



Bingham & Hetherington honey 



knife 290 



Case of prize boxes for Lang- 



Carlin's foundation cutter 141 



Case of prize boxes for Ameri- 

 can hive 156, 314 



Comb hcmev Rack for Lang- 



Btroth hive 157, 177 



Chaff division boards 125 



Cotton as a honey plant .. 2.")1 



Chateau de I'lnseft at Paris "299 



Comb lioney rack for Centennial 



hive .^(2 



Dodd's comb honey rack 432 



Detached sliding bottom-board. 175 



Everett's honey extractor 13) 



JSxcelsior honey extractor 257 



Frame for 'cutting foundation 



dation starters 141 



G. T. Wheeler's sectional boxes. 35 

 Harbison's California sections. . 55 



Heddon's shipping crate 72 



Hand circular rip-saw 105 



Hill's wax extractor 333 



Kretchmer's metal frame bear- 

 ings 234 



l^angstroth frame with separa- 

 tors 17 



Langstrotli frame with 1-lb. sec- 

 tions 18 



Jjecanium tulipifera 3n8 



McDougall's iioney extractor. .. 140 

 Motherwort (3 illustrations). 310, 311 

 Moore's sectional bo.xes and sep- 

 arators 236 



Novice's chaff cushion IS 



stroth hive 28, 313 



Novice's bellows bee-smoker 31 



Novice's queen cage 215 



North Star Hive 141 



New Quinby smoker 142 



New Langstroth hive 177 



( »kra as a honey plant 251 



Oldham's swarm catcher 348 



Perfecticm honey box 280 



Prize shipping crate 45 



Porter's shinping cases 125 



Plaster of Paris plates for ma- 

 king foundation 130 



Porter's comb honey rack for 



tiering up 240 



Petritied honey comb 407 



Quinbv's old sriioker 32 



Sutliff's bee smoker 213 



Sciveli's queen cage 215 



SimHower as a honey plant 2.51 



Sour-wood leaf and bloom 253 



Swiss wax extractor •^12 



Shuck's bee feeder 331 



Stinging bug 1 8 illustrations.) 343 



Teasel as a honey plant 131 



Tulip tree 137 



Valentine's queen stand 2i9 



White sage of California 2 



White's honey extractor 140 



