588 



INDEX TO SUBJECTS. 



N. Am. B. K. Society- 

 appreciated 75 



badges for 513 



Bellevue House, Cincinnati, O. 5U 



constitution and by-laws 550 



election of officers 529 



future location for meeting.. 



246. 514 530 



hints about exhibits 177, 183 



honor justly con f erred 556 



lady members of 80 



letter from Rev. H. R. Peel ... 510 

 letter from Mons, Bertrand... 510 



Mr. King's opinion of 19, 221 



officers for 1879-80 458 



President's address 512 



report of annual Convention, 510 

 retiring President, resolutions 



concerning 529 



Southern welcome to 504 



Vice Presidents, reports and 



letters from... 177, 197,217, 



339, 306, 405, 406, 513 578 



Queens- 

 affection of workers for 47 



albinos . . . .120, 152, 218, 370, 504. . 557 

 a prolific queen should always 



be in the hive 312, 3-12 



changing queens 462 



clipping the wings of. . .186, 191, 



371 464 



Davis' queen nursery 400 



duplicatingthemselves. .37, 127 



233, 272, 32J, 385 416 



eggs all alike 522 



egg-bound 341, 387, 471, 482, 



eggs laid in queen cells 



eggs laid in one day 



Egyptian 



entering the wrong hive 



escaping from hive 318, 385, 



fertilization and peculiarities, 

 fertilization in confinement. . . 



22,, 32. 93, 231, 321,320,340, 



418. 465, 487, 523, 540 



fertilizing by the drones from 



fertile workers 



freaks of a hybrid 



Haas queen fertilizing cage. . . 



how often impregnated 



how to produce the best 32, 



190,518 



introducing. .72, 338, 382, 402, 563, 



introducing virgins 37. 



meaning of "warranted" and 



"tested"' 



late breeding of 



new queen cages 72. 123. 150, 



175,181,199,214, 263. 2fi4.... 

 old queens not suitable for 



wintering 



purely-mated 



queen yard 



Queens— continued. 



queen cells, how to get best 



273, 410 522 



rearing 32, 125, 146, 190. 236, 



274. 279, 281,323,380,481, 5'.'2. 524 



royal jelly 522, 524 



select best to breed from.. .29-1, 522 

 selling the untested 103,125, 



146, 189, 231. 240. 280 



two in one hive 308, 550 



use of the mails for 74, 121, 



150, 151, 175. 309, 3S9 392 



wedding flight of ...35, 305, 380, 523 

 we need progression.not dupli- 

 cation 518 



wingless queens mated. .53, 466, 523 

 wonderful instincts of 318 



Separators- 

 fastening combs to 97 



J. E. Moore's 499, 506, 524 



paper for 316 



perforated tin for 463 



when to use :'.. 575 



Smokers — 



always essential 44 



Bingham's 44, 70, 219, 208 



Holly's 124 



peat as fuel for 261 



Smith & Smith's 406 



Spring Dwindling— 



cause of 33, 48, 52, 209, 292 



prevention of ....33, 42, 81, 292, 411 



Swarms and Swarming— 



best methods of increase.. 185, 



187, 191, 222, 281 53S 



breeding out the swarming in- 

 stinct 45 



capturing 50, 368 



catches for . . . 129, 144, 219, 320, 



343, 413. 475 487 



Croffut's poem on 501 



does the queen lead 415, 472 



early swarms 215, 268 



electricity for capturing 133 



extraordinary swarming 152 



hiving swarms 371 



labors of a swarm, on enter- 

 ing a new hive 388 



leaving their hives 80, 371 



made by dividing 185, 223, 317 



management of 185, 340 



natural and artificial ..1S5, 192, 



389, 392 472 



need careful watching 472 



prevention of swarming 287 



presistent swarming 413 



rational increase of bees 538 



Swarms— Continued. 



second, how to prevent 1S6, 



192, 223 537 



standard size of colony 146 



stray swarm 474 



with virgin queen 371 



Wintering Bees — 



above-ground cellar 81, 142 



amount of honey necessary 



for 275, 475, 503 



bee-house for 29, 43, 82, 84, 503 



best cellar for 277 



best hive for 42 



burying in a cave 342 



causes of disaster in 21, 48, 275 



chaff hives and packing for.131, 290 



cheap winter protection 466 



cleansing flights 84, 149, 151, 



277 572 



comparing different methods. 21 



double-walled hives for 48 



experience in 178, 290 



felt blankets for 264 



H. H. Flick's chaff packing. ... 314 



Hosmer's theory of 265 



how to pack with chaff 334 



in cellars 43, 46, 50, 94, 178, 



197. 245, 240, 247, 248, 265, 266, 

 267. 208, 338, 339, 412, 466, 469, 572 

 insufficient honey a cause of 



disaster 22, 48 



Italian bees winter best 42 



losses while ....29, 191, 205, 260, 



267, 268, 269, 325, 411, 538, 578 



mild weather for 247, 325 



North and South 538 



on summer stands 23, 42, 48, 



49, 51, 80, 90, 95, 90, 97, 98. 

 152, 199.223, 215,217, 205,266, 



267, 340. 466, 469 572 



packed with chaff.... 21. 22, 29, 

 43, 47, 53. 80, 94, 152, 199, 245, 

 248, 269, 290, 313, 564, 571,579, 580 



packed with charcoal 198 



packed with dry leaves 50 



packed with prairie hay 529 



packed with straw and saw- 

 dust 52 



passages for bees over frames 49 

 preparation for winter. .22, 38, 

 42, 48, 86. 143, 207. 268, 281, 

 295, 319. 391, 452, 514, 556. 504, 571 

 snow covering the entrance 47, 49 



tenement hives for 94, 95 



theoretically and practically 



considered 538 



unsealed sour honey for 248 



use of comb honey racks in... 48 

 when to put into winter quar- 

 ters 81, 82 



when to take out of winter 



quarters 82 



young bees necessary 81 



