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INDEX. 



Canclj', how to make it, 67, OS 



— medicated. 84 



Cane sugar alone is suitable for 



bees, 94 

 Carbolic acid, how to (^uiet bees 



with it. 3i. 34 

 Carniolan bees. 1.3. 21 



— hybrids, 1"). 1)1 



Carr section crate, its advan- 

 tages. 4(1 



illustration of, 44 



Chilled brood. o3. oo. 82 



Close driving, 74 



Clover honey. bi> 



Cocoons spun by bees in larval 

 state. 4. ,") 



Comb box, illustration of, 47 



— foundation, 26, 27 



for the stock hive, ' ' brood 



foundation," 27 



how to tix into frames, 28 



illustration of, 27 



metal, 29 



wired, its advantages, 



27-29 



illustration of, 29 



Combination hives, 21 



Combs, see Honey combs 



Composition of a hive or colony 

 of bees, 1 



Condemned bees. 72 



Co-operation desirable in bee- 

 keeping, 114 



Cow'an, T. W.. his writings. 8, 

 76, 89 



— his method of using formic 

 acid, 84 



Crates of sections, see Section 



crates 

 Crossbred bees, lo 

 Cyprian bees, 14, 56 



Dalmatian bees, lo 

 Development of the bee from 



the egg, various stages of, 4-7 



illustration of. 2 



Direct introduction of queen 



bees to alien stocks and 



nuclei, 8, 71, 72, 105 

 Diseases of bees, 80-93 

 Disinfecting hives, S6, 92. 93 



Disinfection of bee-keeper after 

 handling diseased bees or hives, 

 86. 93 

 Distance racks for bar-frames, 97 

 Dividers for sections, 39, 103 



illustrations of, 39, 103 



Division boards, see Dummy 



boards 

 Divisional section crates. 25 



illustration of, 25 



Doubling, 45, 46 



— boxes for bar-frame hives, 22 



illustration of, 23 



sliding inner walls 



for, 22 



illustration of, 22 



Driving bees out of straw skeps, 



method of, 72-74 



— irons, illustration of, 73 

 Drone comb, 3 



— eggs, time of j-ear Mhen first 

 are laid, 9 



Drones, illustration of, 2 



— longevity of, 6 



— should be Ijred from the best 

 stocks only, 64 



— their natural histor\% 2, 5, 6 

 Dummy boards, 20 



illustration of, 20 



excluding queen, 37 



illustration of, 38 



feeder, 63 



illustration of, 63 



"Wells," 77 



Dysentery, 80, 81, 90 



Economj' essential when breed- 

 ing bees for sale, 66 



Eggs, laid by the queen, 2 



are of tAVo kinds, 3 



fertile workers produce 



only drones, 8 



Empty honey combs for hiving 

 swarms upon, 24, 95 



how to fix them into 



frames, 25 



how to preserve them 



from the wax moth, 41, 48. 49 



English bee. the. 12 



Entrance contractor, 19 



illustration of, 19 



