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INDEX. 



Increasing the numljer of stocks 



of bees, 51-66, 101-111 

 Incubating brood artificially, 



104, 105, 109, 110 

 Infectious nature of foul brood, 



81, 87 

 of Isle of Wiglit bee disease, 



92, 93 

 Inner walls for doubling boxes 



and hives, sliding, 22 

 illustration of, 



22 

 Intimidating bees by rapping 



on the sides of the hive, 32 



with smoke, 32, 33 



with carbolic acid, 32, 34. 



Introducing queens to alien 



stocks and nuclei, 8, 43, 70, 71 



lOo 

 Irish Ber Journal, The, 70 

 Isle of Wight bee disease, 88-93 

 Italian or Ligurian bees, 12 



— hybrids, 15, 90, 91 



Karoo bee, 14 



Larva of bees, 4 

 Legs for beehives, 90, 113 

 Ligurian bees, -see Italian bees 

 Lime honej', 69 



Maiden swarms, 53 

 Male bees, see Drones 

 Manipulating bees, 30 34, 94 

 Medicated syrup, 83, 84, 87, 92 



should generally be thin, 92 



Metal ends, 18 



illustrations of, 18 



Moths, Wax, see Wax moth 

 Movable comb or bar - frame 



hives, 16 

 illustrations of, 17-20, 23, 62 



106, 110, 112, 113 

 Moving bees, 24, 42, 96, 98 



Naphthaline, as a preventive of 

 foul brood, 88 



— will keep away the wax moth, 

 41, 49 



Naphthol beta, for medicating 

 syrup, 84 



Narrowing entrances in spring, 



68 

 Natural history of the bee, 1-11 



books on, 8 



Natural methods of increasing 



the number of stocks of bees, 



51-58 

 Neutrals, worker bees sometimes 



called "neutrals," 2 

 Newspapers used as quilts, 75 

 No-bee- wa}' sections, 102, 103 



illustrations of, 103 



Nucleus, baby, see Bab}^ nucleus 



— hive, 62, see also Baby nucleus 

 hive 



— how to form, 54, 60, 61, 101-10 



— how to prevent bees deserting, 

 61, 104, 105 



Packing bees for travelling by 

 road or rail, 96 



— sections to go by rail, 42 

 Palestine bees, 56 

 Pasturage for bees, 69 



Phenol for medicating bee syrup, 



83 

 Pipe cover queen cage, 43, 70 

 Planting flowers for bees, 69 

 Plinths to beehives, 21, 95 

 Pollen, artificial, 67, 68 



— where stored, 4 



— baskets, 2, 3 



Porches to bar-frame hives, 20 

 illustrations of, 19, 



23, 78 

 Prevention of bee diseases better 



than cure, 88, 90-92, 114 

 Profitable production of bees, 



51-66, 101-111 



Queen bee, the mother bee, 2 



drone-breeding queens, 7, 8 



hatching queens in incu- 

 bators, 109, 110 



her marriage trip, 7 



how to find the queen, 43, 44 



how to introduce to alien 



stocks and nuclei, 8, 43, 70-72, 

 105 



how to rear, 6, 7, 59-62, 64, 



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