December, 1907. 



American Me Journa 



759 



ladex to VoluDii XLVII. 



SUBJECTS 



Adulteration of honey — 358. 



Advertising honey — so6» 257, 309, 415, 546, 



681. 

 Afterswanns — 66 1. 



Age of larvae for quecn-rcaring — 466. 

 Age when (lucen docs best work — 545. 

 Aggassiz Association — 450. 

 Alexander feeder — 266. 

 Alexander weak-colony p]an — 449. 

 Alfalfa honey in Ontario — 651. 

 Alfalfa pollen— 205. 

 Alsikc clever — 338, 490. 

 Alsike with red clover for bees — 93. 

 American bee-keepers criticised — 455. 

 American Breeders* Association — 456. 

 Among the bees 6 weeks, a girl — 112. 

 Amount of Iioney per acre — 534. 

 Amount of sugar per pound of honey — 755. 

 Answering ciuestions — 125, 126, 757. 

 Antenna; of bees — 538. 

 Ant i-s warming — 414. 



Ants in the apiary and hives — 485, 606. 

 Apiarian exhibits and premiums at Fairs — 616. 



648, 712, 715. 722, 744. 753- 

 Apiarian Matters — 624. 

 Apiarian progress — 619. 



Apiary of — 



Adkins, Geo. H. — 226. 

 Anderson. N. P. — 534. 

 Banker, Otto — 206. 

 Caley, G. D.— 681. 

 Coburn, John P. — 350. 

 Darrow, Chas. M. — 370. 

 Dysart, Samuel — 350. 

 Gray, H. E.— 106. 

 Hoffman, Fred — 47. 

 Kennicott, E. E- — 410. 

 Rigg, Thos. M. — 730. 

 Salazar. M. A. — 680. 

 Sauer, G. L. — 430. 

 Shannon, Robert — 278. 

 Stevens, John — 46. 



Apicultural progress — 430. 



Apis dorsata combs — 75, 185. 



Armful swarm of bees — 86. 



Aster honey, peculiar odor of — 97. 



Automobiles condemned — 527. 



Average buckwheat yield per acre — 632. 



Average honey crop — 533. 



Average yield per colony — 593. 



Back-yard bee-keeping — 318. 



Bacteria of the apiary — 687. 



"Badger"' bee-keeper in Texas — 374. 



Baiting wild bees — 469. 



Balled queens — 629, 646. 



Banat bees — 429. 



Basswood growing — 245. 



Bears and bees — 265. 



Bee a Sabbath-breaker — 166. 



Bee-candy — 205, 213. 



Bee-cellar construction — 286. 



Bee-cellar heated with electric heater — 191. 



Bee-Cave— 682. 



Bee-culture vs. horticulture — 109. 



Bee-diseases, studying — 75. 



Bee-glue — 437. 



Bee-houses or hive-covers — 594. 



Bee-inspectors for Ontario— 114 



Bee-keeping a "queer calling" — 92. 



Bee-keeping for farm boys and giils — 151. 



Bee-keeping for women — 30, 282. 



Bee- Keeping in^ 

 Arkansas — 267. 

 Australia — 743. 

 Bee-County, Texas — 130. 

 Berkeley — 243. 

 Bermuda — 682. 

 California — 280. 

 Carniola — 484. 

 Cuba — 232. 

 Danube — 727. 

 East Africa — 48. 

 Indian Territory — 155, 196. 

 Lake Superior district — 3 1 8 . 

 Michigan — 523. 

 Montana — 339- 

 New Zealand — 617. 

 North Carolina — 723. 

 North Dakota — 318. 

 Oklahoma — 196. 

 Rio Grande — 711. 

 South (first in) — 129. 

 Southwest — 747. 



Virginia — 75S. ^ 



West Indies — 719. 



Bee-keepers, transient and permanent — 71. 

 Bee-Man (poem) — 615. 



Kee-inoth larvx— 286, 628. 



llee-paper — making it helpful to all— 25. 



Mee paralysis — 55. iii, 396, 466. 



Hee^ and ccilors — 533. 



Hees ami fruit — 109, 237, a64. 



Bees and grapes— 14, 33, 85, iro, 216, 246. 



Beeu and honey for 1907 — 741 . 



llce:» and horticulture — 693. 



Bee!) a nuisance, claims— 566. 



Bees as blossom- fertilizers — 453, 454. 



Heen at Jamestown l^xposition — 298. 



Bee;» attack i>assengers — 743. 



Bec;i building up— 565. 



Ueea by the pound — 754. 



Bec!) capture a new home — 588. 



Been carrying water at night — 600. 



Been deserting hive — 756. 



Bees exterminating bugs — 533. • 



Bees hanging tnnliT brood- frames — 660. 



Bees in a finieral procession — 49. 



Bce^ increase church fund — 7 1 1. 



Bcps in the ends of the earth — 194- 



Bee-smoker, use of — 191. 



Bee-smojcers — 30. 



Bees moving eggs— 535. 



Bev^s race pigeons — 712. ^ 



Been robbing in the spring — 355- 



Bees starved in the cellar — 589. 



Bee-stories — 49. 



Bees tearing down foundation — 196. 



Bee-sting poison — 28. 116, 372. 



Bee-stings — 16. 93. 587. 662. 



Beeswax candles — 569. 



Beeswax cleaning — 416. 



Beeswax for floor-polish — 71. 



Beet vs. cane sugar — 614. 



Bee-veils — 191. 263, 523, 535. 



Beginners and the bee-papers — 172. 



Beginners in bcc-kecping, first things for — 8, 



215. 2S0, 413. 69T, 694- 

 Benton's search for new races of bees — 584. 

 Best beer, for comb honey — 246. 

 Betler-natured bees — 284. 

 Bingham hive — 132. 



Biographical — ■ 



Drake, F. H.— <;o2. 



Kstabrook. A. II. — 502. 



Gates. Burton, N. — 502. 



Goodell. Chas. H. — 502. 



Muth-Rasnuissen, \Vm. — 725. 



Scholl. Mr. and Mrs, Louis H. — 66, 747. 



Smith. L. B.— 7"- 



Pryal, Andrew D. — 207. 



York, Sallie Ward, 713. 



-593- 



Black hees from an "Italian" queen- 

 Black bees in Italian colony — 757. 

 Black bees vs. Italians — 105, 262, 174. 247, 



371- 

 Black brood — 633. 

 Black-Carniolans — 126. 

 Black-stockinged little girl — 172. 

 Bottom-boards^ — 300. 



Bottom-starters in sections — 257. 369. 

 Box-hives, buying bees in — 1 1. 

 Bravery of bee-keeping — 728. 

 Bread and Honey (poem) — 482. 

 Breeding ?. pure race of bees— 145. 

 Breeding bees by selection — 663. 718. 

 Breeding the best queens — S'S. 

 Breeding up for winter — 698. 

 Brevity sometimes dangerous — 389. 

 Brood-chamber in winter — 549. 

 Brood-combs, replacing — 696. 

 Brood foundation — 396. 

 Brood-frames for extracting — 697. 

 Brood in hiven in winter — 1 50. 

 Brushing bees at night — 593. 

 Brushing bees with feather duster — 241. 

 Building up- colonies — 376. 



Building up colonies for the honey-flow — 189. 

 Bulk comb honey production — 257, 378, 682. 

 Bur-combs — 260. 

 Buying and selling honey between bee-keepers 



'^192. 

 Buying been in box-hives — 11. 

 Buying bees or making increase — 245. 



Caeed queen, where to put — 742. 

 Cqlcium chloride in the cellar — 165. 

 California, a Modern Mecca — 752. 

 California bee-ranches — 615. 

 California honev-conditions — 300. 

 Camping in California (Gathri^hts) — 106. 

 Canadian Bec Journal sold — 228. 

 Canadian postage rate — 389, 430. 486. 

 Candied honey, getting out combs — 54. 

 Candy feed for bees — 756. 

 Capninff on bottom-board — 1«;4. 

 Carbolic acid ' for swarms — 627. 

 Careless bee-keepers — 535. 

 Carnegie and the bee — 126. 

 Carniolan bees — 3^5;, 662. 

 Garniolanr. or Italians ?^ — t^/i. 

 Carrying beer, under difficulties — 226. 

 Carrying up dark honey — 185. 

 "Catty" molasses vs. foul-broody honey — jci. 

 Caucasian bees — 54, 399. 459. 4S3. =^=2. 683. 

 726. 



Cellar wintering of bees— 115. U9. '54, 24»i 



746. 

 Cement hivc-stands and l>«.it..nis- ^51, 432, 



4H6. 

 Changing hives — 726. 

 Cheap hives — 597. 

 Chickcni eating young ants — 174- 

 Chickens in the apiary — !$• 

 Child and "seated" swarm — 712. 

 Children bee-keepers— 631. 

 Chunk honey— 358. 

 City fttnct swarm — 647. 

 Clarifying beeswax — 306. 

 Cleaning sections of honey — 95, 125, IS'. i93» 



195. 300, 337, 503. 

 Clipping queens — 194, 261, 317, 358, 392, 393, 



415. 453. 484. 524, 582* 595- 

 Closed-cncl frame — 132. 



Closed end to Hoffman or Miller frames — 550. 

 Cold experiment — 228. 

 Colonics for the pasture — 114- 

 Colorado Association's annual report — 223. 

 Colors for painted hives — 114- 

 Comb and extracted honey, ratio of — 154* 

 Comb attached to sections — 721. 

 Combined hive-cover and bcc-fecdcr — 72. 

 Comb-building — 567. 

 Comb-foundation, home-made — 756. 

 Comb- honey misrepresentations — 94. 

 Comb honey production — 12, 207, 377, 746- 

 Comb hont-y shipping — 6. 

 Comb-levelers — 286, 534- 



Comb or extracted honey for beginners— 351. 

 Comb or extracted honey, which? — 170, 171. 

 Combs of granulated honey — 215. 

 Commercial letter writers — 504. 

 Commission law in Washington — 628. 

 Control of increase — 74. I7S' 



Convention Reports^ 



Brantford, Ont. — 149, 170, 189, 209, 233. 



California — 596. 



Connecticut — 487. 



Fillmore Co., Minn — 126. 



Illinois — 235, 742. 



Kansas — 210. 



Michigan — 91, 130. 



Minnesota — 46, 86. 



National — 283, 709. 



Ontario — 11, 30. 52. 72i, 745- 



Texas — 591. 



Worcester Co., Mass— 87, 3S6, 522, 583- 



Yorkville, HI. — 127. 



Corn-tassel honey — 29. 



Cotton honey for winter stores — 661. 



Cotton-seed meal as pollen — 192. 



Cover- feeder 227. 



"Cover Them Over" (poem) — 445. 

 Cow with sweet tooth — 628. 

 Crooked combs — 523. 

 Crosa bees — 512. 

 Curious customs — 7i4« 



Dampnesa in hives — 34- 



Danzenbaker hive and system — 377, 4^7, 595- 



Dark bees the hardiest — 589. 



Dead-beat honey-buyers — 627. 



Dead bec with pollen — 205. 



Death Notices— 



Burdett-Coutts, Baroness — 93, 251. 

 Dzierzon, Dr. John — 27. 

 Hammond, Luther — 186. 

 Pryal, A. D.— 752. 

 Stachelhausen, L- — 658. 

 West, David J. — 614. 

 York, Sallie Ward — 713. 



"De Bizzy Honey Bee" — 683. 



Dental wax — 286. 



Depending upon bees — 714- 



Deserting swarms — 697. 



Detecting adulterants in honey — 389. 



Detecting a honey-flow — 588. 



Deutscher Imkerbund — 727. 



Difference in bee-eggs — 594; 



Different prices for same kind of honey — 4S7. 



Digestion in bees — 27. 



Dining-room decoration of bees — 282. 



Disease carried by the queen — 754. 



Disease from comb foundation — 245. 



Distance bees gather nectar — 393- 



Distance bees go for nectar — 94.590. 



Distance of apiary from the highway — 508, 



594- 

 Distance to breed pure queens — 335, 514. 

 Distribution of honey — 745- 

 Dividing colonies — 628, 660. 

 Dividing colonies for buckwheat flow — 359. 

 Divisible brood-chamber hive — 394, 657. 

 Do bees carry eggs or larvae? — 592. 

 Do bees freeze to death? — 108. 

 Does tiie queen consciously fertilize eggs? — 



565. 

 Doubled colonies — 265. 

 Dovetailed hive — 266. 

 Drifting or mixing of bees — 370. 

 Driving out drones — 570. 



