Jan. 1. 1912 



bee-keepers 722; Plurality of bees not practi- 

 cable 115; Poison, bees do not seal in combs 

 731; Poisoning by propolis, history of case 24; 

 Poison of sting, does it excite bees 7, 557, 646; 

 Pollen above shallow frames 551; Pollen, arti- 

 ficial, what kind is best 151; Pollen candy 601; 

 Pollen, can it be removed from honey 323; Pol- 

 len, colors of 341; Pollen from milk-weed kills 

 bees 572; Pollen, how bees pack in cells 664; 

 Pollen, how long does it take bee to get load 

 32; Pollen, how much needed 149; Pollen in 

 sections over siiallow brood chamber 551, 581; 

 Pollen, to keep out of bulk comb honey su- 

 pers 734; Pollen, too much of in brood-combs, 

 295; Pollen, to remove from combs 263; Porter. 

 E. C, in memoriam of 630; Portugal furnishes 

 bees for Missouri 263; Post offices named after 

 the bee 322; Poultry, does it pay with bees 

 486; Poultry netting, bees do not fly through 

 516: Poultry-netting over hive to keep chickens 

 awa\- 558; Poultry, Scholl on 294; Power ex- 

 tractor, pump attached to 604; Prairie clover 

 as honey-plant 504; Price-jumping results in 

 no sales 6; Price of honey held at 7c 198; Price 

 of honey in Colorado 584; Price of honey, who 

 fixes it 91; Prices for white honey recom- 

 mended by Ontario committee 648; Prices keep- 

 ing up 682; Prices of comb and extracted honey 

 compared 34, 196, 617; Prices of honey in Texas 

 111; Prices of honey, Lilley on 47; Prices on 

 water-white honey in California 420; profits 

 from bees 115; Propolis as a medicine 450; 

 Propolis from narrow-leaf cottonwood 106; 

 Propolis, high price set on 32; Propolis less 

 than $5.00 a lb. 162; Propolis, origin and use 

 of 568. 627, 652; Propolis removed with lye 473. 

 484, 752; Pump attached to power extractor 

 604; "Pure" no lon.ger necessary on labels 228; 

 Pyrographic outfit for fastening foundation 766. 

 Queen-breeder, opening for in Canada 453; 

 Queen-breeder, trouble with 205; Queen, Byer's 

 plan of finding 619, 719; Queen, care of when 

 newly hatched 311; Queen-cell, drone hatched 

 from 744; Queen-cell given to supersede queen 

 293; Queen-cell protectors 115; Queen-cells 

 above comb honey, do they bring on swarm- 

 ing 490; Queen-cells over excluder, will they 

 induce swarming 604; Queen-cells sealed early 

 664; Queen -cells should be placed opposite un- 

 sealed brood 484; Queen-cells, source of con- 

 sidered 550; Queen-cells, to get large num- 

 ber cheaply 171; Queen-cells, what is left in 

 the bottom 550; Queen-eggs sent by mail 634; 

 Queen-excluder, only three oppose use of 648; 

 Queen-e\c!uders, pre they made too light 484; 

 Queen -excluders, Doolittle on 715; Queen-ex- 

 cluders indispensable 40. 616; Queen-excluders 

 not used by Scholl 682; Queen-finding sieve 

 451, 636, 666; Queen found w.ngless in spring 

 409; Queen freed from ball by being thrown 

 in emptv tumbler 196; Queen introduced by 

 being given odor of old one 700; Queen intro- 

 duced to old colony with no old bees 550; 

 Queen introduction. A. C. Miller on 719; Queen, 

 is she restrictetd in laying in spring 484; 

 Queen, keeping record of. without book 655; 

 Queen kept out of super without excluded 459; 

 Queen kept out of supers by extra trick top- 

 bar 581; Queen larvae may have foul brood 343; 

 Queen, laying capacity of 452; Queen lays more 

 than one egg in a cell 473; Queenless colonies 

 have much pollen 4; Queen long time on jour- 

 ney 197; Queen of a swarm returned to a hive 

 377; Queen reared during dearth of honey 551; 

 Queen-rearing above excluders 114; Queen- 

 rearing, business man's method 307; Queen - 

 rearing. Doolittle on 749; Queen-rearing in 

 March in Texas 185; Queen-rearing, questions 

 on 342; Queens, A. C. Miller's observations on 

 522; Queens and drones, dead, what wanted 

 for 125; Queens balled when hiving swarms 

 323; Queens balled worse by black bees 389; 

 Queens, balling of. serious in the tropics 654; 

 Queens better if reared at home 241; Queens 

 clipped lost from swarms 503 ; Queens clipped 

 vs undipped 755; Queens, do they hatch same 

 dav swarm issues 581, 646, 661, 745; Queens, 

 do" thev lav eggs that do not hatch 383, 418. 

 452. 516. 616, 660, 734; Queens, early, to rear 

 267; Queens, fat vs. slender 634, 646; Queens, 

 finding. Bver on 619; Queens, finding, with car- 

 bolic acid 720; Queens, good ones must be 

 bought 32; Queens, good ones reared under 

 unfavorable conditions 495; Queens, how age of 



affects swarming 497; Queens, how long do 

 they live 355; Queen-sieve made of extra 

 bottom-board 536; Queens injured by being 

 sent through mail 241; Queens introduced by 

 immersing in water 647; Queens, is it safe to 

 clip when lizards are in the grass 408; Queens 

 killed by king-birds 505; Queens laid more than 

 one egg in a cell 536; Queens, laying capacity 

 355; Queens marked with paint 712; Queens, 

 new way to keep out of super 450; Queens, 

 old, all right 73 4; Queens, old. easier to intro- 

 duce 646; Queens, old. leave voluntarily to die 

 666; Queens, plurality of for one colony 227; 

 Queens, plurality of to prevent swarming 255, 

 322; Queens, quick way of finding 171; Queens 

 raised above excluder 227; Queens reared at 

 home the best 127, 293; Queens reared better 

 with artificial honey-flow 386; Queens, rearing, 

 in a super G;i6; Queens slow about laving 603; 

 Queens spread laterall.v rather than vertically 

 160; Queens superseded in front of hive 648; 

 Queens, supersedure of newly introduced 654; 

 Queens, surplus of, wintered 221, 436: Queens, 

 to carry to outyard 441; Queens, to find, Doo- 

 little on 454; Queens, trouble in finding, when 

 there is danger of robbing 615; Queens, two, 

 in a hive 563, 681; Queens, two wintered in one 

 hi\-e 636; Queen superseded in front of hive 

 583; Queen, supersedure of, caused by poorly 

 clipped queen 755; Queens, wintering surplus of 

 221, 436, 733; Queen, to catch, without touch- 

 ing 516; Queen, was she fertilized in hive 503; 

 Queen, what becomes of, when superseded 473. 



Rain in California 616. 74S; Rain, scarce in 

 California 5, 23; Reason of bees. McDonald on 

 587; Recipes in which liorey is used 161, 198; 

 Reciprocitv, Byer on 649; Red clover bees work 

 on red clover 149; Redlands, Cal., overstocked 

 5; Regrafting method of queen rearing 495; 

 Reports, favorable 667; Re-queening after 

 honev flow 733; Re-queening and securing feed 

 for off vear 564; Re-queening, plan for busy 

 honey producer 492; Re-queening, wholesale, 

 Buver on 619; Resting of bees between trips 

 720'; Retail trade, demands of 89; Reversing 

 combs to destrov cells 51: Rheumatism, bee- 

 stings for 377, 591, 744; Ripening honey in 

 hive 486, 664; Ripening honey outside hive 

 632; Robbers, Italians the worst 535; Robbers 

 stopped by creoline 719; Robbers, to avoid when 

 there is no honev flow 431 : Robber-traps, what 

 are thev 484; Robbing, carbolic acid to stop 

 419, 516, 572, 615. 717: Robbing, ingenious way 

 of preventing 630; Robbing. Italians vs. blacks 

 for 503; Robbing, to stop, Edson on 40: Rob- 

 bing, whv bees tear the comb 196; Rocky 

 Mountain' bee-plant injured by sparrows 584; 

 Roof apiarv 247; R'-'pe for hauling loads of 

 honey 682; Roses and bees 258, 339. 



Sage doomed 748; Sage has off year occa- 

 sionally 61; Sage of California 23, 526. 625; 

 Sages, correction on France article 681; Sales 

 affected bv appearances 17: Salesman, require- 

 ments of 523; Saw dust for winter packing 

 713; Saws, home-made 627; Screening bees in 

 cellar causes trouble 25; Season unusual in 

 Illinois 355; Second-hand cans 37: Sectional- 

 hive, one division of for brood-chamber 52; 

 Sectional hives advocated 238; Sectional hives 

 for comb honey, S. D. House on 401; Seeds of 

 honey-plants, does it pay to grow? 61; Selling 

 bv national organizations, objections to 299; 

 Selling hnnev at a good price. McGowan on 

 136; Selling honev at home 12; Selling honey, 

 co-operation in 204. 376; Separator, Severin's 

 honey and wax 756: Separators, not used 213, 

 343: " Separators of perforated iron 151; 

 Settling- tank, see gravity strainers; Shade- 

 boards, cheap and effective 724; Shaken swarm 

 plan without increase 151; Shaking energy into 

 bees 421; Shaking swarms, proper time for 283; 

 Shaking useful after bees liave swarming 

 mania 322; Shallow frames advocated 238; 

 Shallow frames, not liked 551; Shallow vs. 

 deep supers 252: Shifting flying bees, Simmins' 

 method 132; Shipping-case, double-tier, 2% In. 

 glass preferred 517; Shipping-case, double-tier, 

 voted for bv Dr. Miller 354; Shipping-case, 

 double-tier, honey not broken in 100; Ship- 

 ping cases, corrugated paper in 199, 712; 

 Shipping-cases, covers for 517; Shipping-cases, 

 glass-front for show-cases 665; Shipping-cases 

 in "Vermont largely made of paper 163; Ship- 

 ping-cases made of corrugater paper 198, 239, 



