INDEX TO VOL. IX. 



Apiary— 



A good location for a., lo."); a Scottish a., ilius., 179; 

 Moore's two-tiive a., 'SM; Ptielps' a., 337; a visit to 

 Neighbor H 's a., 2,53; Hill's a., 292; a. of 225 cols, 

 in box hives, 453; a 3-eolouj" a., Oil); 



Bees — 



B. leaving hive in cold weather, 10, 27; b. and grapes, 

 7,8, «S,92, 152,528,547; poisoning b.,8; two colonies in 

 a chatr hive, 17; siiugless, IS, 48, 167, 188, 19J, 437; 

 fifteen from one swarm, 27; blowing b. out of 

 hives, 27; bl. and Itals.,28; shipping b. from the 

 South, 2:*; raarkmg hyb. b.,31; brood late in fall, 

 31; lazy b., 31, 6U3; bl. b. in Italy, 34; covering b. 

 with wire cloth for winter, 35; number of b. f(V 

 one locality, 36; b. not accepting q., 37; doubling 

 up b. in spring, 41; letting b, starve. 41; quarter- 

 blood Itals., 41; in-and-in breeding, 49; what to do 

 for b. with dys., etc., 49, 89; b. killed by lightning, 

 ,')9; poisoning b., (iO, 70; Doolittle's av. profit on b., 

 70; Cyprians in their native home, lienton, 71; 

 successful b. culture, 72; moving to new place, 74; 

 b. for profit, by Mrs. Cotton, 75; cross b., 83; acci- 

 dental swarm in April, 87; b. under snow, 88; b. 

 from Tahite, 89; brimstoning, 89; Hyatt's objec- 

 tion to Itals., 89; mania for swarming out, 132; 

 selling b., 13i; talking to b., 138; do b. complaint 

 140; do b. freeze? 141; Langstroih on the Cyp. b., | 

 165; trigona. 167, 237; apis dor., 168, 219; 324, 389; , 

 shall we give up b.'/ 170; Itals. ahead, 173; Gallup 

 vs. hybrids, 173; how Doolittle doubles in spring 

 and fall, 174; b. in Texas, 178; to get rid of fertile 1 

 workers, 1><5; moving b. in winter, 187; reviving I 

 frozen b., 19U; Holy-Land b. for wint., 19i; b. absc. i 

 without a queen, 191, 6U7; b. dying for stores in ! 

 wint., 191; plenty of stores for b., 221; Langstroth | 

 on blacks and Ituls., 232, 333; the coming b., 3.8; 

 crossness of dark Itals., 333; some cols, consume 

 more than others, 334; women and b. in Neb., 334; 

 packing b. in Texas, 338, 371; individuality in b., j 

 338; b. doing well outside of hive in cold weather, I 

 33*^; what kuled the b.? 353; improvement in b., ' 

 367; where b. go when robbed, 368; selling b. 

 by the pound, FlauHgan, 369; too many b., 373; 

 new industry in selling b., illus., 374; moving b. \ 

 from cellar in daytime, 285; Itals. in Australia, 286; \ 

 b. swarming without a queen, 290; b. sw. in Mich. 

 May 12th, 292; in III. before May 10th, 293; b. pull- 

 ing each other, 293; burying b., 296; Cyprians in i 

 winter, 308; Langstroth on the probable cause of i 

 loss iHSt winter, 319; b. at fairs, 323; Doolittle on I 

 killing b., ;!31; robbed b. going with robbers, 335, i 

 348, 402; abnormal b., 335; b. stinging their own ' 

 members, 341, 376; b. from Texas, 343; to manage , 

 runaways, 344; covering b. with hay, 345; b. that 

 won't work in upper story, 316; Itals. on sorghum ^ 

 mills, 346; b. on trees in Texas, 3i7; blacks and 

 Itals. in winter, 347; black Itals, 348; abs. with q. \ 

 in Minn., 348; raising b. in the house, 348; newsw. i 

 abs., 349; b. coming to an apiary, 349; black b. for | 

 winter, 350; less than 1 lb. July 4th, 352; $2 per lb., 

 360, 390; ship, by pound, 360; too much smoke for 

 b., 373; Holy-Land b., 374; raising b. in green- 

 house, 380; Cyprians in Mo., 384,496; disturbing in 

 wint., 385; b. of India, 386; why did they die? 393; 

 can b. extract sting? 394; b. going 3 miles to pre- 

 pare hive, 395; b. in open air, 395; b. of Italy, 395; 

 getting b. under ditJieulties, 396; a plea for blacks, 

 398; blue b., 399; hatching brood without b., 399; 

 hiving b. on sections only, 399; Hungarian b., 4U0, 

 453; b. starting queen-cells when they have a q , 

 400; b. entering hive of own accord, 401; future of 

 Itals., 401; Cyps. and Holy-Land, 402; b. to Oregon, 

 402; first Itals. west of Miss Kiver, 403; Albinos, 

 409; dark-banded itals., 434; eating holes in duck, 

 436; b. cives in Texas, 436, 544, 603; water and 

 sugar for shipping b., 443; b. stinging horses, 44::!; 

 b. in Neb , 443; b. separating, 446; b. on onions, 

 448; are b. taxable? 449, 5l9; watering-place for b., 

 451; Cyps. for increase, 453; large swarms, 4.")2: 

 savage b., 454; capabilities of b., 481; success with 

 b. not alway in number of cols., 487; McDaniel's 



queries about b., 495; ant-lion a friend of b., 498; 

 unsealed br. for new swarms, 499; carrying b. 3 

 miles, 499; inserting cells when q. is removed, 501; 

 b. to be killed, 517, 518; apis Amer., 525; b. on a 

 rampage, 531; swarming by telephone, 532; decid- 

 ing h. quecnless, 535; b. in caves in Cal., 539; b. 

 enraged by buckwheat, 549, .598; cross b. from 

 imp. q., 552; getting b. from tree, 5.52, 597; yellow 



b. irom black q., 554; b. killing and balling their 

 queen, 554; queer ways of consuming stores, .556; 

 how far do b. go? ,595; b, as medicine, 598; do b. 

 pay? 599; poisoned b., 602; laying worker b. In 

 same hive with laying q., 603; 3-banded hybrids, 

 6U5; b. with shriveled wings, 605; b. in Mass., 605; 

 in a chimney, 605; missionary b.. 609; how b, help, 

 610. 



Bees, Diseases of— 



Dys. in Dec 34; candy for dys., 126; borax for dys., 

 390. 



Bee Fecd- 



Candy, Pearce's make, 27; silver-drip syrup, 30; 

 sweet corn, 90; sugar syrup vs. honey, 116; maple 

 sugar, 134, 255, 503; melon juice, 293. 



Cages — 



Which is the best c? 28 Peet, 33.59,86, 99,113, 453; 

 wire cl. for c, 35; Viallon's candy for c, 144; Car- 

 penter's imp. on P.eet c, illus., 167; Alley's views, 

 illus., 269; marking c, 360; latest imp. in Peet c, 

 illus., 373; water-bottles for c, 397; water in c, 

 433; bottle queen-c, 443; small c, .548. 



Candy— 



Viallon's c, 375, 383, 500; saved by sugar c, 333, 350; 



c. for cages, 333, 434; to make without heat, .538; c. 

 of gran, sugar, 567; dif. of feeding c. in winter. 



608. 



Cl»a«- 



Oak leaves a substitute for c, 190; c. packing, 192, 

 371,395,316,350,351, 388, 396, 454; c. in Ga., 186; c. 

 cushions and vent., 608. 



Coiub — 



Paper c, 85; what to do with c. from which b. have 

 died, 99; why c. get black, 180, 181; c. between up- 

 per and lower stories, 188; care of surplus c, 'SoS, 

 368; value of old c. for wax, 341; Mcllwain's holder 

 for c, illus., 378; drone e. on tlat-bot. worker fdn., 

 396; how Miller cares for empty c, 333; with 6800 

 bees, 361; thick c, for ext., 398; c. tilled with 

 honey instead of pollen, 439; adding c. in building 

 up, 436; Perry's c. cupboard, 503; Minn's c. holder, 

 illus., .539. 



Deiiartments— 



Black List, 50. 



Bee Botany, 11, 93, 333, 373, 391, 455, 510, ,536. 



Bee Kntomology, 32, 385, 537. 



Blasted Hopes, 40, 65, 149, 300, 324, 300, 352, 383, 557. 



Cartoon, 46, 47, 300, 225. 



Editorials, 48, 97, 09, 152, ,203, 254, 307, 360, 413, 464, 



516, 566. 

 Growlery, 16, 169, 403, 441, 486, 530. 

 Humbugs and Swindles, 81, 131, 391, 4,54, ,505. 

 Honey Column, 48, 99, 153, 204, 256, 309, 361, 411, 466, 



474, 570, 



Heads of Grain, 27, 82, 134, 186, 338, 390, 343, 394, 



446, 498, 546, ,599. 

 Kind Words, 5, 57, 110, 163, 314, 560, 317, 309, 431, 473, 



523. 

 Ladies' Department, 40, 90, 181, 234, 300,351, 383, 436, 



483, 559, ,598. 

 Notes and Queries, 41, 90, 143, 193, 243, 296, 349, 401. 



453, 505, 558, 609. 

 Reiiorjs Eiict)uraging, 38, 90, 143, 193, 234, .397, 557. 

 Snidery, 169, 373, 351, 455, ,537. 

 Juvenile Department, 78, 143, 180, 2.15, 282, 335, 377, 



432, 484, ,537. 

 Lunch Koom, 100, 133. 

 Tobacco. 144, 194, 252, 304, 357, 403, 456, 505, 535, 614. 



