GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1352; Hive-lifters 1121-1124, 1420; Hive-lifting, 

 parody on 1506; Hives, large, Dadant on 1115; 

 Hive-rabbets, to make 500; Hive-stands of concrete 

 487; Hive-stanas, high and low used alternately 

 735; Hive-stands, tall 585; Hive-stand, Simmins 33; 

 Hive-stands, Stanley 1556; Hive-stool, Handy 1422; 

 Hoffman frame preferred 358, 650, 655; Hoffman 

 frames best vi'here propolis is abundant 660; Hoff- 

 man frame, merits of 24; Hoffman frame, reason 

 for popularity 1011; Hoffman frames not movable 

 659; Hoft'man frames preferred for 1500 hives 650; 

 Hoffman frames made fool-proof in nailing 647; 

 Hoffman frames, Aiken on 500; Hoffman frames, 

 shortened top-bars of 200; Hoffman frames, to 

 handle 821; Hoffman frames, short top-bars not 

 liked 887; Hoffman frames, propolis on 200; Hoff- 

 man frames, original 200; Hoffman metal spacers 

 68; Hoffman frames 1118; Holtermann's hive 290; 

 Holtermann's honey-strainer 146; Honey crop of 

 1906 1495; Honey crop in Texas short 1292; Honey 

 restricted by Germans 1415; Honey exhibits at 

 fairs 29; See Exhibits, also Fairs; Honey-medium 

 for carrying foul brood 580; Honey consumed in 

 the U. S. 1117, 1168; Honey exhibit, advertising 

 31; Honey from red clover 993; Honey yield from 

 alfalfa in the East 1047; Honey nougat 1130; Honey 

 produced in the U. S. 1117; Honey market for the 

 bee-keeper 1117; Honey market cornered 944; 

 Honey chemically changed by bees 1235; Honey 

 market, what is responsible price? 729; Honey ripe, 

 but long unsealed 1255; Honey gathered from one 

 source at a time 1233; Honey crop short in Canada 

 1236; Honey as a food 1307; Honey yield per col- 

 ony in the South 73; Honey vinegar, unpleasant 

 129S, 1347; Honey to prevent colds 1443; Honey 

 market, cultivation of 575; Honey vinegar 1295; 

 Honey surplus, taking off 890; Honey, selling early 

 1297; Honey in brood-nest 826; Honey crop, sell 

 ing 1297; Honey of sweet clover dark green 1377; 

 Honey consumed by bees in cellar 1309, 1347; 

 Honey in brood-chamber 217; Honey from brood- 

 combs, color of 827; Honey good in cappings 1297; 

 Honey exhibit 33; See Exhibits of Honey in Illus- 

 trations; Honey extracted from foul-broody colonies 

 206; Honey production in New Zealand 1556; Honey 

 production and swarm control, Doolittle on 750; 

 Honey diseased, to make safe for feeding 1067; 

 Honey market in Europe 275; Honey from cappings 

 563; Honey rattling out of the hives 1187; Honey 

 ripening oft the hive 1420; Honey extracted before 

 capped over 999; Honey may not contain germs of 

 foul brood 808; Honey and wax, values of 235; 

 Honey show in Toronto 1235; Honey at auction 

 441; Honey as a food 96, 299, 740, 1186, 1443, 

 1499; Honey as a food, See Honey Eatipg Families; 

 Honey extracted, small package for 575; Honey 

 eaten by one family 96, 740; Honey from cappings 

 517; Honey for preserving fruits 1175; Honey for 

 graham bread 1189; Honey naturally and artificially 

 ripened 1235; Honey, advantage of best quality 231; 

 Honey, advertising by giving samples 210; Honey, 

 Alexander's quality of 152; Honey, Alexander on 

 sale of 210; Honey, alfalfa, color of 1190; Honey, 

 amount consumed by a family 432; Honey, aroma 

 of 939; Honey, bitter 98; Honey, buckwheat, dark- 

 ens color 722; Honey, candied, to cut with machine 

 1445; Honey, chunk, see cVunk honey; Honey, color 

 of 722; Honey, don't barrel direct from extractor 

 935; Honey, viemand for, to increase 208; Honey, 

 distance of source SS9; Honey, extracted, strong 

 colonies for 579; Honey, fermented 715; Honey, 

 Ferris on production of 511; Honey, giving to 

 neighbors 1014; Honey, grading of 24, 502, 578; 

 Homey, heavy flow of, checks brood diseases 1047; 

 Honey, leaking of 1053; Honey, marketing 587; 

 Honey, price of in Europe 207; Honey, price of 

 in Great Britain 1483; Honey, price in England 

 1556; Honey, prices of, depend on quality 493; 

 Honey, sale of 284; Honey, selling of, Alexander's 

 figures on 152; Honey, same kinds of, vary in 

 color 420; Honey, sources of light and dark in 

 California 1007; Honey, sour 670; Honey, sugar- 

 fed different from real honey 799; Honey, storing 

 and preparing for market 220; Honey, sweet-clover, 

 for wintering 593; Honey, to increase sale of 210; 

 Honey, why it sells so slowly 19; Honey, unripe, 

 Cook on 1423; Honey, water-white 417; Honey, 

 water-white v. water-clear 417, 487; Honey, where 

 it sells best 1117; Honey, why it candies SOO; 

 Honey, yield from Italians and nybrids 488; Honey- 



barrels, to use second time 1066; Honey-board, 

 Aiken 501; Honey-boards, to clean 873; Honey- 

 boards, unbound, sagging 1047; Honey-cans, impor- 

 tance of clean 1256; Honey-cartons 96; Honey- 

 comb not a food 275; Honey-crop reports 1494; 

 Honey-eaters, see family of honey-eaters; Floney- 

 extractor, vertical 882; Honey-flow, colonies in con- 

 dition for 74; Honey-house, Cuban 234; Honey- 

 houses, Cuban 93; Honey-knives, hot or cold 276; 

 Honey-market, to stimulate 948; Honey-plants of 

 North Carolina 34; Honey-strainer 434; Honey- 

 strainer, Alexander 26; Honey-strainer, Archibald 

 939; Honey-strainer inside extractor-can 146; Honey- 

 tank, oil-stove for 219; Honey-tanks, Alexander 801; 

 Honey-tanks, steam-heated 25; Honey-tanks heated 

 by not water 26; Honey-thieves 1511; Horticulture 

 and bee-keeping 1427; House-apiaries 1185; Hrus- 

 chka, inventor of the extractor 1483; Hunting bees 

 998; Hunting bees, see bee-hunting; Hutchinson's 

 new book 139; Hybrids as propolizers 275; Hybrids 

 V. Italians, see Italians; Hybrids v. pure bees 200; 

 Hybrids, to keep the same 889; Hybrids, breeding 

 from 927. 



Idaho, bee-keeping in 587, 663, 884, 943; Imbed- 

 ding wires and foundation 808; Improving queens 

 in getting larger profit 74; In-breeding not danger- 

 ous 747; Increase in the fall 1292; Increase, Alex- 

 ander's method 423; Increase, to prevent 496, 593, 

 727; Increase, rapid, to make 569; Increase, double- 

 bottom-board' for controlling 825, 868; Increase, pre- 

 vention of, Ferris on 941; Increase, Doolittle plan 

 for 749; Increase, reply to Alexander's criticism 

 582; Increase from nuclei 298; Index of some value 

 67; Indiana against liquor 1416; Indoor wintering, 

 see cellars; Industrial parade 1128; Insects, orders 

 of 77, 206, 349, 416, 498, 645, 723; Inspector, foul- 

 brood, in Ohio 886; Introducing by dual plan 1168, 

 1228; Introducing queens, hard candy for 1057; 

 Introducing queens, method for 368; Introducing- 

 cage and nursery combined, Atwatcr's 1070; Intro- 

 ducing-cage, Doolittle's home-made 823; Introduction 

 of queens, Alexander on 801; Irrigating flume 885; 

 Island for mating queens 139; Italians v. hybrids, 

 Dr. Miller on 140; Italians v. mixed stock 200; 

 Italians v. hybrids, Dr. Miller on 345; Italians 

 V. hybrids for gathering honey 412, 488, 791; 

 Italians v. hybrids for comb honey 721; Ital- 

 ians resisting disease 31; Italians not proof against 

 foul brood 806; Italians, all varieties, red-clover 

 bees 993; Italians, difficulty of keeping pure 200; 

 Italians, superiority over blacks 234; Italianizing a 

 locality 276, 344, 1129. 



Japanese clover 33; Jar, Mason, for honey 576; 

 Jay and his bees 1356; Jay's stinging fracas 1567; 

 Jenkintown field day 1004, 1061; Judging-test in 

 Ontario 1235. 



Karo, history of 1416; Kidney diseases on in- 

 crease 987; Killing bees, to prevent 819; Knives, 

 uncapping, hot or cold 276. 



Labels for comb honey 951; Laboratory, educa- 

 tional, Dr. Bigelow 156; Land Agents 13; Lang- 

 stroth, Secor's poem 872; Large colonies, value of 

 424; Larvae transferred by bees 517: Larvre of the 

 wax-moth for cons;\nption 1483; Larvs, age of. 

 when transferred to cups 647; Larva;, to tell age of 

 12S7; Larvae, camel-hair brush for transferring 

 1059; Latham on wintering 1438; Law, national 

 pure-food, see pure-food law; Laying workers 24; 

 Laying vrorkers, to get rid of 831; Leaking of 

 honey 1053; Legal right to a territory 939; Legal 

 riglit to bee-range 991; Lemon to attract swarms 

 928; Lever used for pressure in rendering wax 

 363; Life of Dzierzon 1509; Life of workers in 

 harvest 721; Lifting, unnecessary, to avoid 821; 

 lightning at Dr. Miller's 867; Liquor business in 

 the denominations 13; Liquor, cost of, in United 

 States 792; Local option in Kentucky 988; Locali- 

 ties a short distance apart 1294; Locality where is 

 no clover 1499; Locality, wliat is a good one? 727; 

 Locality, its bearing on Alexander's plans 651; 

 Longevity of bees 1430; Long-tongued bees 80. 



Maeterlinck's book 14; Magnetic hammer 873; 

 Manzanita of California 359; Maple sap for bees 

 744; Market for honey, to improve 208; Market, 

 honey, cultivation of 575; Mark;ets for bee-keepers 

 1168; Marriage relations in Wi'oks and plays 14; 

 Mating of queen witnessed 1378; Mating of queens, 

 lack of improvement in 76; Mating, pure 1107; 

 Mating-box, three compartments 717; Mating-box, 

 twin, slant of cells 594; Mating-boxes, ideal, "four- 



