GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



bees for 1589; City bee-keeping 1502; Clamps for 

 wintering 1368; Cleansing flight before cellaring 73; 

 Cleats, cover, downward projecting despised 868; 

 Cleome lutens 724; Clothing, color of 88; Closed- 

 end frames, reversible 1434; Clover a failure in 

 Illinois 1348; Clover, 1000 acres, no honey 1445; 

 Clover, where there is none 1499; Clover, no yield 

 from 867; Clover, see sweet clover; Clover, alsike, 

 see alsike; Clover, failures more frequent than for- 

 merly 1484, 1556; Clover, white and sweet 1239; 

 Cluster, temperature of inside of cluster 1353; 

 Cluster of bees, temperature of, see bees; Clusters 

 of bees, positions of 200, 717; Clustering-space in 

 supers with fence 1191; Colonies strong in brood, 

 Alexander on 573; Colonies strong for extracted 

 honey 579; Colonies strongest for comb honey 649; 

 Colonies in best condition for harvest 522; Colonies 

 strong for comb honey 803; Colonies, number one 

 man may handle 743; Colonies, difference, Alex- 

 ander on 935, 1227; Colonies, preparation for honey- 

 flow 517; Colonies, strong, for honey-flow 503; Colo- 

 nies, equalizing 1014; Colonies, strong, Alexander 

 on 987; Colonies, size for winter 1112; Col- 

 onies, weak, in fall 493; Colonies, number 

 to square mile 20; Colonies, number in one 

 place 728; Colonies, two-story, good results 

 from 298; Colonies, weak, brood for 504; Col- 

 onies, naked, in Europe 1227; Colonies, large v. 

 small 1115; Colonies, large, advantage of 366; Col- 

 ony on scales 33; Colony of bees live outdoors 

 1008; Colony building up in fall 1377; Colony per- 

 sisting in building cells 1377; Color for hives 85; 

 Color recognized by bees 232, 1228; Color and its 

 relation to stings 1484; Comb built over wires 1048; 

 Comb and extracted honey in one super 24; Comb 

 foundation, see foundation; Comb naturally built 

 over wires 343; Comb, transferred, bent wires to 

 hold 594; Comb, cells made by blacks and Italians 

 1416; Combs in use 20 years 1012; Combs built 

 over wires 1012; Combs, building upward 1167; 

 Combs, thin v. thick for table 351; Combs, metal 

 987; Combs, handling in low temperature 1296; 

 Combs, new ones advised 361; Combs, extracting, to 

 clean 1509; Combs, extracting, washing of 928; 

 Combs, empty, fumigation of 727; Combs, empty, 

 need more protection 1483; Combs, transferred, 

 binder twine to hold 741; Comb and extracted honey 

 in the same hive 659; Combs filled before supers 

 are put on 728; Combs of honey over sections 497, 

 563; Combs of sour honey 670; Combs on vertical 

 and horizontal wires 1047; Combs melt in dark- 

 colored hives 748; Combs built in open air 228; 

 Combs interchangeable desired 358; Comb-building 

 next to separators 1173; Comb-carrier, auto- 

 matic 1257; Comb-carriers, Alexander 88; Comb- 

 honey canards, effects of magnified 1355; 

 Comb-holder, Townsend 1243; Comb-leveler, Whit- 

 ney's 1191; Comb honey protected on hive 1118, 

 1446; Comb honey in Europe, prices of 275; Comb 

 honey in storage, ventilation of 563; Comb honey 

 cured out of the hive 220, 422, 1247; Comb honey 

 a modern delicacy 158; Comb honey in storage ven- 

 tilated 422; Comb hisney in poor condition 948; 

 Comb honey from extracted honey fed back 649; 

 Comb honey, corrugated paper to protect 495; Comb 

 honey by two-queen system, Ferris on 803 ; Comb 

 honey without increase, Doolittle on 797; Comb 

 honey, fine, without separators 1443; Comb honey, 

 ripening and storing of 421, 1247, 1420; Comb honey, 

 artificial ripening of 220; Comb honey, production 

 of, Alexander on 648; Comb honey manufactured 

 1511; Comb honey, storage-crates for 494; Comb 

 honey, proper ripening of 75; Comb honey, discolor- 

 ation of 421; Comb honey, ripening of 1000; Comb 

 honey, fancy 737; Comb honey, shipping by express 

 519; Comb honey, story of manufacture 729; Comb 

 honey, difliiculty in grading 213; Comb honey, sys- 

 tems of selling 213; Comb honey, to take care of 75; 

 Comb honey, to produce without injuries 593; Comb 

 honey, to pack for shipment 1264; Comb-honey at- 

 tachment 1007; Comb-honey crop, cornering 944; 

 Comb-honey supers, protection for 215; Comb-honey 

 shipping-case without glass 514; Comb-honey cartons 

 1583; Comb-honey production on nights cool or hot 

 14; Commission plan of selling honey 1426; Con- 

 crete slabs for hive-bottoms 1589; Concrete cellars, 

 to make 1363-1367; Concrete for hive-stands 487; 

 Convention of 2000 German bee-keepers 349; Con- 

 vention, Ontario 135.5, 1504, 1510; Convention, On- 

 tario 1494; Conventions without papers 1555; Corn 



v. sugar 987; Cornering comb-honey crop 944; Cork 

 sawdust as packing- material 97; Corn syrup still on 

 market 368; Cover, telescopic. Acme 589; Covers of 

 paroid roofing 951; Covers, cleats for, despised 868; 

 Covers, Aiken's telescopic 501; Covers, metal 817; 

 Covers, telescopic, preferred 994; Covers, color of 

 1072; Covers, zinc 940; Crates for storing comb 

 honey 494; Crocus blossoms 831; Cuban question 

 1288, 1483, 1555; Cuban trees, climbing 364; Cuba, 

 not the rosy side 1178; Customers, to keep 587. 



Dandelion, bee on 1288; Danzenbaker hives, burr- 

 combs in 745; Danzenbaker hives for winter 35; 

 Danzenbaker section, weight of 68; Day, F. L., 

 replies to Alexander 582; Dayton on control of 

 swarming 812; Demonstration of bees without a 

 cage 218; Demonstration of bees at fairs 221; Dem- 

 onstrating bees for advertising 355; Demonstrations 

 at public places 31; Diary, advantage of notes 208; 

 Diary, bee-keeper's 206; Directors of the National, 

 vacancy in 6S; Directors in National 1484; Diseased 

 brood checked by heavy honey-flow 1047; Distance 

 traveled by bees 293; Dividing, another plan 791; 

 Dividing without loss of bees 746; Dividing before 

 honey-flow 217; Divisible-brood-chamber hives 747; 

 Divisible-brood-chamber nive. Dr. Miller tries 791; 

 Divisible-chamber hives, Dadant on 1115; Divisible- 

 brood-chamber hive, Aiken 501, 791; Divisible-brood- 

 chamber hive, to use 731; Dodder, to get rid of 

 1008; Doolittle plan of preventing swarming 927; 

 Doolittle non-swarming system 1187; Doolittle non- 

 swarming plan in the South 1424; Doolittle system 

 of swarm control 442, 520, 525, 652, 749, 821, 890, 

 952, 1014, 1069, 1192; Doolittle's method of con- 

 trolling increase 596; Doolittle's record-board 521: 

 Doolittle's plan of giving stores for brood-rearing 

 521; Dovetailing, advantage of 815; Drone comb in 

 sections to prevent pollen 1007; Drone comb, to 

 prevent 931; Drone foundation, demand for 1348; 

 Drones clog queen-excluder 498; Drones in outdoor 

 colonies 889; Drones reared early 927; Drones reared 

 in wor'Ker-cells 441; Drones in weak colony 564; 

 Drones, when hatched from cells 1233; Drones, con- 

 fining undesirable 747; Drones, importance of large 

 number for laying queens 744; Drone-laying queen, 

 improving 1129, 1446; Drone-traps 818; Dual plan 

 of introducing 1168; Dzierzon, death of 1508. 



Earlv-order discounts 74; Eggs sold by weight 

 295; Eggs, do b'ees transfer? 934, 1168, 1589; End- 

 bars, machine for punching 233; Enemy of bees 36; 

 Entrance covered with grass and leaves 823, 868; 

 Entrance screened to prevent robbing 1188; En- 

 trance storm-doors 35, 1298; Entrance, location of 

 for winter 640, 1446; Entrance, importance of, 

 large in summer 1571 ; Entrance, side, effect of 

 640, 1256, 1438, 1446; Entrance, upper 1498; En- 

 trances open while bees are moved 441; Entrances 

 contracted in winter 659; Entrances contracted in 

 spring 354; Entrances in winter, Simmins on 86; 

 Entrances of hives wintered outdoors 300; En- 

 trances covered with wet rags 488; Entrances pro- 

 tected in winter 519; Entrances covered by grass 

 and weeds 991; Entrances at top of brood-chamber 

 199; Entrances contracted in the fall 1352; En- 

 trances over the brood-chamber 362; Entrances pro- 

 polized nearly shut 439; Entrances, winter size of 

 563; Entrances, to close 412; Entrances, Allen 

 Latham on size of 431, 487; Entrances, wet rag 

 over 563; Entrances, sizes in spring and winter 

 495; Entrances, open for moving bees 1068, 1108; 

 Entrances, moss for closing 73; Entrance-guard for 

 mice 1512; Entrance-screen, automatic 418; Escapes, 

 spiral bee. West on 1058; Escapes, bee, to put on 

 952; European travels, Ralph Benton 1433, 1502; 

 European foul brood, see back brood; Exhibit of 

 honey in Australia 1500, 1501; Exhibit, honey, at 

 St. Louis fair 205; Exhibits of honey in Canada 

 1353; Exhibition of bees and honey 729; Experi- 

 ments, value of 724; Exposition at Toronto 1353; 

 Extracted honey fed back to produce comb honey 

 649; Extracted honey, production of 1498; Ex- 

 tracted honey, production of, Alexander on 87; Ex- 

 tracted honey, advantage of hives of one size 87; 

 Extracting honey before capped over 999; Extract- 

 ing, arrangement of room 939; Extracting-combs, 

 bees cleaning outdoors 1352; Extractor, inventor of, 

 Hruschka 1483; Extractor; honey, vertical 928; Ex- 

 tractor, vertical, honey 882; Extractor, wax and 

 honey 817; Extracting-combs, to clean 1509; Ex- 

 tracting-combs, washing of 928; Extracting-house in 

 California 516. 



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