1881. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



413 



GENERAL INDEX TO VOLUME XVII FOR THE YEAR 1881. 



Adulteration— 



Bees die on glucose as winter foo*, 



115. 125, 148, 218, 318 301 



Huston Journal of Chemistry on 844 



Compulsory honest; 88,280 



Condemned 15, 42. Si, 1IH. II- 



Diseussimi concerning 856, 105 



Dr. J. H. Kellogg on 64, 105 



Effect of 288 



Glucose as a "honey plant " 189 



Laws against 4, 12, 49, 68, 108, 118, 



196,245 266 



Manufwctureof glucose. .22, 140, 148, 181 



Mrs. L. Harrison on 258 



Novice's position on 301, 393 



of food 2, 4.44,68,221,260,276, 405 



Of honor 4, 18.21,22,54, Tit, 140, 



148, I89\287,370 405 



Rev. L. L. Langstroth on... 218, 230, 246 



Test of 13, 93, 114, 204 



Viewed from a hygienic stand- 

 point 148 



Apiary — 



Ants In 254, 270, 292, 318 



Bears attacking 253 



Beautifying 80,230, 341 



Beetles 310 



Canadian 206 



Common-Sense apiary 226 



Experience in starting 26 



Florinl's (illustrated) 153 



Grafting wax 198, 313 



Location for 20, 134, 214 



Michigan Agricultural College 205 



Nellis' apiary described 157 



New use for propolis 261 



Over-stocking 25, 133 



Plan for 281 



Register for. .355, 374,377,3*2, 3S0, 394, 401 



Riding the billows 49 



September work in 291, 292 



Visit to Jones' bee island 290 



Bee Enemies- 



Alist of 234 



Bee moth 73, 73, 123, 165, 259, 278 



Kingbirds 157,173,181,22*. 230, 202 



Praying Mantis 328 



Summer red-birds . 172 



Stitzus Grandis 254 



"Weevils 126 



Beginners- 

 Advice to 2, 6, 115, 161, 229, 242, 401 



Experience of 27,78,8(1, 126,206, 



245, 284 372 



Mistakes of 115 



Systematic work 229 



Bee Journal- 

 Address label explained 294 



Appreciated. ...3, 7,13. 15, 19, 20,26, 

 31, 35, 37, 41. 43. 51, 53, 58, 69,76, 77, 7s, 

 92, 101. 150. 222, 237, 245. 246, 278, 286, 



310. 313, 318. 346. 362. 382, 38;,. 402 412 



Better than a monthly 1*2 



Clubbing 354, 401 



832 pages for *2.00 293 



End of Volume XVII 409 



New year's greeting 4 



Notice to subscribers 132, 196 



Present and future of 188 



Retrospective and prospective 156 



The weekly a necessity 142 



Valuable to advertisers 134 



Bee-Keepine— 



Accumulating disasters 



Address to bee-keepers 123, 



All "heave-oh-heave" 



A partial review. 



Apiculture— what is it ! 



Are bees a nuisance? 182, 194,198, 



206,210 235, 



As an industry 34, 



As a specialty 66, 331, 341, 



Avoi 1 bee-murder 



Bacteria and bee-bread 



Bee-dress for a girl 



Bee farming and pasturage 



Bee-keepers' mistakes 



Bees on shares 



Berlepsch monument 



Can we educate bee men 7 



Cause of bee diseases 76, 



Clarke redivivus 



Combs made of paper 



Come ; let us reason together 



Danger of procrastination 



Death of Hern Andrew Schmid — 



172 



Dishonest dealers 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown's essay. . .345, 347, 



Dr. N. P. Al len— biographical 



Does it pay ? 298, 326. 



Doolittle's report for 1881 



Effects of climatic changes 



Evils correcting themselves 



Experience of a boy 



Extensivenessof 



Extravagant economy 



For pleasure 3, 173, 



For profit 145, 190, 195, 227, 



Give us all the facts 



Heddon's report 1, 



Honey proper food for bees 



Honey vs. increase. 



How to make bee-keeping pay 



In Australia 59,267, 302, 



Berneo and Timor 



California 9. 117. 211, 266, 282, 



Canada 2, 66, 98, 142, 165, 173, 



201, 206, 226, 339 



Cyprus and Hymettus 



Dakota ... 



Bee-Keeplnar— continued. 



North Carolina 



Oregon 221, 



Russia 



Scotland 



Switzerland 



Tennessee 117, 



Texas 27, 52, 90, 197,204,261, 



The South 171.237, 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Intelligence necessary 16, 



is bee-keeping a failure 



Keeping bees on stills 



Ladies successful In.... 11, 



L. C. Root's report 



Lessons from our losses 108, 121, 



155. 156 



"Locusses and wile honey" 



I, oss Liv tire 



Melting up old combs 



Migratory 



New courage for next season 



No surplus nor increase 



Now is the accepted time 



Obscure, scientific but silent 



Obstacles to progress 



Over-stocking a locality 349, 



Pays better than farming 



Peach trees killed in winter 



Progressive 210, 



Promotion of 



Prospects of 



Purifying beeswax 



Relation of apiculture to science . . 



Repairing losses by dividing... 



Reports. . . .3, 17, 19, 27, 34, 35, 43, 50. 51, 

 58, 59, 69, 76, 77, 85, 86, 92, 93, 94, 101, 

 102. 109, 117. US. 125, 126, 1*2, KS'.i, l'.iT. 

 198, 20:-, 206. 213. 222, 230. 238, 270, 293, 

 294, 310, 318, 350, 358, 373, 374 



Rev. O. Clute's report 



Rev. W. F. Clarke— biographical 



Review of the season 132, 



Revolution in 



Ruinous competition 



Statistics of crop 221, 



Stepping stones towards perfec- 

 tion 



Supply dealers 3, 91, 



System and order in 245, 



Taking Mr. Root at his word 



Theory and practice 98, 



Time to mature plans for Spring . . . 



The poppy and the bee 



The price of success 



Too much bee science 



Too much drone comb 



Unbusiness-like transaction 



Views of an enthusiast 



Watchman, tell us of the night. ... 



Waxed ends 



Weather predictions CO, 108, 



Welcome spring 



W ho is to blame for losses ? 



Bee Literature— 



American Bee-Keeper 21 



Bees and honey 236 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange 52 



Bee-Keepers' Instructor 5 



Cook's Manual 21, 140, 297 



Extracted Honey 68, 138 



Flashy and trashy 36 



Hearts and Hands 220 



Iilustrirte Bienenzeitung 394 



Kansas Bee-Keeper 68, 222 



Practical hints to bee-keepers 68 



Bees- 

 Abnormal swarming 58,158, 166 



Albinos .69,310,315, 331 



Alteration uf sex in eggs 242 



Apis Americana 107, 186, 289 



Apisdorsata 45, 52,145,149,181, 249 



Apis zonata 45 



Are they taxable ? 118 



Bees and honey 301 



Bees, glucose and honey comb 315 



Bees, lodged in stone walls, cap- 

 tured 197 



Best methods of increase 115, 161 



Breeding the best 241, 252, 337 



Brushing bees from combs... 58, 222, 



226, 238, 257 310 



Building combs in open air 189 



Care of weak colonies 100 



Chinese 



Chloroform 93 



Cleaning moldy combs S6, 



Clearing combs of dead bees — 101, 



106 .' 140 



Cyprians 253, 254, 862, 278. 302, 316, 



346 373 



Cutting bee-gums 59 



Dead brood in cells 27, 85 



Destroyed by worms 73 



Development of 212, 233 



Died during winter 73 



Different races and their geograph- 

 ical distribution 347 



Different varieties 114 



Do they injure fruit '(. . . .68, 73, 74, 82, 

 90. 92. 98, 118. 126, 147, 179, 181, 214, 250, 



282, 310 404 



Dysentery.... 27.45, 76, 77, 105. 117. 121, 

 124. 137, 138, 164. 178, 147, 201, 202, 222, 



230, 330, 371 ....387 



Early breeding 355 



Early drones 133 



Early swarms 182 



English law regarding 298 



Experience with Paris green 85 



Experiments with astringents 125 



Explorations in the Orient for 



48. 84, 92, 97. 105, 124, 146, ISO, 220, 250, 



254 370 



Fecal discharge in hive 114 



Feeding.... 3, 59, 88,92, 94, 102, 141, 246, 



259.274, 342 387 



Amber cane syrup 141 



Candy 3, 59 



Rye meal 78, 92,146 171 



Sour honey 206 



Whisky 37 



Fertile workers 206, 213, 222,225, 



249,275,294, 316 374 



Foul brood. . . .3, 35, 53.54, 69. 74, 81.98, 

 102, 124. 125. 130, i38, 146. 169, 189, 238, 



246,270,316,332 405 



Freezing 6*1 



Good blood tells 346 



Handling without smoke 282 



Bees— continued. 

 Have they degenerated ?. ...178, 275, 



300 



How i he bee extends its tongue — 

 Importing from Italy. .. .5, 10, 13, 21, 



29, 53, 57. 74. S2, 90, llo. 261 



Improved races of 10, 



Improving Italians 10, 12, 49. 61, 



In-and-in breeding 83, 



Italians vs. blacks 35, 165, 



Italians vs. Cyprians ..307, 



Killed by kindness 



Knowledge possessed by 



Krainer 245, 



Large colonies necessary 



Late breeding of 3, 



Light and dark strains of Italians, 



Ligurian 



Management 



Merits and origin of new races. . .33, 



53, 70, 80. 130. 131. 173. 181, 182, 197, 268, 



277, 284, 290, 322, 333, 339, 348, 355, 356, 



373,378, 390 



Mortality among 



Moving hives a short distance 



Origin of drones 268,284, 



Parthenogenesis 204. 290, 300, 30*:, 



318 



Poisoned by foxglove 



Prizize poem 



Purity of Italians . . . .121, 150, 285. . . . 



R d clover Italians 



Reproduction 



Restoring apparently dead 



Ri fbbing 45. 51. 83, 94, 227, 245, 262. 



Selling by the pound 173, 180, 



Sense of color in 



Shipping on cars 12, 169, 



Size of colonies 67, 



Size of nuclei 246, 270, 



Stiiigless...5, 11,17,25,67,113,140,157, 



181 



Stings.... 26, 57, 125, 126, 198, 205, 254, 



362.389 



Strange bees 



Struck by lightning 



Superiority of Italians, .. .19, 117,125, 

 The coming bee.... 212, 225, 2s-;, 291, 



338, 342. 353, 364 



Three-band test of Italians — 364, 



371 



Tobacco for subduing 



Tongue and connecting glands 



Transferring 118. 202, 219. 230, 



Using old combs 109, 115, 140, 141, 



149, 165, 171 



With defective wings 



Within a statue 



Working in sections 



Yellow races of Italians 170,219, 



Convention*— continued. 



Texas, , .38, 110, 132, 139, 177, 182, 342, 



866,370 882 



Tuscarawas & Muskingum, 14 



Utah 889 



Ventura Co.. Cal 99 



Walnul inn. Ky ■ '■ 



w eaten Mloh.... 190,2.85,293,301, 

 ;ni9. 3K 326. :;:;i 397 



Comb Foundation- 

 Advantages of 67, 170, 370 



Cheap machines 293 



Dunham . 



Experiments with — 

 Fastening in frames . 



Flat-bottomed 



Made on wood 



Manufacture of 



Thin for surplus 



Use of drone . 

 Wired 



.5,15, 27 

 ..29, 193, L96, 393 

 211 



45 



266 



179. 187 395 



166,197, 411 



366 



...2,65,74,90,170, 181 



Conventions- 

 Advice concerning 116, 134, 317 



Benefits of 116 



Essays at 269, 317 



Michigan has six societies 310 



New Jersey wants a society 390 



Reports-Ashtabula Co., O. . . .20, 29, 52 



Austro-German 30 



Barren Co., Ky 35, 70, 259 



Bee-Keepers' Union... 259, 269, 273, 



285, 2,13. 301, 342, 398 402 



British 30, 277 



Califoroian 373 



Canadian 277, 2S5, 317 



Central Kentucky 123 



Central Michigan.. .30. 118, 139. 174, 381 



Champlain Valley, Vt 29.87, 110 



Chicago Northwestern.... 220, 222, 



227, 237, 245. 254, 259, 269, 277, 285, 



293, 301. 309, 318, 326, 328. 334 374 



Coopersvi I le, Mich 174 



Cortland Co., N. Y 46 



Eastern Mich. ...155, 259, 269, 277, 



286,293, 301 309 



Eastern New York 131, 139, 162, 254 



Indiana State 13, 38 



Indiana District 346 



International congress in Italy, 



244 337 



Iowa Central 334,342, 382 



Kentucky State. . . .236, 292, 301, 310, 



317,340 356 



Kentucky Union.... 214, 293, 301. 



309,318 326 



Lancaster Co., Pa 99 



Madison Co., Ind — 6 



Marion Co., Ind 370 



Marshall Co., Iowa 35,47, 346 



Michigan State. .14, 46. 309, 310, 377, 



334,342,357,366,373,382,408 411 



Missouri 139,156, 203 



Nebraska. . . 11, 29, 35. 47, 79, 188, 269, 



365.382,898 402 



North American. . .5, 20, 92, 116, 212, 



236, 237, 245. 252, 254, 259, "J^, 2s5, 



292, 293, 297, 301, 302, 321. :i3l), 366 410,412 

 Northeastern N. Y....15, 29, 35, 52, 



54,61, 70 166 



Northeastern Wis. . ..114, 251, 261, 



286,293,301,309,318 396 



Northern Indiana 110 



Northern Mich. ...126, 139, 214,219, 



227, 237, 245, 254, 270. 277, 285, 293, 



301.309 318 



N. W. III. ft S. W. Wis .5, 15,68. 



83.91. 110. 132,139,214,227.237,243, 



254. 269. 382 389 



Northwestern Union ...99, US, 123. 139 

 Northwestern Wis.. .83, 91, 110, 118, 



126,139 161 



Rock River Valley. . . .11, 30, 35, 131, 



293, 301, 309, 318 326 



St. Joseph, Mo.... 260. 273, 298 301 



Southern California 6. 261. 269, 277 



Southern Michigan 29. 35. 54, 139 



Southeastern Michigan — 174, 293, 



301,309. 382 398 



Southwestern Iowa.... 123, 293, .301, 309 

 Southwestern \\ is ...111) IIS, 123, 

 132, 139, 237. 2:4. 262. 269, 277, 286, 

 293, 301, 309, 317, 334, 342, 350, C66 . . . 373 



II i\ ••«., Frames mid Sections— 



Bees hanging out of 237 



Best for surplus honey 366, 880, 400 



Best for winter 66, 165,342, 406 



Con trading entrances in winter.. 29, 246 

 Combined summer and winter stand 



for hives 81 



Distance between frames 278 



Division board 5 



Double-walled hives 110, 138,412 



Enameled cloth 78 



(iallup hive and frame 226 



Hive and section making 33 



Langstroth hive and frame. . .19, 134, 238 



Large hives 2Tb, 411 



Leaky 412 



Metal corners for frames 75 



Mitchell bee hive 3, 59 



Moth-proof hives 372 



One-piece sections 50, 66, 101, 412 



Perfection honey boxes 140 



Separators. . .13, 70, 75, 90, 106, 122. 147. 



170. 231, 2.58 349 



Shade for hives 34, 69 



Space below the frames 15 



Spreading combs in winter 171 



Straw hive controversy 21 



Straw hive of the future 162, 179 



Un iform size for frames 30. 66, 379 



Used in Germany 140 



Wire cloth for bottoms 101 



Honey— 



A house full 261 



American, in Europe. 

 Artificial comb honey 



As food 37, 119.245, 



As medicine 3. 92. 86, 



A staple article 236. 323, 



Attractive, small packages for. 



162.260 313 



Average yield of 140 lbs. to the col- 

 ony 318 



Best packages for. .37. 50. 81. 162, 260, 299 



Candving, a test of purity 77, 123 



Cent alizing the market 2S9, 315 388 



Colcbian 44, 81 



Comb vs. extracted 138, 197 



Davis' honey carriage 241 



Fair crop in a poor season 73, 94 



Foreign demand for 289 



Future honey market 405 



Good fall crop.... 362 



Pasturage for Been— continued. 



Elm 



Klgwoi'l 126,841 



Klie-weed 



Fruit trees 



Gnat-weed 



1 lolden bone; plant 1 



Golden rod 841 



Ground ivy 



Hollyhocks 341 



J essamine 



Locust 189 



Maple 



Matrimony vine 



Mignonette 



Milkweed 270 



Mint ; 



Motherwort 341, ;!<;i;, 



-Mustard ' 



Peppermint 



Prince's feather 



Raspberry ,,j 



Red clover 



Robin iaviscosia 



Bmartweed 



Spanish needle 



Spider plant ■ , 1 



Sweet clover L2, 25, 36, 



141, 197, 245, 27ii, 294 



Thorough wurt 



Tulip or poplar 341 



White clover.. 



Milkweed as an intoxicant of bees. 

 Pasturage for bees a necessity .... 



25, 51,66, 67, 265, -74, 283, SOS, 340, 



Rocky Mountain bee plant 



Secretions oi nectar 



Sweet clover as hog pasture . 



Sweet clover as a honey producer, 

 l_', 25, 36, 169, 245, 278, 2 



350, 353, 370 



Sweet clover as stock pasture. .300, 



Where our forests are going 



Yuung basswood trees 



236, 289, 349, 



44, 



366, 



41)1, 

 . 367, 

 . 19, 



Har 

 Iff 



294. 



21. 



313 



38, 123, 133. 

 9. 234, 238. 

 8, 281, 286, 

 .8, 321, 329, 



374,391 



Honey-dew 266, 



In eastern markets 



Large yields of , 



Management of comb honey .. 



59, 85, 189, 204, 229, 250, 274. 278, 



Marketing; '. '. !21,' 55,' 62^ 85, 98,' 107," 

 164. 172, 177, 237,291,293,349, 351, 

 357, 380, 386, 394. 402, 406 



Metal corners for crates 



Over 300 lbs. from one colony . . . 



Poisonouswildhoney..22,27, 125, 



Prospects for.... 5, 15,45,188,202, 

 213,261 



Rate of gathering 



Selling for cash 315, 



Should be ripened 



Side or top storing 3. 114, 130, 



222,258 



Statistics of crop — 163, 164, 166, 



Sweating and watery 



Ton of honey from 35 colonies . 



Trowel for candied honey 



Use of honey ... . 



White pine, effect of on 



302, 

 .33, 

 284, 



138, 

 356, 



. 412 



, 291 



Honey and Bee Shows- 

 Burned at Kansas City, Mo 398 



Exhibits and premiums. . ,'i0, 229, 237, 

 244. 2611, 261, 20S, 276, 277, 294, 297, 298, 



301, 302, 309. 314, 354, 370, 378 410 



Management of 252, 348, 406 



Humbugs- 

 Cotton 35.36, 385 



Burcb. . . .200, 273, 282, 286, 302, 310, 31s, 354 



Kidder 278 



Marshall 282 



Mitchell 36. 378 



Professional "dead beats" 277, 310 



Increase- 

 Dividing for 115, 131, 157, 188, 205, 



237,310, 348 374 



Prevention of sw arms 18, 27, 102. 



134,150 324 



Separating swarms... 20, 100, 106, 122, 166 



Seven swarms from one colony 134 



Stray swarms 27. 78 



Swarming 181, 198, 205, 206. 213 



Uniting swarms 253 



Pasturage Tor Bees— 



Alsike clover as a honey producer, 



1, 25, 91, 137 



Army-worm and basswood 



Bees and bloom 69, 165, 



Bees as fertilizers of plants 



Clovers as Fertilizers 274, 



Cultivation of honey Plants — 330, 



341 



Curiosities of red Clover 



Experiments in improving honey 



plants 113, 276 



Honey plants— alfalfa 



Alsike clover 1, 2.5,35,78,91, 197, 



366. 

 Aster 'ii > L> 

 Basswood. '."28,51, 111, 221," 226, 26: 



Borate 



Buckwheat 94 



Button willow 



Catnip 19,341,306 



Clematis 



Cleome 17,234,249.. 



Dandelion 



21 1 

 79 



1 n 



371 

 205 



202 

 402 



.411 

 , 341 

 ,341 

 350 



.341 

 , 133 

 . 371 

 . 341 



. 292 

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941 

 171 

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■ III 



2S, , 



369 



;<12 

 341 

 35< I 

 10 

 .341 



84) 

 286 



21 if. 

 310 

 262 



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841 

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(OH 

 197 

 17;i 

 382 

 382 

 341 



37J 



27* 

 .171 

 197 

 354 



349 



292 



380 

 133 



391 1 

 360 

 221 



Queens- 

 Clipping the wings of 



Duplicating themselves 77 



Eggs that will not hatch 286, 



Excluders ,,, 21, 67, 98, 



Fertilization and peculiarities. ..82, 



11* 



Fertilization in confinement 1, j 



19,27. 34, 50,69, 242,246, J .1. 2-1 



New queen cages 125, 



Vueen-breeders of Italy 



Queen cells 



Rearing. .58, 61, 77, 180, 219, 258, 270, 



348 - 



Royal jelly 80, 122, 134, 1 



Superseding ■>. . 



Testing, for prize 154, 299, 307. : 



Two in one hive... 5, 18,41, 254, 286, i 



Use of the mails for 21, 172,: 



Warranted, tested and untested 



166 - 



Wingless queen mated. ., my. 



181 



2: l: p 



302 



300 



22:- 

 362 

 20 



II 



Spring <fc Summer Management— 



Detailed work. .70, 149, 150, 158, 162, 



198. 206,213, 2:(7 253 



Doubling up colonies 350 



Dwindling ...11, 75, 78, 147, 150, 294, 366 



Feeding 11, 61, 133 



Putting on surplus boxes 188 



Removing cushions lr.n 



Seasonable hints 181,205, 267, 314 



Uniting colonies in; 



Wintering: Bees — 



Absorbents for 51, 52, (01, 169, 310 



Bee-house for.. 33, 213, 221;, 235, 262, 



385 396 



Bees deserting hives 3,9, 19 



Bees leed each other in winter 185 



Bees tried to their utmost endur- 

 ance 102 



Best hive for 149, 165, 182,342 



Burying in a cave ..59, 133, 1*2, 187, 



195 331 



Cause of disaster in 142, 193, 198 



Chaff-packing triumphant. . 102, 1 18, 



126 155 



(banging location of cluster in 398 



I>. A. Jones' winter report 21ii 



Discussion about 114, 285, 317, 350 



Disturbing during.... 15, 103 



Every plan alike fails 134 



Feeding in winter. . . .94, 98, 1 15, 161, 



254 402 



Felt blankets for 51 



Fresh air necessary in cellars 133 



Honey a cause of disaster 325 



lu cellars 14,25,43, 109, 157, 158, 



161, 166, 180,241 398 



In Texas 35, 299 



Insect life during winter 258 



Italian bees best for wintering. .77, 78 



Dime for 37, 101 



Long confinement 20, 35, 59, 77, 



85, 93,94, 109, 117, lis, 126 142 



Mr. Hill's plan for 294, 329 



New methods of 39B 



On summer stands.... 14, 15, 43, 206, 398 

 Packed with chaff 35, 38, 58, 78, 



101, 139, 150, 155, 157, 170, 173, tsti, 



230, 363 372 



Packed with hay, straw or sawdust. 



lis, 142. 149 358 



Pollen detrimental.... 165, 269,283, 



339 379 



Puzzling problems 157 



Preparation for winter — :t, 71 1, 1 25, 



129, 161,2-»3, 257, 268, 285, 301, 329, 358 



Requisites for 195 



Results of cider for 78, 198, 261 



Results of the past winter — is, 35, 



50, 7:., 109, 110, 117, 12:», 130, 183, 



141, 142, 150, L57, 158, 165, 166, 173, 



180, 182, 194, 206, 207. 22s, 340, 390,412 

 Snow covering entrance to hives.. 



34, 179 230 



Successful... 62. 85,94, 115, 117, 139, 



154, 157, 163. 17i p. i:hi. j:-;.,, 23s, 242. 



275, 300, 330,34c, :ivi, : (.v>, ■'■<■'< 411 



Taking out of winter quarters 29 



Temperature of a cellar 43. 2:>4 



Tenement hives for 35 



Theory and practice 1~" 



Ventilation.. 2. 17. 42, 65, 69, 78, 109, 



117, 122, 134, Mo, 161, 171, 194, 206, 



222 23 



Water for bees in winter 4:i 



Winter flights « 



Winter protection 259 



Young bees necessary 230 



