Ignorance of, the greatest obstacle to 

 speedy introduction of mov. comb 

 hive, 209 ; often captivated by shal- 

 low devices, 211 ; scepticism of many, 

 in regard to the wonders of the bee- 

 hive, 211 ; often mistake the cause of 

 the loss of their queens, 2 Hi : careless, 

 will be unsuccessful, 226, 26u ; should 

 not encourage the destruction of birds, 

 253 ; specimen of, opposed to improve- 

 ments, 357. 



Bee-quack's secret, 238 (note). 



Bees, queen of, see Queen Bees. 



Beginners, should be cautious in experi- 

 menting, 179, 807. 



Berg, Eev. Dr., first informed author of 

 Dzierzon's discoveries, 16. 



Berlepsch, Baron of, his stocks injured 

 by scientific experiments, 179 (note) ; 

 uses frames similar to the author's, 821 

 (note 2); experiments on impregna- 

 tion of queens, 126 (note); Italian 

 bee, 323 ; his experiments on the effect 

 of cold on queens, 827 ; shows that 

 bees need water in Winter, 342. 



Be van, on eggs, and larva? of bees, 44-47 ; 

 on "driving," or forced swarming 

 (note), 154 ; an experiment of, in re- 

 moving a queen, 218 (note); feeds 

 salt to bees, 272 ; his description of 

 honey-dew, 286. 



Birds, bee-devouring, 252; why they 

 should not be destroyed, 253 (and 

 note). 



Blocks, entrance regulating (Plate III., 

 Figs. 11, 12); useful to prevent 

 swarming, 174 (and note) ; security 

 against mice, 175, 252 ; against robber- 

 bees, 264. 



Bod well, J. C., experiments of, in win- 

 tering bees, 345. 



Boerhave's account of Swammerdam's 

 labors, 65 (note). 



Bohemia, its production of honey, 304. 



Boiling honey improves it, 287. 



Borage, valuable for bees, 298. 



Bottom-boards, should be permanently 

 fixed to hive, 97 ; should slant towards 

 entrance, 97 cleaning of, 98 ; dangers 

 of movable, from the moth, 231; 

 Spring cleaning of, 248; Winter 

 cleaning of, 347. 



Boxes for spare honey, 289, 290. 



Braum, Mr. A., his experiment to ascer- 

 tain the increase of honey in a hive, 

 803. 



Breath, human, offensive to bees, 170, 

 311. 



Breeding "in-and-in," injurious, 54 ; 

 early, encouraged by spring-feeding, 



Brood, temperature necessary for its 

 development, 46, 48 ; attended to by 

 young bees, 197 ; production of, check- 

 ed by over-feeding, 268; found in 

 hives in Winter, 48, 839. 



Brood-comb, see Comb. 



Brown, Hon. Simon, his description of a 

 combat between two queens, 205. 



Buckwheat, valuable for late bee-pas- 

 ture, 296; its yield, and quality of 

 honey variable, 296 (and. notes 1 and 

 2) ; its cultivation recommended, 296 

 (and note 3) ; blossoming o^ may cause 

 swarming, 366. 



Buera, on the need of water for bees, 344. 



Burnens, great merits of, as an observer, 

 33 ; laborious experiment of, 33 (note) ; 

 Huber's tribute to, 194 (note). 



Busch, his description of the Italian 

 bee, 324. 



Butler's description of the drone, 224; 

 his drone-pot, 225 ; his anecdote of a 

 honey-hunting swain, 254 ; his direc- 

 tions for procuring the favor of bees, 

 311, 817. 



C. 



Cage, see Queen Cage. 



Calendar, bee-keeper's, 362-370. 



Candied honey, bees need water to dis- 

 solve, 342-344. 



Candy, sugar, recommended for bee- 

 feed, 272; recipe for making, 272 

 (note). 



Cary, Wm. W., his mode of uniting 

 colonies, 204; of fastening comb in 

 frames, 283 (note) ; his mode of mak- 

 ing winter-passages in combs, 337 

 (note) ; on wintering bees, 346 (note 2). 



Casts, see After-Swarms. 



Catalogue of bee-plants, 298. 



Cellars, dry, good for wintering bees, 



Cells,' of bees, their contents, 29 ; covers 

 of, 44; for breeding, become too 

 small, 60; wood-cuts of, Plates XIII., 

 XIV., and XV.; royal, 62,218; thin- 

 ness of their sides, 71 (note); sizes of, 

 74, PI. XV., Fig. 48 ; demonstrate the 

 existence of God, 75. 



Cherry-tree yields honey, 292. 



Chickens, curious use of, 248. 



Children of the rich, compared to pam- 

 pered bees, 268 ; may learn from bees 

 how to treat their mothers, 312. 



Chloride of lime, useful as a disinfectant 

 of foul hives, 257. 



Chloroform, subdues bees by stupefac- 

 tion, 210. 



Clamps, for wintering bees, 348-860. 



Clover, white, most important source of 

 honey, 294; Mr. Holbrook, on the 

 value of, for stock, 294; Swedish, 294. 



Clustering of swarms, 113, 116. 



Cocoon, complete one, spun by drone 

 and worker-larvae, 46 ; imperfect one, 

 by queen-larvje, 46 ; of larva', never 

 removed from cells, 60 ; of t';.e moth, 

 231, (PI. XIX). 



Cold, moderate, makes bees almost dor- 

 mant, 89 ; ohills bees, 110 ; water, use- 

 ful in subduing robbers, 2C5. 



Colonies, of bees (see also Stocks of 



