INDEX. 



401 



hid^s, 222; wings of, maybe clipped 

 for artificial swarming, U22; how to 

 mark the age of, 223; fertility of, dim- 

 inished by hunger and cold, 2'>3 

 inote 1) ; should be removed in their 

 third year, and new one given, 223 ; 

 regular and systematic, best, 223 (note 

 2) ; odor of; 226 ; removal of, a remedy 

 for foul-brood, 258 ; surplus, reared by 

 Dzierzon, in suspected hives, 260; de- 

 serted by her subjects when they have 

 been conquered by stronger stocks, 

 263 (and note) ; should be removed 

 before smothering the bees, when 

 stocks are broken up for their honey, 

 806 (note) ; Italian, how to propagate, 

 326 ; after being chilled, lay only drone- 

 eggs, 827. 



Queen Bees, why, when two fight, both 

 are not killed, 2 )5 ; combat of, as wit- 

 nessed In one of author's observing 

 hives, 205. 



Queen-cage, use and construction of; 

 *<>1, 325. 



Queen cells, see Royal Cells 



Qucenless stocks, signs of, 219, 245 ; to 

 be supplied with queens, 221 ; in Oc- 

 tober, should be united with other 

 stocks, 223 ; a sure prey to the moth, 

 if not protected in time, 244 (and note). 



Quinby, M., author of a very valuable 

 work on bee-keeping, 249 (note) ; on 

 the ravages of the larvte of bee-moth, 

 249 (note) ; on shape of mov. comb 

 hives, 880 (note 3); on wintering bees, 

 348 ; on equalizing colonies when re- 

 moved from Winter repository, 861, 

 (note 2) ; on making bees work in a 

 double tier of surplus honey-boxes, 

 865 (note). 



Radlkofer, Doctor, on over-stocking, 

 300; on the Italian bee, 325. 



Rapping on hives, its effect on bees; 27, 

 155, 204. 



Raspberry, one of the best bee-plants, 

 and very abundant in hill towns of 

 New England, 296. 



Reaumur, his account of a snail cover- 

 ed with propolis, by bees, 78; his 

 error as to the treatment of strange 

 queens by bees, 201 ; thought there 

 were two species of bee-moth, 228. 



Reid, Dr. on the shape of honey-cells, 75. 



Religion, revealed, appeal to those who 

 reject, 52. 



Remedies for bee-stings, 814-817. 



Riem, the first to notice fertile workers, 

 65. 



Ringing bells, in swarming time, use- 

 less, 113. 



Requisites of a complete hive, 95-108. 



Robbers, highway, bees sometimes act 

 the part of, 262. 



Robbing, by bees, frequent when forage 

 is scarce, and caution against, 199, 261, 



263 ; how prevented, 261-266 ; commit- 

 ted chiefly on feeble or queenless colo- 

 nies, 261 : signs indicating a bee en- 

 gaged in. 261, 2(i5; begets a disrelish 

 for honest pursuits, 262, 264 (and 

 note); movable entrance blocks pro 

 tect bees against, 264; infatuation 

 produced by, on bees, 264 ; caution 

 needed in checking, when a hive is 

 vigorously attacked, 265 ; how to stop 

 bees engaged in, 265 ; secret, its re- 

 medy, 206. 



Royal cells, described, 62; wood-cuts 

 of, Plates XIII., XIV., and XV.; 

 attention paid to, by workers, 62 ; why 

 they open downward, 63 ; number of, 

 in a hive, 63 ; how supplied with eggs, 

 63 ; description of, 66 ; when built, 

 111 ; queen prevented from destroy- 

 ing, 121 ; remains of, indicate number 

 of queens, hatched, 121 ; may be re- 

 moved in mov. comb hives, to pre- 

 vent after swarming, 124 ; how to de- 

 cide whether inmate of has been 

 hatched or killed, 121 ; how to cut out 

 of combs, 166 ; sign that the queens in, 

 are nearly mature, 167 ; how to make 

 bees rear, in convenient places on the 

 comb, 191 ; to be given to colonies 

 second day after removal of queen, 

 223. 



Royal jelly, see Jelly, royal. 



Rye-meal, see Meal. 



Sagacity of bees, 47, 48. 



Salt, fondness of bees for, 272. 



icent, see smell and odor. 



Schirach, on artificial rearing of queens, 



Scouts sent out by swarms to find a new 

 home, 117; necessity of, 118. 



Scraper, for cleaning the bottom-board 

 of mov. comb hive, 347. 



Scudamore, Dr., on many swarms clus- 

 tering together, 187. 



Secret recipe for keeping stocks strong, 

 sham vendor of, 238. 



Scholtz, Mr., on wintering bees in 

 clamps, 348-860. 



Sex of bees, determined by queen, 88. 



Shakspeare's description of the Hive, 

 26$. 



Shrimplin, experiment of, showing im- 

 pregnation to take place in the air, 



Sick persons, the care of, beneficial to 

 man, 318. 



Siebold, Professor, extracts from his 

 .Parthenogenesis, 126 (note) ; his dis- 

 section of spermatheca, 127 (note); 

 found spermatozoa in worker, but not 

 in drone eggs, 41 ; on bee life, 144 

 (note) ; recommends movable frames, 

 321 (note 2). 



Sight of bees, acute, for distant objects, 



