INDEX. 



(The Figures denote the pages). 



AMomen, 23. 



Aconite, 221, 223. 



Adnlteration of Wax, 35, 61. 



Aftor-swaims, 10, 123 ; jneventlon al 

 126, 134. 



Ali-spoce between hive walls, 46. 



Air veslclea, 21, 26. 



AUghtlng boaBa, 44. 



American-doth sheet, 61. 



Anatomsr of Bee — External skeleton, 

 head, simple eyes, compound eyes, 

 15 ; antennae, organs of mouth, 17 ; 

 thorax, 18 ; legs, 19 ; feet, 20 ; wings, 

 (piracies, and tracheee, 21 ; abdomen, 

 boney-sac, sting, 23 ; palpi, queen's 

 sting, organs of drone, 25 ; organs 

 of queen, 27. 



Anemone, 5. 



Antennee, 17. 



Ants, 34, 202. 



Apiary, arranging an, 80, 169 ; select- 

 ing position for, 80; house, 82. 



Appliance press, 82. 



AiUflcial pollen, 111, 182. 



Artiflcial swarming, 126-129, 167, 194. 



Asperser, 90. 



Aubrietlas, 221, 223 



Automatic transfer of bees, 138. 



Autumn, the bee In, 13 ; feeding, 180 ; 

 syrup, 181; general management, 

 209; flowers, 221-223. 



Balling the queen, 166. 



Bean, 25. 



Bee, classtflcatlon of, 1 ; In spring, 4 



summer, 7 ; autumn and winter, 13 



anatomy of, 15-29 ; flight of, 21, 85 



diseases, 185-201. 

 Bee dress for ladies, 69, 97. 

 Bee escapes, 46, 100, 160-153. 

 Bee flowers and plants, 221-223. 

 Bee food, recipes, 183-184c. 

 Bee gloves, 70, 71 ; use of, 70, 96, 130. 

 Bee-keeping, ancient, 76 ; modem, 76 ; 



delightful occupation, 77 ; proflteble, 



79 ; commencing, 83-91. 

 Bee Uteratore, 90, 91, 209. 

 Bee master, what constitutes a, 9S 

 Bee moth, 203. 

 Bee peat (fool brood), 188-200. 

 Bee nroducta, 33-39, 200, exhlbittnc 



and judging, 210-220. 

 'Bee ipaoe. 43, 61, 63, 54, 66, 146. 



Bee stings, 24, 25, 93, 95, 96; treaV 

 ment of, 97 ; and rheumatism, 98 ; 

 protection, 96, 130. 



Bee veils, 69, 96, 130. 



Bees, natural history of, 1-14 ; clean- 

 liness of, 4, 6; as terUUserg, 6, 33, 

 38; unselflshness of, 7; dtoerent 

 races of, 30-32 ; Black or Natives, 

 Italians or Ligurians, Camlolans, 30, 

 102 ; Caucasians, 32 ; Cyprians, 

 31, 102; Syrians, 31, 102, 113: 

 Giant. Common East-Indian Dwarl 

 Bast-Indian, 31 ; DutcD, Sand, 

 Leaf-cutter, 32; feeding, 64, 178- 

 184c; subduing and handling, 67; 

 virtues and beauties of, 76 ; near 

 dwellings, 80 ; purchasing 83 ; value 

 of, 83 ; moving, 84r-87 ; weight of, 85 ; 

 driven, 88 ; driving, 88 : uniting, 90, 

 135-136 ; fearlessness of, 93 ; swarm- 

 ing harmless, 94 ; removing from 

 rambs, 105 ; metamorphosis of, 117 ; 

 hiving, 130-134; transferring, 136- 

 138 ; robbhig and flghthig, 175-177; 

 diseases of, 185-200 ; enemies of, 202- 

 204; wintering, 205-207; general 

 management ra, 208-209. See also 

 queen, workers, drones. 



Beeswax, see Wax. 



Birds as enemies of bees, 202. 



Bi-sulphite of carbon, 194, 202. 



Black, or N'atlve Bees, 30, 102. 



Blackberry, 14, 223 



Black brood, 187, 



Blackhead, 221, 223. 



Blind Louse, 203. 



Borage, 221, 223. 



Box, 221, 223. 



Braiila cceca, 203. 



Breeding, begins, 4, 108 ; stimulatini 

 in spring, 110, 139; stimulating ii 

 autumn, 117 ; nurstag, 109, 112, 114 

 115 ; controlling drone rearing, 113, 

 125 ; limiting queen rearing, 126 ; 

 ceases, 117 ; metamorphosis, 117. 



Brood, worker, 109; spreading the. 

 HI, 139 ; drone, 112 ; queen, 113, 11& 



Broom, 221, 223. 



Gages for queens, 128, 134, 166. 

 Candy, soft, 184, 206 ; flour, 184b, 206, 

 Cane sugar, 33, 179, 183. 

 Canterbury belli, 221, 223, 



