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Capplngi ol oelU, 34, 87, 190, 198. 



CaiboUo ■dd, 67, 100, 130 ; cloth, 67, 

 95, 99, 100, 201 ; feather, 101, 110. 



Camlolan baes, 80, 102. 



Cuts, 10, 128 : preTentlnc, 126, 134. 



CaucMlan bees, 32. 



CellB, worker, 35: drone, 35, 104, 112 ; 

 bexagonsl, 36; tranBltlonal, 86; 

 queen, 37, 106, 113 ; lue of for stor- 

 nig, 87 ; cappingB of, 34, 37 ; numbet 

 In comb of B&tndard frame, 108 ; fold 

 brood, 189. 



Chaff, between hive walls, 45 ; coshlon, 

 61.200. 



Cheshire, 62, 187, 190, 197. 



ChiUed brood, 187. 



Classifloation of honey bee, 1, 



" Clanstral " Detention Obalnber, 62. 



Claws, 20. 



Cleanmg and disinfecting hives, 136, 

 188, 192, 194, 100, 201, 208. 



aover, 7, 221-228. 



Colon, 23. 



Colour of hives, 81, 159. 



Comb, building, 5, 37 ; described, 35, 

 104 ; value of, 85, 37, 61 ; stand, 99 ; 

 box, 99, 100 ; repah^d, 138 ; feeding 

 for building, 181. 



Comb-foundation (see Foundation). 



Combs, meltmg into wax, 72-75, 157, 

 215-216; removing bees from, 106; 

 turning, 106 ; cleaning extracted, 

 162, 156. 



Condemned bees, 88. 



Cone escape, 46, 100, 150 , 177. 



Gorbiculae, 5, 19, 38. 



Cork Dust, 45, 206. 



Cotoneaster, 221, 228. 



Crate, 64 ; divisional, 66, 148 ; observa- 

 tory, 56; hanging, 56, 146, 148. 



Crates, storing, 139 ; preparing, 140 ; 

 putting on, 143 ; tiering, 146 ; re- 

 moving, 147, 160-153 ; travelling, 171, 



Cream of tartar in bee-food, 184. 



Crocus, 6, HI, 221, 223. 



Crystallised honey, 169, 173, 174, 210. 



Currant, 6. 



Cyanide of potassium, 208. 



Cyprian bees, 31, 102. 



Damp lools, 46, 207. 



Dandelion. 6, 228. 



Dead bees, removal of, 208. 208, 209. 



Differential Diagnosis, 201. 



Digestive system, 22. 



J>iseases, 185 ; Examining tor, 84 ; 

 dysentery, 185: paralysis, 186; 

 ebiUed brood, 187 ; black brood, 

 187; pickled brood, 188; foul 

 brood, 188-198; "Isle of Wight 

 Disease," 186, 198; differential 

 diagnosis, 201 ; recipes tor treat- 

 ment, 201. 



Division board, 49-nU. 



Dorsal plates, Z8. 



Double rabbet, 46. 



Double walls, 45. 



Doubling, 148. 



Dress for lady bee-keepers, 97. 



Driving, bees, 88 ; irons, 89 ; box, 89. 



Drone-breeding queens, 109. 



Drone cells, 36, 104, 112. 



Drones, described, 3 ; their brief life, 8 ; 

 death, 3, 13, 27 ; eyes, 11 ; tongue, 

 18; wings, 21; fertility, 12, 27; 

 organs, 26: dwarf, 109. 



Ductus ejaculatoriuB, 26. 



Dummy, 49-50. 



Dutch bees, 32. 



Dysentery, 186, 208. 



Dzierzon, 28, 42. 



Earwig In hives, 202. 



East-Indian bees, common, 31 ; dwarf, 



31. 

 Eggs, fertilisation of, 28 ; age of, 105. 

 Enemies of bees, 202. 

 Entrances, 45; reducing, 176, 179; 



examining, 206, 208, 209 ; enlarging, 



126, 208. 

 Epipharynx, 17. 

 Examinations tor experts' certificates, 



70. 

 Examining combs, 103; stocks, 159, 



208 : roofs, 209. 

 Excluder, 57 ; use of, 146, 148. 

 ExhlbiUng bee products, 210-218. 

 Extracting, honey, 154, 214-215 ; wax, 



157, 210. 

 Extractors, honey, 72 ; wax, 74. 

 Eyes of bees, simple and compound, 



16 ; drones, 11, 16 ; workers, 15 ; 



Queens, 16. 



'•Federation" hive, 44; dnmmy, 

 50; bee-escape, 162. 



Feeders, 64-66. 



Feeding, 04, 178 ; spring stbnulativa, 

 lSiri79; artlfldal pollen. 111; 

 objects of, 178 ; precautions, 179 ; 

 summer, 180 ; autumn, 180 ; quan- 

 tity of food required, 180: winter, 

 181, 206 ; for comb building, 181 ; 

 In skeps, 182 ; Recipes, 183-184o. 



Feet, 20. 



Fertilisation, of egg, 28 ; of queen, 2, 

 11, 25, 28. 



Fertility, of queen, 2, 4, 12, 28, 29, 

 ' 108, 109 ; of drone, 12, 27. 



Fighting, 175. 



Floor-board, 44 ; moveable, a tine q»u 

 mm, 192. 



Flowen and plants, 221-223. 



FoUower, 56, 140-141. 



Food, see Feeding. 



Formalin, 193 ; treatment for foul 

 brood, 192, 201. 



Fool brood, 188-198. 



Foundation, fixing in frames, 62, 61, 

 148: la seeHona, 64, 140-142; iu> 



