220 



WDEX. 



of 68,113,125, InTention of, 59: I 

 varieties of, 59 ; artvantages of, ' 

 60 ; adulteration of, fll ; testing, 

 61; cliange of colour, 61 ; quantity, 

 required, 61; niring, 62, 143. 



'Flames, standard, 51 ; Tarisus, 52 ; 

 lifting, 99 ; turning, 106 ; preparing, 

 142; wiling, 142. 



Fruit trees, 2^-223. 



Oalleria ceieana, 203. 



Oeneial management, work for the 



month, 208-209. 

 Giant bees, 31. 

 Glands, poison, 26 ; vax, 35. 

 Gloves, use of, 70, 66, 130 ; various, 71. 

 Gooseberry, 221, 223. 

 Goise, 5, 221, 223. 

 Granulation of honey, 169, 173, 174. 



Haiel, 5, 228. 



Head, 15. 



Heather, 14, 2?l-223 ; honey, 166, 210, 

 212, 216, 221. 222. 



Eeddon methods, 134, 138b. 



HeUebore, 221, 223. 



Hive, occupants of, 1 ; sanitation in, 

 6. 



Hlvea ancient, 40 : Skep, 41 : 

 moveable comb, 41-43; internal 

 measurements, 43 ; tiinber used 

 In, 44 ; " federation," 44 ; floor- 

 board, 44 i ventilator, 44, 46 ; body 

 box, 45 ; lift, 45 : root, 46, 207 ; 

 W.B.O., 48 ; Observatory, 47 ; 

 B I.B.A., 1909," 48 ; " Hibernian,'' 

 49 ;~ position of, in apiary, 81, 159 ; 

 colour of, 81, 160 ; levelling, 81, 130 ; 

 ■tsnds, 81 ; nucleus, 159 : cleaning 

 and dishilectlng 194, 196, 201. 



Hiving bees, 130-134; board, 130, 

 133, 135, 136. 196. 



Honey, described, 33, 221-222 ; gather- 

 ing and stortaig, 18, 33: water tn, 

 34 ; as food, 84 ; quantity used in 

 wax production, 35, 37 ; adultera- 

 tion of. 39; surplus, 139; ex- 

 tracted mors profitable than comb, 

 139: extracting, 72, 154, 214, 216 ; 

 ■tmning and ripening, 156, 214; 

 marketing, 169-174 ; Home, 169 ; im- 

 ports, 169 : storing, 169 ; grading, 

 170. 212; bottling, 173, 214-216; 

 packing, 174 : crystaUised. 169, 173, 

 174; foe exhibition, 210-216. 



Honey-Comb (see Comb). 



Honey Dew, 34. 



Honey extractor, 72, 154 : invention ol, 

 72 ; uncapping knife, 73, 164 ; 

 strainer and ripener, 7t. 



Honey flow, 139, 143. 



Honey Jars. 173. 



Honey labds, 174. 



Honey press, 74, 166 



Honey sac, 23, 83. 



HoiMy tins, 174. 



Huber, 41, 62, 77, 115, 116. 166. 



Ileum, 23. 



In-breeding avoided in nature, 120. 

 Intestines, 23. 



Introducing queens, 165-168. 

 lEiSH Bee Jodbhal, 91, 209. 

 Irish Bee-Keepers' Association, exa- 

 minations, 70. 

 "Isle of Wight Disease," 185,198. 

 Italian bees, SO, 102. 

 Ivy, 14, Mi, 228. 

 Izal, 130, 183-1 84b, 192. 201. 

 jara for honey, 173, 215. 

 Judging bee products, 218. 



Labels for honey, etc., 174, 215 218 



Labial palpi, 18. 



Labium, 17. 



Labrum, 17. 



Langstroth, 42, 59, 72, 95. 



Larvse, age of, 109. 



Laying workers, 12, 31, 115 ; removlL 



116. 

 Leafcutter bees, 32. 

 Legs, 19. 

 Leuckart, 114. 

 Lifting frames, 99. 

 Ligurian bees, 30, 102. 

 Limanthes Douglasii, 221, 223. 

 Lime, 221, 22S. 

 Lingua, 18. 

 Loss of Queens, 158. 

 Lubbock, 34. 



Maeterlinck, 95, 166. 



Maggot (ttylopi), 203. 



Mandibles, 17. 



Manipulating, 99. 



Marketing honey, 169-174. 



Maxillffi, 17. 



Maxillary palpi, 17. 



Mead, for exhibition, 217. 



Measures, 184c. 



Medicated bee-food, 183-184b, 188, 



192. 

 Mehriiig, 59, 72. 

 Mentxmi, 18. 

 Mice, 202. 



Mignonette, 221, 223. 

 Modem bee-keeping, 76, 77. 

 Month, Work for the, 208-209. 

 Mouth, organs, 17. 

 Moveable-comb hives (See Hives). 

 Moving bees, 84, 85. 

 Mysterious Influence, The, 7. 



Naphthaline, 191, 202. 

 Naphthol-Beta solution, 183-184b, 



192. 

 Natural history of bees, 1-14. 

 Natural swarming, 7-10, 118-126. 

 Nectar, 33; how gathered, 3, 6, 16, 



33. 

 Nuclei, 162-165. 

 Nnoleoi blvei, 160. 



