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UTDBX. 



exceptional, 93 ; effect of, 98 ; 

 treatment of, 97 ; cure for rheu- 

 matlain, 98 : protection from, 96, 

 130. 



Stock, defined, 83 ; commencing with 

 a, 86. 



Stocks, value of, 83 ; moving, 86 ; 

 uniting, lis. 



Stomach, chyle, 23 ; mouth, 23, 38. 



StorHying, 148. 



Storms, precautions against, 207. 



strainer and Blpener, 73, 156. 



Study the subject, 90. 



Stylops, 203. 



Subduing bees, 92. 



Sulphur, 194,204. 



Summer, the bee In, 7-12; feeding, 

 180 ; general management, 208-209 ; 

 flowers, 221-223. 



Super-box, 57 : putting on, 145, remov- 

 ing, 150-153. 



Super-clearers, 161-163, 156 211-212. 



Supering, 53, 143-150, 211-212 ; skeps, 

 150. 



lupers, removing, 147, 160-163; for 

 exhibition, 216. 



Surplus honey, 139-163. 



Survival ol the unfit, 76. 



Swammerdam, 77 . 



Swai-m, 7-10, 119 ; defined, 83; com- 

 mencing with a, 84 ; value of a, 

 68, 85, 118 : catcher, 132. 



Swarming, natural, 8, 118, 119 ; signs 

 of, 113 ; delay of, 119 ; to encourage 

 clustering, 120 ; prevention of, 124, 

 126, 134; "fever," 124; artificial, 

 126-129, 167, 194. 



Swarms moving, 84 ; weighing, 86 ; 

 sending per post, 85 ; vagaries of, 

 119 ; truant, 120 ; casts, 10, 123, 126, 

 134 ; hunger, 123, 175 ; making for 

 sale, 128 ; hiving. 130-134 ; feeding, 

 131, 133 ; retracing, 134 ; separating, 

 138b. 



Sycamore, 6, 221, 223. 



Syrian bees, 3.1, 102, 113. 



Syrup' for feeding, recipes, 183, 1840 ; 

 Bcent-d, 90, 135. 



Tarsus, 20. 



Testes, 26. 



Thorax, 18. 



Tibia, 19. 



Tin bars for section crates, 56, 141. 



Tins for extracted honey, 174. 



Tongue, 18. 



rracbea, 11, 21, 25. 



Transferring bees, 136 ; from skel 

 or box, to modern bive, 137 ; 

 automatic transfer, 138 ; Heddon 

 method, 138b. 



Uncapping knife, 73. 



Uniting bees, 90. 135-138. 



Value of combs, 3s, 37, 61 ; of stocks, 

 83 ; of swarms, 83, 85, 118. 



Vassa deferentia, 26. 



VaseUne, 99, 100, 137, 143, 148. 



Veils, use of, 69, 96, 130; Lady's, fs» 

 97; wire-cloth, 69. 



Velum, 19. 



Ventilation, 125, 206. 



Ventilators, 44, 46. 151, 193. 197. 198. 



ventral plates, 23. 



Vesiculae seminales, 26. 



Vinegar, in bee food, 183; for ex- 

 hibition, 218. 



Virgil, 40, 76. 



Wasps, to destroy, 203. 

 Water tor bees, 6, 182, 208. 

 Water in honey, 34, 182. 

 Waterproof, making roofs, 207. 

 Wax, described, 34 ; production, 5, 19, 



23, 34 ; honey used in, 35, 37 ; paraf 



fin and ceresin, 35, 61 ; adulteration, 



35, 61 : testing for adulteration, "oi ; 



extraction, 74, 157, 216 ; extracton, 



74 ; solar, 74, 157 ; steam, 75, 167 ; 



tor exhibition, 216. 

 Wax moth, 203. 

 Weed, B. B., 60. 

 Wheat flour lor bee food, 184b. 

 White Clover, 7, 221, 223. 

 White rock, 221, 223. 

 White thorn, 6, 221, 223. 

 Willow, 221, 223. ' 

 Wings, 21. 

 Winter, the bee to, 13-14 ; food, 181 



183 ; passages, 205 ; gcnerui 



management, 208-209 : flowers, 



221—223 

 Wtotertog," 205-209. 

 Wiring appliances, 62, 142-143 ; frames 



142. 

 Work for the month, 208-209. 

 Worker bees, described, 2 ; their brief 



Ufe, 2 ; work, 2, 6 ; anatomy, 15-25. 

 Worker cells, 35 ; size, 35 ; number in 



comb of standard frame, 108. 

 Yadil. 180, 188, 184, 184b. 

 Zmc bars for section crates, 66, 141. 

 Zinc excluder, 67 ; use of, 146, 148, 



149. 



