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INDEX. 



tollen j)Oje 61 



Porch of Hive 16 



Presence of Queen in Swarm, 



Signs of 31 



Preserving Combs .... 91 



Preventing Casting .... 35 



Natural Swarming ... 46 

 Prevention of Drone Comb 



Building .... 55 



Principles of the Extractor . 71 

 Principles Governing Artificial 



Swarming .... 45 



PropoUs 74 



Protection of Skepa .... 10 



Purchasing Bees 75 



Pure Impregnation .... 83 



Qneen Cages . . 

 Cells . . . 

 Cells for Forced Stocks, 



Great Economy 

 Cells, Signs of Fitness 



Transfer . . 

 Characteristics of 

 Finding . . . 

 Raising . , . 

 With Forced Swarm, 

 denee of 

 Queenlessness, Signs of 

 Queens, How Produced 

 Quilt 



41 



Evi. 



82 



83 

 33 



42 



43 



6 



109 



80 



41 



1,106 



6 



101 



E. 



Eaynor Queen Cage .... 85 



Ee-arranging an Apiary . . 102 



Eeoipe for Bee Food .... 47 



Eegioidal Knot 84 



Eevolving Feeding Stage . . 59 



Bobbing 56 



Eoyal Jelly 6 



Eule for Finding Content of 



Circular Hives .... 8 



Eunning Honey 73 



Eustic Hive Cover .... 11 



S. 



Second Swarms 34 



Section of Cheshire Hive . . 16 



Securing a Swarm .... 31 



Selecting Bees for Vvach&sepage 75 

 September, Calendar of Opera- 

 tions for 110 



. 109 



104, 106 



. 51 



Shade from Sun . . 



From Snow Glare 

 Sheet Wax, how Made 



Sherrington Frames .... 21 



Hive 21 



Shovel for Feeding .... 48 



Signs of Casting 34 



Foul Brood 88 



Having secured the Queen 



in taking a Swarm . 31 



Swarming 29 



SizeofSkep 7 



Cells 5, 54 



Skeps 7 



SKding Doors for Flight Hole 16 



Slow feeding 59 



Small Swarms, Management of 19 



Smielatore 70 



Smokers 26 



Smoke Torches 27 



Snails 91 



Snow 102 



Source of Wax 47 



Specialities in Honey ... 73 



Spring and Autumn Feeding . 58 



Spring Dwindling, Cause of . 12 



Sprinkling Bottle 38 



Starvation, Signs of ... . 106 



Starved Bees 102 



Stewarton Hive 22 



SUde 23 



Sticks in Skeps 49 



Stocking Nuclei 82 



Straightening Bars .... 79 



Straw and Glass Supers ... 64 



Hackle 11 



Hives 7 



Strengthening Nuclei ... 82 

 Strengthening Weak Stocks 



by Change of Stations 107 

 Strong Stocks Consume no more 



than Weak Ones . . 97 



Substitute for Wax .... 56 



Sulphur Pit 110 



Sunflowers Provide Pollen Late 



in the Tear .... 106 

 Super Cover for Bar Hives . 16 

 Snpering, Extracting, and Har- 

 vesting 64 



