INDEX. 



Page. 



Abbott metal spacer 170 



Absconding swarms 233 



Adobe for Mves 177 



Adulteration, of beeswax 387 



of honey 518 



Afterswarming 230 



Afterswarms, prevention of. 241, 242 

 superiority of.... 233 



objections to 233 



Age of the queen when fecun- 

 dated 53 



Age sign of old, in bees 80-82 



Air, see Ventilation 179 



Alexander, on overstocking 423 



Alley, drone trap 80 



mailing queens 324 



" method of queen-rearing 



276, 277 



" on impregnation 54 



Alighting-board, see Apron IGG 



Alsike clover 403 



American frames 153 



Ammonia for stings 208 



Anger of bees 189, 205 



Antennae 7 



bees cannot live without 14 ■ 



cutting of the 14-15 \ 



" as organs of hearing. ... 10 i 



as organs for smelling.. 11' 



" experiments of Huber on I 



the.. 9 I 



Ants about the hive 506 



fondness for honey 509 



" their fecundity 41 



Aphides, Parthenogenesis of the 61 



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Aristotle, on drones 88 



on eggs 60 



on foul-brood 473 



on fruit 19 



on Italian bees 292 



on moth 489 



on pollen 125 



on robber-bees 375 



on scent of the queen.. 288 



on strong odors 206 



on water 370 



Artificial swarming 243 



" advices on. . 253 



caution about 



255, 256 

 " by dividing. 24i 



" by driving 



bees. 247 

 by removing 

 the hive. 246 

 " improved . .249 



" nucleus 



method . 251 

 " with queens 



already reared. 250, 252 

 with queen- 

 cells. 251 

 " increasing 



too fast. 256 



Association of bee-keepers 543 



Australian bees 299 



Austria, yield of honey 424 



Automatic extractor 469 



Axioms, bee-keepers' 553 



causes of honey dew 



' 119, 120 ' Bacillus alvei, see Foul-brood 



Apiaries, covered 306 



out of doors 303 



" sheds for 306 



Apiary 301 



" slow motions around the.. 199 



Apifuge 195 



Apis dorsata 300 



Apis fasciata 298 



Apis ligustica 293 



Apis melliflca 292 



Apron, or alighting-board 166 



Bait, in sections 437 



Baldenstein, on Italian bees. . . .297 



Balled queens 227, 284 



Bar-hives 135, 136, 140, 244 



BarbO IX 



Barrels for honey 



469. 470, 512, 514 



Basswood, see Linden 



Bears and bees 505 



Beaunier on the production of 



wax 99 



560 



