INDEX. 



561 



Bee-bread, see Pollen 



Bee-dress 197 



Bee escape 4G5 



Bee-hat 107 



Bee-keepers' calendar 545 



Bee-louse 506 



Bee-motli 489 



description ot ...489, 490 



food ot 493 



galleries ot 492, 493 



how they act. .. .490, 491 

 how to destroy. . .498, 499 

 " in QUeenless colonies 



498, 499 



*' Italian bees and 499 



killed by cold 495, 496 



lays eggs in propolis.. Ill 



not to be feared 501 



preserving comb, 



against. 498 

 temperature required 



for their growth. 495 



worm ot the 492, 493 



their disgusting work. 497 



Bees, and flowers 127, 128, 543 



" and fruits 19, 540 



angered 202 



by bad odors 206 



" by the odor of their 



poison . 207 

 " " by the Jarring of 



the hive. 202 



" as means of defense 210 



" bewildered by light 201 



" building combs 93 



•" building few store cells... 107 

 " building third store cells. . 109 

 " building store cells here 



and there. 109 



" Carniolan 292 



" Caucasian 299 



" climbing on polished sur- 

 faces. 22 



" clustering in winter 340 



" clustering outside ...162, 182 



Cyprian 298 



deprived of their antennie. 15 



" deserting 211, 365, 372 



discharge in flight 33 



" do not make honey.. 116, 336 



" dwindling in spring 368 



" eating to keep warm 341 



" eyes of 3» 4 



" feeding the queen 9, 17 



" filled with honey 191 



" first introduced in this 



country 292 

 " first noticed in Florida. . .289 

 '' for honey production in 



the North. 327 



" going Westward 291 



" handling 189 



" hatching 75 



" hearing organs of 10 



" Holy Land and Syrian. . . .299 



Bees how far they fly 421 



" how many in a pound.... 326 

 " in California ...423, 424, 425 



" in Germany 424 



" injured by fruit juice. 344, 542 

 " Italian, see Italian 



" killing their drones 90 



" memory of 14 



" mouth ot 19 



" noticing their new location 



308, 328 

 " not indigenous to America. 289 



" on boats 321, 322 



" peaceable when filled with 



honey. 191 

 " peaceable when swarming. 191 

 " preparing to swarm . . . .211 



procuring 309 



propoliziug small holes. . .111 



quiet at mid-day 198 



" races ot 293 



rebuilding store cells 108 



removing from the cellar 



365, 366 

 " return to their location 



274, 328, 366 



" sending scouts 216 



smelling organs ot 11 



" smelling honey 13 



starving in Spring 317 



" suffocated 181 



" swarming 211 



swarming with introduced 



queen. 287 



" transferring 309 



" unable to take wing 32 



'' understand each other. ... 80 



" varieties 292 



" ventilating 179 



Bee-smokers, see Smokers. 



Beeswax (see also Wax) 531 



adulteration of 387 



for comb-foundation . . . 387 



melting 531 



pressing 533, 534 



residues 534, 535 



spoiled 536 



uses of 536 



Bee-veil 196, 19T 



Beginners' mistakes 553 



Beginning on a small scale.... 301 



Benton, apis dorsata 300 



Caucasian bees 299 



divisible frame 273 



mailing queens 324 



trip to Cyprus 298 



trip around the world. . .297 

 Berlepsch, on comb building. . . .105 

 " on drone-laying 



queens. 60 



" on Italian bees 296 



on refrigerating 



queens . 64 

 " on water in Winter 



129, 370, 371 



