664: 



IxXOEX. 



Comb guides for frames. 157, 158,221 



Comb honey, best selling -130 



capping of 122 



care in sliipping511,512 

 difficult to produce. 434 



leaking 510, 511 



moths in 498 



production 430 



by reversing. 435 

 " Improve- 

 ments in. 431. 432 

 " " In wide 



frames. .448 

 " " in large 



frames. .431 

 " " in lower 



story. .433 

 " " in sections, . .431 



" " in shallow up- 



per stories. .433 

 " " in supers. 448,449 



" " remarks 



on. .450, 451 

 " " with fences. ..439 



" with separa- 

 tors. .439 

 " with swarm- 

 ing. .442 



sealed 443, 444 



sweating 510 



unsalable 445 



" without propolis442,443 



Combs 93 



" age of 74, 229 



" breaking down y 1S2 



brimstoning to keep out 



moths 498 



built upwards 93 



care in returning after in- 

 spection 204 



" care of in Winter 471 



economy of bees in build- 

 ing . . .• 104 



" empty, furnishing to bees. 461 

 " " given to prevent 



swarming 238 



" extracting from 463 



" guides for straight 



157, 158, 382 



" made of wax 93 



" melting 532 



*' moths in 497 



" pruning 133 



" returned to the bees after 



extracting 471 



" straight 157,383,385 



" surface occupied by brood. 155 



transferring 313 



" washing dark 531 



Comparative table of transfor- 

 mations 92 



Comparison of the eyes of 



-queens, drones, and workers 4 

 Confectioners annoyed by bees.. 338 



Confining bees unsafe J^Sl 



Confining colonies 320, 353 



Confining queens 323 



Confinement, fertilization in.... 55 



Confinement, in cellar 360 



out of doors 353 



Constipation 369, 472 



Consumption of honey 520 



" " by bees in 



Winter. .341, 342 



of pollen 125 



Contagious diseases 472-487 



Contraction of brood cham- 

 ber 369,370,437 



Cook, his praise of the Langs- 

 troth hive. . . .142 



" Lubbock's experiment 6 



" on enemies of bees 507 



on Neighbour's opinion.... 54 

 " on the broods of the moth. 490 



" on the ears of bees 11 



" on production of wax 



scales in old bees.. 96 

 " quotation of Doolittle. . . . 260 



Cowan, apifuge 195 



" automatic extractors ....469 



" hive 356 



" in Italy 146 



microscopical studies .... 12 



" on foul-brood 479 



on the prevention of 



swarming. .239 

 " on the treatment of foul- 

 brood. .479.487 

 Cracks, closed with propolis by 



bees. -Ill 

 " how to close when bees rob380 

 Crates, see Section-crates 

 Cutting, H. D., on the introduc- 

 tion of virgin queens... 286 



Cyprian bees 293, 298, 299 



" difficult to subdue. .198 

 ** " rearing queen-cells. 46 



Debeauvoys 142 



Decoy hives 310 



Deep frames 153 



De Gelieu hive 136 



on weight of bees. . . .326 

 De Layens counted the eggs 



dropped by queens. . 66 

 '* experiments on cost of 



wax. .106 

 " " the use of 



water . . 130 



" on feeding bees 335 



" report of weight of a 



swarm. . 239 



Delia Rocca comb-guide 157 



" on age of colonies... 81 

 " on attracting-swarms. 220 



" on bees as means of 



defense. .210 

 " on floating apiaries. .321 



De Planta, experiments on food 



of larvae. .259 

 " " on honey. . 397 



Desertion 211, 369. 372 



Diarrhoea 343, 472 



Digesting apparatus 26 



Digestion, process of 28, 29 



