574 



Tulip trees 7, 39S 



Uncapping 467 



" knives 468 



Uniting colonies 254, 255, 34S 



Upper stories, see Supers. 



Vandervort mill 386 



spur 393, 394 



Van Deusen clamp 160 



Veil 196, 197 



Ventilation 162, 179 



" in cellar 365 



in winter 181, 350 



" to prevent swarming. 239 



" when shipping 320 



Viallon experiments on comb- 

 building. .106 



" on laying workers 77 



VlrgU description of the Italian 



bee. .292, 293 

 " mentions the bee-moth ... 489 

 " on clipping wings of 



queens .... 225 

 " on material for hives.... 177 



Virgin queens 50 



introducing 286 



" rivalry of 50 



" voice of 51 



Wagner incident of swarming. .217 



on age of comb 229 



on egg laying 47, 62 



*' on robbing 377 



" on success 140 



on the Italian bee. 296, 297 

 " patent on comb-founda- 

 tion. .384 



" on sex of eggs 62 



" on translation of 



Berlepsch. .371 

 " " Donhoff 



71, 496 

 Warm absorbents for Winter. .351 



Warping boards 179 



Water for bees 129, 370 



as a remedy for stings. .208 



" needed in Spring 370 



" injurious in shipping 



bees. . . .130 



Wax 93 



" adulteration of 387 



" bleaching 536 



" candles 537 



" chemical composition of... 105 



" cleaning 535 



" extractors 533-534 



" from cappings . .471, 531, 535 



" how produced 94 



" " many pounds of honey 



to produce. . . .106 



" made by young bees 94 



" melting point of 387 



" not made of pollen 104 



*' old bees can make 95, 96 



" pollen necessary to make 



1P4. 105 



Wax produced by eating 94, 95 



resiaues of 535 



scales 94 



who discovered the. ... 99" 

 " on the bottom-board... 99 



uses of 536 



Welgel recommends candy. .. .'.334 



Weight of bees 326 



" drones 326 



" " swarms 239 



Weiss, first manufacturer cf 



foundation in America . . 384 



Wide frames for sections 448- 



Wide top bars for brood frames. 159' 

 Wildman on comb-building.... 99 



" feeding 329 



" ** the scent of the 



queen. . . .288 



" uniting 255 



Wilson, Miss 301, 447, 44& 



Window screens 318 



Winds protection from 350 



Wings 25, 2S 



" used In ventilation 180 



" of queens 42 



of queens, clipping. 225, 226 



Winter flight 355, 356, 367 



" passages 345, 34ft 



" protection 349* 



Wintering bees 340 



best conditions for. 360 



cellar for 361 



chaff hives for...35T 



clamps for 36S 



cold repositories 



for. . .368 

 experiment on . . .342 



food for 344 



in-doors. 360 



mistakes in 342 



narrowing the 



spg.ce for .... 345 

 on full combs .... 341 

 outer boxes for 



359, 36(h 



Workers 6T 



" agitated when the queen 



is removed. .265 



" balling queens 284 



building 94, 96: 



cells, see Cells. 



crippled 82 



" discharges of 2^ 



*' Donhoff experiment on . 68 

 duration of transforma- 

 tion of . . 92 



duties of 63 



" eat eggs 6S 



" eggs in drone cells. ... 63 

 " to raise queens. 47, 259 



" feeding the young 15 



" " " queen 18 



fertile 77 



" " how discovered. . . 79 



" use of 77 



first filght of 68, 76 



" functions of 87 



