225 



Cappings of cells, 34, 37, 190, 198. 



I'arbolic acid, 67, 100, 130 ; cloth, 07, 

 95, 99, 100, 201 ; feather, 101, 110. 



Carniolan bees, 30, 102. 



Casts, 10, 123 ; preventing, 126, 134. 



Caucasian bees, 32. 



Cells, worker, 35 ; drone, 3.5, 104, 112 ; 

 hexagonal, 35 ; transitional, 36 ; 

 queen, 37, 105, 113 ; use of for stor- 

 ing, 37 ; cappings of, 34, 37 ; number 

 in comb of standard frame, 108 ; foul 

 brood, 189. 



Chaff, between hive walls, 45 ; cushion, 

 51, 206. 



Cheshire, 63, 190, 197. 



Chilled brood, 187. 



Classification of honey bee, 1. 



" Claustral " Detention Chamber, 52. 



Claws, 20. 



Cleaning and disinfecting hives, 136, 

 188, 192, 194, 196, 201, 208. 



Clover, 7, 221-223. 



Colon, 23. 



Ckjlour of hives, 81, 159. 



Comb, building, 5, 37 ; described, 35, 

 104 ; value of, 35, 37, 61 ; stand, 99 ; 

 box, 99, 100 ; repaired, 138 ; feeding 

 for building, 181. 



Comb-foundation {see Foundation). 



Combs, melting into wax, 72-75, 157, 

 215-216 ; removing bees from, 105 ; 

 turning, 106 ; cleaning extracted, 

 152, 156. 



Condemned bees, 88- 



Cone escape, 46, 100, 150. 



Corbicula?, 5, 19, 38. 



i::ork Dust, 45, 206. 



Cotoneaster, 221, 223. 



Crate, 54 ; divisional, 55, 148 ; observa- 

 tory, 56 ; hanging, 56, 145, 148. 



Crates, storing, 139 ; preparing, 140 ; 

 putting on, 143 ; tiering, 146 ; re- 

 moving, 147, 150-153 ; travelling, 171, 



Cream of tart.ar in bee-food, 184, 



Crocus, 5, 111, 221. 223. 



Crystallised honey, 169, 173, 174, 210 



Currant, 6. 



Cyanide of potassium, 203. 



Cyprian bees, 31, 102. 



Damp roofs, 46, 207. 



Dandelion, 5, 223. 



Dead bees, removal of, 206, 208, 209. 



Differential Diagnosis, 200. 



Digestive system, 22. 



Diseases, 185 ; Examining for, 84 ; 

 dysentery, 185 ; paralysis, 186 ; 

 chilled brood, 187 ; black brood, 

 187 ; pickled brood, 188 : foul 

 brood, 188-198 : " Isle of Wight 

 Disease," 185, 198 ; differential 

 diagnosis, 200 ; recipes for treat- 

 ment, 201, 



Division board, 49-50. 



Dorsal plates, 23. 



Double rabbet, 45. 



Double walls, 45. 



Doubling, 148. 



Dress for lady bee-keepers, 97. 



Driving, bees, 88 ; irons, 89 ; box, 89. 



Drone-breeding iiueens, 109. 



Drone cells, 35, 104, 112. 



Drones, described, 3 ; their brief life, 3 ; 

 death, 3, 13, 27 ; eyes, 11 ; tongue, 

 18 ; wings, 21 ; fertility, 12, 27 ; 

 organs, 25 ; dwarf, 109. 



Ductus ejaculatorius, 25. 



Dummy, 49-50, 



Dysentery, 185, 206. 



Dzierzon, 28, 42. 



Earwigs in hives, 202. 



East-Indian bees, common, 31 ; dwarf, 



31. 

 Eggs, fertilisation of, 28 ; age of, 105. 

 Enemies of bees, 202. 

 Entrances, 45 ; reducing, 176, 179 ; 



examining, 206, 208, 209 ; enlarging, 



125, 208. 

 Epipharynx, 17. 

 Examinations for experts' certificates, 



70. 

 Examining combs, 103 ; stocks, 159, 



208; roofs, 209. 

 Excluder, 57 ; use of, 145, 148. 

 Exhibiting bee products, 210-218. 

 Extracting, honey, 154, 214-215 ; wax, 



157, 216. 

 Extractors, honey, 72 ; wax, 74. 

 Eyes of bees, simple and compound, 



15 ; drones, 11, 15 ; workers, 15 ; 



queens, 15. 



" Federation " hive, 44 ; dummy, 

 50 ; bee-escape, 152. 



Feeders, 64-66. 



Feeding, 64, 178 ; spring stimulative, 

 110, 179 ; artificial pollen. 111 ; 

 objects of, 178; precautions, 179; 

 summer, 180 ; autumn, 180 ; quan- 

 tity of food required, 180 ; winter, 

 181, 205 ; for comb building, 181 ; 

 In skeps, 182 ; Eecipes, 183-184c. 



Feet, 20. 



Fertilisation, of egg, 28; of queen, 2, 

 11, 25, 28. 



Fertility, of queen, 2, 4, 12, 28, 29, 

 108, 109 ; of drone, 12, 27. 



Fighting, 175. 



Floor-board, 44 ; moveable, a sine qua 

 lion, 192. 



Flowers and plants, 221-223. 



Follower, 56, 140-141. 



Food, see Feeding. 



Formalin, 193 ; treatment for foui 

 brood, 192, 201. 



Foul brood, 188-198. 



Foundation, fixing in frames, 52, 62, 

 143 ; in sections, 54, 140-142 ; use 



