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INDEX. 



of, 50, 113, 125 ; invention of, CO ; 

 varieties of, r>(l ; advantages of, 

 60 ; adulteration of, 61 ; testing, 

 62 ; cliange of colour, 62 ; quantity 

 rp(inired, 62; wiring, 63, 143. 



Frames, standard, 51 ; various, 52 ; 

 lifting, 99 ; turning, 100 ; preparing, 

 142 ; wiring, 142. 



Fruit trees, 221-223. 



Galleria cereana, 203. 



General management, work for the 



month, 208-209. 

 Giant bees, 31. 

 Glands, poison, 25 ; wax, 35. 

 Gloves, use of, 70, 96, 130 ; various, 71. 

 Gooseberry, 221, 223. 

 Ciorse, 6, 221, 223. 

 Granulation of honey, 100, 173, 174. 



Hazel, 5, 223. 



Head, 15. 



Heather, 14, 221-223 ; honey, 156, 210, 

 212 215 22 222 



Heddon methods, 134, 13.3b. 



Hellebore, 221, 223. 



Hive, occupants of, 1 ; sanitation in, 

 6. 



Hives ancient, 40 ; Skep, 41 ; 

 moveable comb, 41-43 ; internal 

 measurements, 43 ; timber used 

 in, 44 ; " Federation," 44 ; floor- 

 board, 44 ; ventilator, 44, 46 ; body 

 box, 45 ; 1 ft, 45 ; roof, 46, 207 ; 

 W.B.C., 46 ; Observ.atory, 47 ; 

 " I.B.A., 1909," 48 ; " Hibernian," 

 49 ; position of, in apiary, 81, 159 ; 

 colour of, 81, 159 ; levelling, 81, 130 ; 

 stands, 81 ; nucleus, 159 ; cleaning 

 and disinfecting 194, 196, 201. 



Hiving bees, 130-134 ; board, 130, 

 133, 135, 136, 195. 



Honey, described, 33, 221-222 ; gather- 

 ing and storing, 18, 33 ; water in, 

 34 ; as food, 34 ; quantity used in 

 wax production, 35, 37 ; adultera- 

 tion of, 39 ; surplus, 139 ; ex- 

 tracted more profitable than comb, 

 139 ; extracting, 72, 154, 214, 215 ; 

 straming and ripening, 156, 214 ; 

 marketing, 169-174 ; Home, 169 ; im- 

 ports, 160 ; storing, 169 ; grading, 

 170, 212 ; bottling, 173, 214-215 ; 

 packing, 174 ; crystallised, 169, 173, 

 174; for exhibition, 210-216. 



Honey-Comb (see Comb). 



Honey .Dew, 34. 



Honey extractor, 72, 154 ; invention of, 

 72 ; uncapping knife, 73, 154 ; 

 strainer and ripener, 73. 



Honey flow, 139, 143. 



Honey jars, 173. 



Honey labels, 174. 



Honey press, 74, 156 



Honey sac, 23, 33. 



Honey tins, 174. 



Hubcr, 41, 63, 77, 115, 116, 168. 



Ileum, 23. 



In-breeding avoided in nature, 120. 

 Intestines, 23. 



Introducing queens, 165-168. 

 IiusH Bee Jouenal, 91, 200. 

 Irish Bee-Eeepers' Association, exa- 

 minations, 70. 

 "Isle of Wight Disease," 185,198. 

 Italian bees, 30, 102. 

 Ivy, 14, 222, 223. 



Jars for honey, 173, 215. 

 Judging bee products, 218. 



Labels for honey, etc., 174, 215 218, 



Labial palpi, 18. 



Labium, 17. 



Labrum, 17. 



Langstroth, 42, 60, 72, 95, 



Larvae, age of, 109. 



Laying workers, 12, 31, 115 ; removing 



110. 

 Leafeutter bees, 32. 

 Legs, 19. 

 Leuckart, 114. 

 Lifting frames, 90. 

 Ligiu-ian bees, 30, 102. 

 Limanthes Douglasii, 221, 223. 

 Lime, 221, 223. 

 Lingua, 18. 

 Loss of Queens, 158. 

 Lubbock, 34. 



Maeterlinck, 95, 166. 



Maggot (stylops), 203. 



Mandibles, 17. 



Manipulating, 99. 



Marketing honey, 169-174. 



Maxillae, 17. 



Maxillary palpi, 17. 



Mead, for exhibition. 217. 



Measures, 184c. 



Medicated bee-food, 183-184b, 188, 



192. 

 Mehring, 60, 72, 

 Mentum, 18. 

 Mice, 202. 



Mignonette, 221, 223. 

 Modern bee-keeping, 76, 77. 

 Month, Work for the, 208-209. 

 Mouth, organs, 17. 

 Moveable-comb hives {See Hives). 

 Moving bees, 84, 85. 

 Mysterious Influence, The, 7. 



Naphthahne, 191, 202. 

 Naphthol-Beta solution, 183-184b, 



192. 

 Natural history of bees, 1-14. 

 Natural swarming, 7-10, 118-126. 

 Nectar, 33 ; liow gathered, 3, 5, 18, 



33. 

 Nuclei, 162-165. 

 Nucleus hives, 159. 



