228 



exceptional, 93 ; effect of, 90 ; 

 treatment of, 97 ; cure fi.ir rhen- 

 matiam, 98 : protection li'om, 96, 

 130. 



Stingleas bees, 32. 



.Stoclt, commencing witti a, 85. 



Stocks, valne of, 83 ; moving, 85 ; 

 uniting, 135. 



Stomach, chyle, 23 ; mouth, 23, 33. 



Storifying, 148. 



Storms, precautions against, 207. 



Strainer and Ripener, 73, 156. 



Study the subject, 90. 



Stylops, 203. 



Subduing bees, 92. 



Sulphur, 194, 204. 



Summer, the bee in, 7-12 ; feeding, 

 180 ; general management, 208-209 ; 

 flowers, 221-223. 



Super-box, 57 ; putting on, 145, remov- 

 ing, 150-153. 



Super-clearers, 151-153, 156 211-212. 



Bupering, 53, 143-150, 211-212 ; skeps, 

 150. 



Supers, removing, 147, 150-153 ; for 

 exhibition, 216. 



Surplus honey, 139-153. 



Survival of the unfit, 76. 



Swammerdam, 77. 



Swarm, 7-10, 119 ; commencing with a, 

 84 ; value of a, 83, 85, 118 ; catcher, 

 132. 



Swarming, natural, 8, 118, 119 ; signs 

 of, 118 ; delay of, 119 ; to encourage 

 clustering, 120 ; prevention of, 124, 

 126, 134; "fever," 124; artificial, 

 126-129, 167, 194. 



Swarms moving, 84 ; weighing, 85 ; 

 sending per post, 85 ; vagaries of, 

 119 ; truant, 120 ; casts, 10, 123, 126, 

 134 ; hunger, 123, 175 ; making for 

 sale, 128 ; hiving, 130-134 ; feeding, 

 131, 133 ; retracing, 134 ; separating, 

 138b. 



Sycamore, 6, 221, 223. 



Syrian bees, 31, 102, 113. 



Syrup for feeding, recipes, 183 ; 

 scented, 90, 135, 



Tarsus, 20. 



Testes, 25. 



Thorax, 18. 



Tibia, 19. 



Tin bars for section crates, 55, 141. 



Tins for extracted honey, 174. 



Tongue, 18. 



Trachea, 11, 21, 25. 



Transferring bees, 136 ; from skeP 

 or box, to modern hive, 137 ; 

 automatic transfer, 138 ; Hedilon 

 method, 138b. 



Uncapping knife, 73. 



Uniting bees, 90, 135-136. 



Value of combs, 35, 37, 61 ; of stocks, 

 83 ; of swarms, 83, 85, 118. 



Vassa deferentia, 25. 



Vaseline, 99, 100, 137, 143, 145. 



Veils, use of, 69, 96, 130 ; Lady's, CO ; 

 wire-cloth, 69. 



Velum, 19. 



Ventilation, 125, 206. 



Ventilators, 44, 46, 151. 



Ventral plates, 23. 



Vesiculfe seminales, 25. 



Vinegar, in bee food, 183 ; for ex- 

 hibition, 218. 



Virgil, 40, 76. 



Wasps, to destroy, 203. 



Water for bees, 5, 182, 208. 



Water in honey, 34, 182. 



Waterproof, making roofs, 207. 



Wax, described, 34 ; production, 5, 19, 

 23,34; honey used in, 35, 37 ; paraf- 

 fin and ceresin, 35, 61 ; adulteration, 

 35, 61 ; testing for adulteration, 02 ; 

 extraction, 74, 157, 216 ; extractors, 

 74; solar, 74, 157; steam, 75, 157 ; 

 for exhibition, 216. 



Wax moth, 203. 



Weed, E. B., 60. 



Wheat flour for bee food, 184b. 



White Clover, 7, 221, 223. 



White rock, 221, 223. 



White thorn, 6, 221, 223. 



Willow, 221, 223. 



Wings, 21. 



Winter, the bee in, 13-14 ; food, 181, 

 183 ; passages, 205 ; general 

 management, 208-209 ; flowers, 

 221-223. 



Wintering, 205-209. 



Wiring appliances, 63, 142-143 ; frames 

 142. 



Work for the month, 208-209. 



Worker bees, described, 2 ; their brief 

 life, 2 ; work, 2, 5 ; anatomy, 15-25. 



Worker cells, 35 ; size, 35 ; number in 

 comb of standard frame, 108. 



Zinc bars for section crates, 55, 141, 

 Zinc excluder, 57 ; use of, 145, 148, 

 149. 



