INDEX 



Cells, size and structure of, 33-34; 



of queen bees, 46. 

 Chaff hives for outdoor wintering, 



287. 

 Clothing for beekeepers, 68-70. 

 Clover, flavor of honey from, 



231. 

 Color of honey, variation in, 231. 

 Colors, bees' choice of, 69-70. 

 Comb honey, shallow brood neat 



hives for, 71-72 ; production of, 



117-132; marketing of, 208 ff.; 



grading of, 211-215; choice of 



sections for, 215-216. 

 Combs, structure and composition 



of, 12; method of manufacture, 



32-33. 

 Concrete hive stands, 176. 

 Constipation, honey u cure for^ 



249, 255-256. 

 Cooking recipes with honey, 240- 



253. 

 Cough-cures from honey, 246, 



254, 256, 257. 

 Croup remedy from honey, 255. 

 Cyprian bees, 20-21. 



Daisy Foundation fastener, 123. 



Diseases of bees, 187-199. 



Distance that bees will travel, 

 185. 



Doolittle Division board feeder, 

 277. 



Doolittle system of queen-rearing, 

 108-109. 



Dragon flies as bee enemies, 199. 



Dress for women beekeepers, 68- 

 69. 



Drinks from honey, 246-247. 



Drones, class of bees constituting, 

 13; fertilization of queen bees 

 by, 44-45; rearing and develop- 

 ment of, 51; eggs which produce, 

 52-53; life of, 53-54. 



Dyspepsia remedies from honey, 

 247, 255. 



Eggs, 12-13; for production of 

 queens, 46; for production of 

 worker bees, 48-49; develop- 

 ment of, into grubs, 49; laying 

 of drones' and workers', 52. 



Embalming, beeswax used in, 217. 



Enemies of bees, 199-201. 



Escape boards, 129. 



European foul brood disease, 187- 

 188, 194-197. 



Excluding-boards, 136-137. 



Extracted honey, defined, 117; 

 production of, 133-151; mar- 

 keting of, 203-208. 



Extractors, selection of, 143-145. 



Eyes of bees, 14. 



Feeding and feeders, 168, 269- 



282. 

 Field mice as bee enemies, 199- 



200. 

 Flavor of honey affected by its 



source, 37-38. 

 Food constituents in honey, 230 ff. 

 Forage for bees, 172-173, 297- 



321. 

 Foul brood disease, 187-191. 

 Foundation, wax, 30-31; the 



cutting of, 122; methods of 



fastening to tops of section 



boxes, 123; importance of 



properly wiring in, 135; pure 



beeswax the only, 218. 

 Frames for hives, 29-30; choice 



of, 72; question of depth of, 



119. 

 Frogs as bee enemies, 199. 

 Funeral, story of bees at a, 35-36. 



"Gleanings in Bee Culture," 



quoted, 154-157. 

 Gloves for working with bees, 81. 

 Grading comb honey, 211-215. 



Hazel Atlas Simplex jars, 205. 

 Hearts of bees, 16. 



