INDEX 



Hetherington, Captain, plan of 

 swarm control of, 93-94. 



Hives, manufacture of, 64; size 

 of, 64-65; choice of, 70-72; 

 opening of, 76-79; advantages 

 of modern, 118-119; question 

 of depth, 119; size of, for pro- 

 duction of extracted honey, 137; 

 location of, 174-175; arrange- 

 ment of, in groups, 175-176; 

 stands for, 176-177; for out^ 

 door wintering, 287. 



Hive tools, 67-68. 



Homes of bees, 28-39. 



Honey, amount of, produced by 

 single hive, 7-8; not a product 

 but the food of bees, 36-37 

 effect of sources on flavor, 37 

 sources of, 55-58, 297-321 

 comb honey and extracted 

 honey, 117; receptacles for 

 storing extracted, 149 ; market- 

 ing of, 202-216; food constitu- 

 ents in, 230 ff. ; superiority of, 

 to sugar for certain purposes, 

 234-237; use of, in bread, cakes, 

 and confectionery, 237-239 ; 

 as medicine, 239; in soaps and 

 salves, 239-240; in cooking 

 recipes, 240-253. 



Honey-boards, 136-137. 



Honey-bread, 237-238. 



Honey sac, the, IS. 



House apiaries, 294-295. 



Hybrids, 20. 



Implements, 65-68. 



Increase, methods of artificial, 



152-171. 

 Indoor wintering, 284-286, 291- 



295. 

 Italian bees, 18, 20, 24-27; as 



robbers, 258. 



Jars for honey, 203-205. 

 Jumbles, honey, 238, 240-241. 



Kneipp's honey-salve recipe, 254. 

 Knives, choice of, for uncapping, 

 143-146. 



Langstroth, L. L., father of Amer- 

 ican bee-keeping, vii; frame 

 hive invented by, 30. 



Larvae, 49-50; grafting of, 104- 

 105. 



Life, length of bees', 3. 



Liquefying granulated honey, 

 204-205. 



Literature on bees, 11, 17. 



Location of apiaries, 172-175. 



Lyon feeder, the, 274-276, 279- 

 280. 



McEyoy, William, treatment of 



diseased bees by, 193-194. 

 Marketing of honey, 202-216. 

 Mating of bees, 41-44; of virgins 



under Swarthmore method, 109- 



110. 

 Mating-boxes, 110. 

 Medicine, honey as, 239, 247, 249, 



254-257. 

 Mice as bee enemies, 199-200. 

 Migratory bee-keeping, 181, 183- 



184. 

 Miller, Dr. C. C, cited, 66. 

 Miller feeder, the, 278. 

 Mills, Don, mentioned, 161. 

 Moving bees, 59-64; from out 



apiaries to home yards, 179- 



180. 



Newspapers, use of, in preparing 

 hives for outdoor wintering, 288. 

 Nurse bees, 49-50. 



Odors, effect of, on bees, 70, 74; 



distinctive odors of different 



bee colonies, 115. 

 Orchards, question of locating 



hives in, 175. 

 Out apiaries, 58, 173 ff.; location 



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