INDEX 



Apiaries — 

 Best situation for, 26 



To stock — 

 By colonies in skeps, 21 

 By " driven" bees, 21 



By established colonies in 



frame hives, 21 

 By swarms, 21 



Apiarist's Foes — 

 Bee paralysis, 77 

 Black brood, So 

 Dysentery, 77 

 Foul-brood, its cause and 



treatment, 77-79 

 Isle of Wight bee disease, 77 

 May pest, 77 

 Mice, 78 



Toads and Tits, 78 

 Wasps, 78 



Appliances for Bee-keepers — 

 Excluder Zinc, An, 31 

 Extractors, 31 

 Feeders, 31 

 Home-made, 112-116 

 Queen-cages, 31 

 Smokers, " Bingham " type 

 preferred, 31 



Appliances for Bee-keepers — 

 Supers and shallow frames, 



3i' 

 Veils, 30 



Bee-keeper's attributes, A 

 good, 47 



Bees — 



Begin to stir at the end 

 of February, 17 



Secret of manipulating, 65 

 Beginners, Hints to, 69 



Colonies of bees, To divide 

 81,82 



Combs — 

 Cleaning up emptied wet, 75 

 Colour of, indicates age, 22 

 Foundation for, How to use, 



33.34 

 Good ones, Points of, 22 

 To store in winter, 103 



"Driven" bees, How to get, 



and price of, 24 

 Driving bees, Two methods, 



98 

 Drones, or male bees, 16 



