APIARIAN GLOSSARY. 
Abdomen—The third or last part of bee’s body, 
Absconding Swarm—Swarm that has separated 
home, p. 260. 
Adulteration--Making eal as mixing glucose with honey, p. 149. 
After Swarms—Swarms that issue within a few days after the first swarms, p, 142. 
Aur Tubes—Trachex; Lungs of insects, p. 24. 
Albino—Usually applied to animals with no pigmentin skin, hair, etc. In bee cult- 
ure it refers to a variety of [talians with white rings, p. 43. 
Alighting Board—Board in front of entrance, on which bees light as they return to 
their hives, p. 179. 
American Hive—Langstroth bive with frames one foot square. 
Antenne—Horn-like organs of insects, 
. 55. 
Antenna Cleaner—Organ on anterior ie of bees, wasps, etc., to dust antennz, 
. 51. 
Pon cluster and is going to its new 
. 123. 
Apiarlen—Adjeutire, as apiarian implements; incorrectly used as a noun for apiarist. 
Apiarist—One who keeps bees. 
Apiary—Place where bees are kept, including bees and all. 
Apiculture—Art of bee keeping. 
Apide—Family of bees, p. 29. 
Aphis—Plant lice, p. 334. 
Apis—Genus of the honey-bee, p. 35. 
Artificial Fecundation or Impregnation—Fecundation in confinement (?). 
Artificial Heat, Swarms, Pasturage, etc.—Furnished by man; not natural. * 
Atavism—Inheriting from a remote ancestor. 
Balling of Queen—Bees as snugly about the queen in form ofa sphere p. 266. 
Bar Hives—Hives with bars across the top to which the combs are attached, p. 176. 
Barren—Sterile; not able to produce eegs or young, p. 97. 
Bees—Insects of the Family Apidz, p. 29. 
Bee-Bird or Bee Martin—A fly-catcher that captures bees, p. 433. 
Bee-Bread—The albuminous food of bees, usually pollen, p. 159. 
Bee Culture—Keeping bees, 
Bee Glue—Propolis, p. 162. 
Bee Gum—Section of hollow tree used as a bee hive. 
Bee Hat—Hat so arranged as to prevent bees from stinging the face, p. 295. 
Bee Hawk—Dragon fly, p. 422. 
Bee Hive—Box for bees, p. 173. 
Bee House—House where bees are kept, where bee work is done, or bees wintered, 
» B91. 
Bee-keeper—One who keeps bees ; apiarist. 
Bee-line—Straight line, like the route of bee from field to hive, p. 223 
Bee Louse—Braula Coca, B; 420A, 
Bee Martin—King or Bee Bird, p. 433. 
Bee Master—English, Bee-keeper. 
Bee Moth—Galleria Cereana, p. 408. 
Bee Pasturage—Honey Plants, p. 332. 
Bee Plants—Plants which secrete nectar and so are visited by bees, p, 332. 
Bee Spaces—Space that bape allow a bee to pass ; it is three-sixteenths of aninch. 
A double bee space, three-eighths of an inch minus, is the space that bees do 
not fill with brace combs or glue. __ 
Bee’s Wax—Secretion of the bee from which comb is fashioned, p. 150. 
Bee Tent—Tent covering hive and bee-keeper, pp. 285, 301. In England tent for 
lectures on bees. 
Bee Tree—A hollow tree in which bees breed and store, p. 223. 
Bee Veil—Veil for protecting face while working with bees, p. 295. 
Bell Glass—Glass vessel used for surplus comb honey storing. 
Bingham Knife—Uncappin knife with beveled eo p- 280. 
Bingham Smoker—Bee smoker with open draft, p. 
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