Glossary. 447 
Tibia—Fourth joint of an Insect’s leg, from the body, p. 123. 
Tibial Spur—Spur at end of tibia, p. 63. ° 
Tier up—Setting additional stories or crates of sections on a hive. 
Tongue—Sucking tube of bee, z 111. 
Trachee—Air tubes or tubular lungs of insects, p. 23. 
Transferring—Removing colony of bees from one hive to another, p. 219. 
Trochanter—Second joint of insect's leg, p. 63. 
Uncapping—Cutting caps from comb cells, p. 280. 
Unfertile—Queen or egg's that cannot produce young. ‘ 
Unicomb Hive—Hive with one comb and glass sides ; observatory hive, p. 203. 
Uniting—To put two or more colonies into one, p. 395. 
Unripe—Thin honey ; honey not cured or evaporated. 
Untested Queen—One whose purity has not been demonstrated. 
Urinary Tubules—Tubes attached to the stomach of a bee, p. 120. 
WVariety—Division of a race ; a strain. 
Veil—Protection for face, p. 295. 
Ventilation—Changing the air so it shall be constantly pure. 
Virgin—Unmated queen. 
Wax-—Secretion formed between the abdominal segments of worker bees, p. 152. 
Wax Extractor—Device for separating the wax from comb, p. 317. a 
Wax Plates or Pockets—Place where the wax scales form on the under side of a 
worker bee, Bs 129. is 
Wedding Fight light of queen to mate with the drone, p. 92. 
Wild Bees—Bees in the forest with no owner. 
Wind Break—High fence or evergreen hedge to protect from wind, p. 216, 
Winter Passages—Holes through the center of combs so bees can pass through, p. 
386. 
Wired Frames—Frames with opposite sides cqnnected with fine wire, p. 314. 
Worker Bees-—-The undeveloped females ; the bees that do the work except that of 
egg laying, p. 107. 
Worker Eggs—Egegs that develop into workers, p. 135. The id a 
Worm—Term usually applied to a larva; really a footl ylindrical I like 
an angle worm. 
