INDEX 
Adulteration of honey, 296 
of wax, 199 
Advertising, exhibits for, 269 
general, 268 
methods of, 267 
Alexander feeder, 134 
plan of making increase, 104 
strainer, 190 
Alfalfa, 60 
region, 49 
Alley plan of queen rearing, 124 
Apiary, arrangement of, 36-41 
Apprenticeship, value of, 18 
Artichoke, 63 
Ash, source of pollen, 80 
Aster, 69 
Basswood, 60 
Beech, 80 
Bee-escapes, 161 
Bee-keepers, studious, 9 
Bee-keeping, advantages of, 10 
Bees as pets, 1 
Beeswax, adulteration of, 199 
color of, 197 
melts at low temperature, 196 
production of, 195 
substitutes for, 199 
uses of, 198 
see also Wax 
Birch, source of pollen, 80 
Bitter honey, 81 
Bitterweed, 81 
Black bees, 98 
Bleaching wax, 204 
Blending honey, 265 
Boiler press for wax, 204 
Bonney advertising stickers, 268 
hive markers, 44 
postcard, 280 
Book-keeper, successful bee-keeper, 
15 
Booklets for advertising, 276 
Box-elder, source of pollen, 80 
Breeding to produce non-swarming 
bees, 157 
Brood rearing, feeding for, 130 
Buckwheat, 61 
Bulk honey, 194 
Business, bee-keeping as exclusive, 
16 
Button bush, 78 
Buying bees, 27 
Cage method of introducing queens, 
114 
Candied honey, liquefying, 191 
retailing, 193 
Candy stores, bees at, 285 
Canvassing, to sell honey, 280 
Carniolans, 99 
Carpenter, a bee-keeper, 13 
Catnip, 78 
Caucasian bees, 99 
Cellar, essentials of good, 254 
for wintering, 252 
Cells, care of queen, 126 
Chaff hives, 234 
Chestnut, source of pollen, 80 
Chilled brood, 222 
Chunk honey, 194 
Clerk, successful bee-keeper, 13 
Clipping queens, 101 
Closing the season, 162 
Clover region, 48 
Colonies, to tell strong, 30 
Colorado plan of inspection, 295 
Comb bucket, 25 
honey, care of, 262 
production, 136 
Combs, care of empty, 228 
Commercial queen rearing, 123 
Commission houses, selling through, 
260 
Containers for honey, 190 
Control of bee diseases, 292 
essentials of, 5 
Corn, source of pollen, 80 
Cover, for hive, 23 
Cranberry, bee as pollenizing agent, 
84 
Crownbeard, 66 
299 
