INDEX 
A 
After-Swarms, Defined......... sees 69 
After-Swarms, Preventing.......... 69 
Alighting-Board, Described ......... 12 
American Foul Brood........... a2 cb 
Ants, Getting Rid of..............120 
APIARY 
Location in City..... Mar eho kiua) 6 ~.. 33 
Shade Desirable ....4.s¢.00<004+ 82 
Where to Locate....... Saree ise ABS 
Appendix ........... Baa tsldreyeye f .118- 122 
B 
Bait Sections, Use of.............. 85 
Balling the Queen..............05 59 
BEE 
Brush Handy ...........-..200-. 17 
Enemies .........-... Se mire 120-122 
Escape, Porter...........ee0e+2. 14 
Escape Board ............005- 14, 78 
Gloves Needed ...........2-0008 ood: 
Martin, Bee Enemy... ri 122 
Paralysis ......0...5. Wade vac 18 
Smoker Described..... «+17, 49, 50 
Tree, Getting Bees from.......... 80 
Veil Essential ........0. 00 ee eee 17 
Beebread or Pollen..... CR TOe rere ar 40 
Beekeepers, Olothing of............ 49 
Beekeepers, Successful ...........5, 7 
BEEKEEPING 
Combined with Other Business..6, 7 
6 
Fascinating: 4 66 c-aceesiecgaee ass ca 
How to Begin..... Ben ehesnee, 468 8 
Profit from ...... 2c. cece eee es 6 
Success in ......... cece eee R= 00) 
When to Start........... wee 7, 108 
BEES 
Brushing from Combs............ 79 
Buying ..... die Aiayauaraadncapaxore 21, 22, 26 
Diseases of ......-20e.ceeue 118-120 
Examining and Handling......... 49 
Getting Them from Trees or Walls. 80 
Kinds of cose es voc ece saves nae vas eee 21 
Length of Life of............... 41 
Located in City ..............-. 33 
Marking New Location........... 23 
MOVING. se2ciesesoameemesiascs + (23 
Need Water ........... 
Pound Packages of.......... 
Shade Desirable for...... 
Stages in Development of. 
Transferring from Box Hives. 27, 28 
What Kind to Get...... scanireiie: aiceien “2M 
When Likely to Rob............. 
Beeswax, Description of.... 
Beginning Beekeeping.... 
Bottling Honey........... 
Bottom-board, or floor............ 
«. 12 
Box Hives, Described . PERE sere AD 
Box Hives, Transferring Bees from . 27 
Brood, Diseases of............ .119, “120 
Brood, When Kept in Upper Story. . 116 
BROOD-CHAMBER 
Contracting for Winter...,.,,100, 102 
123 
Defined aemeee 42 
Enlarging ......0..6. perro a) 
Brood-Rearing, When Suspended... wee BT 
Brush, Handy ......escceeessreee LT 
BUYING .- 
Bees by the Pound........ sea cies 26 
Bees, What to Look for.......... 22 
INUCIOL, 5 cess: sith encestbvare reais tetas olor deewend 24 
SWArMG aoc nie ceecsee eines cere ereriue 25 
Cc 
Can, Uncapping .....-...--.-+-0: . 80 
Candy, Feeding ........e0eeeeeee-- 112 
Candy, Recipe for ............ oor LTD 
Capping of Cells..........++2...45, 46 
Capping Receptacle ............... 80 
Carbon Bisulphide, Remedy “tor Ants .120 
Carbon Bisulphide, Remedy for Moths.121 
Cellar, When Bees Taken from......109 
Cellar Wintering.............. 101, 106 
CELLS 
Arrangement of .......... +. -45, 46 
Cappings of .......... eee ee et 45, 46 
Description of ............48, 44, 45 
Ohaff Tray ......... acne eee ee 14, 103 
Chunk Honey Production......... ae 10 
Cleaning Hive ........ Pee rere a ef 
Clipping, When and How Done. -.114,115 
Olothing for Beekeepers........... 49 
COLONIES 
Distinguished from Swarms...... 25 
Divided for Increase............. 90 
Increase: Of 2. 2 sesreise ge hae ew ene 91 
Strong for Honey “Flow Sila vata welioetors 108 
Uniting ........- wis 113 
Weak ‘Ones Robbed. . . 94 
When Taken from Cellar. nite a ra ave ele 109 
COLONY 
Distinguished from Nucleus....... 24 
Waly 625. sere se ge wavered» aimee ele ates 24 
Hopelessly Queenless............. 59 
Proof of Drone-layer ............- 96 
Proof of Laying Workers in...... 96 
Proof of Queenlessness........... 96 
Queenless, How ena SOW eee 57 
VAIS OL! e956 sass hae sat anton bi taesto tate an 6 
COMB 
and Extracted Honey Production 
Compared ..... aed dies eee bee 69, 3 
Building ............. oii aeoaesnexe 
Deseription of ............... 15, ce 
Drone, Rejected.............. 29,115 
for Brood ........... riee-aate wearer AE, 
Foundation, Described ........ 15, 44 
Foundation, Purposes of.......... 45 
COMBS 
Care of ........ sualabere eaten 82, 96 
Freeing from Bees oshoiaS na chai sacs eave tee MD: 
Old for Winter Nest............. 100 
Stained, How Cleaned............119 
Stronger with Age.............. 44 
Travel-stained .............00... 44 
COMB HONEY 
Outfit to Producer,...--+++++-19, 20 
