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 

 Aah, 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 



in combless packages, 127 

 Beeswax, adulteration of, 199 



color (rf, 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, 131 



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, 262 

 Cells, care of queen, 126 

 Ch^ff 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 



