INDEX. 



Advantages of leaving 

 sections on hives, . . . 110 



Age at which queen will 

 be superseded, . . 116, 126 



Age of queen at Jlme of 

 issuing of first swarm, . 116 



A new plan for introduc- 

 ing queens, 124 



Alley's combination and 

 shipping cage, .... 124 



American Apiculturist, . 134 



American Bee Gazette, . 134 



American Bee Journal, . . 133 



Artificial increase of the 



apiary, 98 



Bay State section-case, 



description of, . . . . 107 



Bee-hives, 102 



Beekeeper's Review, . . . 132 

 Bee publications, .... 132 

 Best plan to keep honey 



until sold, ..'.... 89 

 Best time to attach the 



drone-and-queen trap 



to the hive 95 



Best time to search for 



the queen, 123 



Best time to work with 



bees, 131 



Brood-chamber, how 



constructed 10^ 



Brood-combs, care of, . . 128 



Brood-combs, filled 



with honey, care of, . 

 Brood in the sections, . 



Canadian Bee Journal, . 



Canadian Honey Produ- 

 cer, 



Can swarming be pre- 

 vented? 



Care of bees during 

 winter, 



Cell-cups, how started, . 

 ; Cleansing fiight in winter, 



Clipping queens' wings, 85, 



Clipping queens' wings, 

 points of objection, . 



Conditions necessary to 

 construct queen-cells, 



Consumption of food by 

 hibernating colonies, . 



Contrasting entrance to 

 promote brood-rear- 

 ing 



Contraction of hives to 

 winter status, . . . 



Contracting the brood 

 chamber when work- 

 ing for section honey. 



Contracting the en- 

 trance to retain heat. 



Combs and eggs for ceE 

 building, how pre- 

 pared 



(135) 



127 

 110 



132 



132 

 90 



75, 78 

 . 115 

 . 80 

 , 86, 90 



. 91 



. 114 



. 74 



. 80 



. 76 



. 108 



. 80 



118 



