INDEX. 



137 



How to destroy eggs in 

 cells 120 



How to fasten strips of 

 comb (in cell-build- 

 ing) in position, . . . 122 



How to find a queen, . 122, 123 



How to know that a col- 

 ony has a good queen, . 85 



How to make cell-buUd- 

 ing a success, .... 115 



How to manage an api- 

 ary when one has col- 

 onies enough, .... 99 



How to manage the trap 



when a swarm issues, . 95 



How to prepare bees for 

 the harvest, 85 



How to prepare food for 

 bees, after taking from 

 cellar, 84 



How to preserve a queen 

 several days after be- 

 ing received by mail, . . 132 



Immediate introdnctiou 

 of queens desirable, . .124 



Langstroth hive, .... 75 



Nonpareil bee-hive, il- 

 lustrated . . 105 



Nuclei, forming of, . 118, 127 



One-piece sections ila. 

 four-piece sections, . 



Ill 



Packing and Its disad- 

 vantages, 78 



Packing over the combs, . 79 



Partly filled sectiolis, 



care of, 127 



Plan to be pursued when 

 rearing queens on a 

 large scale, 119 



Practical hints concern- 

 ing successful manage- 

 ment of apiaiy, .... 71 



Practical method of re- 

 versing 92 



Preparing bees for har- 

 vest, essay on, by G. 

 M. Doolittle, .... 82 



Preparing the combs and 

 ■ eggs for cell-building, . U8 



Preparing to start 

 queen-cells, 113 



Preparation for winter, . 75, 18 



Prevention of swarm- 

 ing, an impossibility, . . 89 



Prevention Ot swarming 

 discussion concerning, . 89 



Production of comb 

 honey, 81 



Queen Breeders' Jour- 

 nal, ... 132 



Queen-cells illustrated, . . 121 



Queenless colonies, how 

 recognized, 126 



