138 



INDEX. 



Queealess colonies, how 



to treat them 126 



Queeu- rearing 112 



Searing .queens in fall 



colonies during the 



honey harvest, .... 116 

 Bearing queens in full 



colonies without de- 

 priving the bees of 



their qutfen, 113 



Removing the packing 



in spring, 80 



Re-queening after the 



issuing of a swarm, . . 125 

 Requisites for good 



work at fastening 



foundations in frames 



or sections, 100 



Reversing to prevent 



swarming, 91 



Robbing, how known, . . 130 

 Robbing, how to guard 



against, 84 



Robbins, G. F., method 



of putting bees on, 



and getting bees out 



of sections 86 



Russell, P. R., essay by, 



on wintering bees, , . 75 



Sections, 108, 111 



Section cases, 106 



Section case of Frank 

 A. Eaton, described, . . 106 



Sections, fastening foun- 

 dation in, 101 



Section honey, method 

 of obtaining, by G. F. 

 Robbins, 86 



Sections, how many 

 sides open Ill 



Section-manufacturing, 

 competition in Ill 



Sections, when to put 

 on, 86 



Sections, when to re- 

 move, 87 



Selecting eggs for cells, . 119 



Setting out of bees, how 

 accomplished 82 



Shading the hives in 

 winter, 80 



' Size of frame to be used 



for cells 121 



Spreading brood 86 



Spring dwindling, ... 82 



Spring dwindling, how 

 traced 73 



Spring feeding 84 



Spring packing, prefera- 

 ble to winter 78 



Standing, or closed-end 

 frames 77 



Starting queen-cells, . . 113 



Stores necessary for 

 winter, 76 



Success In wintering, 

 necessary require- 

 ments of .... 71, 7S 



Suctiessfiil management 

 of apiary, practical 

 hints concerhing, ... 71 



Sugar syrup for winter 

 stores, 72 



Surplus arrangements, 

 conditions concei-ning, . 86 



Swarm controllers, ... 92 



Swarming, how pre- 

 vented a second time, . 90 



