INDEX 



129 



Feeding, syrup for slow, 60. 

 ,, when to begin, 60. 

 Fertilisation of queens, 92. 

 Fertile workers, 94. 

 Fixing foundation in frames, 40. 



,, ,, in sections, 74. 



Flight, distance of, 20. 

 Floor board, 24. 

 Flour candy, 65. 

 Flour, pea, 62. 

 Flowers, bees and, i. 

 double, 16. 

 ,, fertilisation of, 2. 

 Follower, 76. 

 Food chyle, 8 



„ receipts for, 61, 62, 64. 

 Formalin, no. 

 Foul brood, 107. 



„ ,, distinguished from 

 chilled brood, 108. 

 Foul brood, odour of, 108. 

 „ ,, prevention of, 109. 



,, ,, signs of, 108. 

 ,, „ treatment of, 108. 

 Foundation, comb, 39. 

 ,, fixing, 40. 



,, "Root," 39. 



,, for sections, 75. 



„ Weed, 39. 



Frame block, 36. 

 „ reversing, 69. 

 „ " Standard," 34. 

 ,, Taylor's standard, 35. 

 „ wiring, 40. 

 Fuel for smoker, 45. 



Gauntlets, 46. 



General management, 122. 



Glazing sections, 102. 



H. 



Heather, Bell, 18. 



„ cross-leaved, ig. 



Heather, honey, 82. 

 Heaths, British, 18. 

 Hive, bar frame, 22. 



,, dimensions of, 27. 



„ domestic economy of, 7. 



,, history of, 21. 



,, nails for, 27 



„ the"W.B.C.," 22. 



„ „ home-made, 27. 



,, wood for, 27. 

 Hives, cleaning, 106-123. 



,, distance apart, 15. 



, painting, 33. 



,, position of, 14. 



,, shelter for, 15. 

 Hiving a swarm, 48. 

 Honey, bees gorged with, 7. 

 „ bottles, 104. 



„ comb, 74. 



„ extracted, 80. 



„ ,, super for, 33, 80. 



„ extractor, " The Cowan," 



81. 

 Honey extractor, "The Raynor,*' 



81. 

 Honey flow, 73. 



,, heather, 82. 



„ press, "The Rymer," 83. 



,, ripener and strainer, 83. 



„ section, 74. 



„ secreted by plants, amount 



of, 20. 

 Honey, sources of, 16, 17, 18. 



„ tins, 104. 



,, unsealed, 81. 

 Huber, 94. 

 Hydromel, 116. 



I. 



Indications of queenlessness, 87. 

 Introducing queens, 93. 



,, ,, Simmin's direct 



method, 94. 

 Insects, plants and, 16. 

 ,, in quilts, 43. 



