INDEX 



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Albino bees...„ 13 



Alley nursery cage.- 44 



Alley plan of queen rearing _ 49 



American bees 10 



Apisdorsata 9 



Apisflorea 9 



Apis Indica _ ..10 



Apis mellifica. _._ 10 



Artificial cells 60 



Baby nuclei .35 — 81 



Banatbees _ 16 



Benton queen cage 44 — 87 



Black bees 10—11 



Breeder, good traits of 25 



Breeding, to improve stock 23 



Cages. - 42—44—87 



Cage method of introducing _ 94 



Caging queens 88 



Candy ...87 



Case method of queen rearing 57 



Carniolan bees._ 15 



Cell block... 55—78 



Cell protectors.- 79 



Cells care of 77 



Cells artificial _ 60 



Cells preparation for 63 



Cells starting 71 



Cyprian bees 12 



Caucasian bees 16 



Davis plan of queen rearing._ 53 



Davis mating hives 58 — 40 — 41 



Direct introduction of queens 96 



Disease, spread from queen yards _ ..101 



Doolittle method of queen rearing 60 



Drones _ __ 20 



Drones control of. 26 



Early methods of queen rearing 31 



Egyptian bees 17 



Equipment for queen rearing. 47 



Feeders.-- 41 



Feeding.- 76 



Flour method of introducing queens. 98 



Gentle stock for breeders 25 



German bees __..10 — 1 1 



Giant bees of India 9 



Golden bees 15 — 26 



Grading queens 89 



Grafting. 65 — 66 



Grafting house.„_ ...„. 31 



Grafting in drone comb _ 53 



Grafting tools 66 



Holy land bees 13 



Honey method of introducing queens.... 98 



Hopkins method of queen rearing. 57 



Hybrid bees 11 



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Direct methods 96 



Flour method.- 98 



Smoke method _ 96 



Water method 98 



Italian bees. 11 — 13 



Mating: 



In confinement 28 



Artificial ..28 



In greenhouses 29 



Mating hives 33 — 38 



Mating-hives, stocking 81 



Miller method of queen rearing 55 



Nuclei.- 33-35 



Formation of 80 



Baby 35-81 



Nursery cages 42 — 44 



Parthenogenesis 29 



Present day methods of queen rearing 53 



Punic bees 17 



Queen, life of 19 



Queen rearing 



in nature.. 21 



early methods of. 47 



equipment for 31 



Alley plan of...- - 49 



Davis plan of ...53 



Case method of 57 



Hopkins method .....57 



Doolittle method 60 



Miller method 55 



Present day methods 53 



Quinby's method 48 



In queenright colonies _ 75 



Races of bees 9 



Albinos 13 



Banats - 16 



BIacks..._ 10—1 1 



Carniolans ., 15 



Caucasians 16 



Cyprians 12 



Egyptians 17 



GoIdens._ 15—26 



Germans 10 — 11 



Holylands 13 



Italians.- 11—13 



Punic _ _ 17 



Syrians. 13 



Tunisan _. 17 



Rauchf uss cage 44 



Rauchfuss mating hive 34 



Royal jelly. 63 



Shipping cages. 44 



Shipping queens 87 



Stocking mating-hives .._ 81 



Swarm box. 40 — 74 



Increase, combined with mating... 



Introduction of queens..... 



Cage method 



..83 

 ..93 

 ..94 



Transferring larvae.. 



..65 



Virgin queens 90 



introducing _ 9R 



