.|.44 Glossary. 



Hill's Device— Curved sticks used to raise cloth a little from tlie frames in winter. 



Hive — ^Box or receptacle for bees, p. 173. 



Hiving — Removing a swarm of bees from cluster to Iiive, p. 349. 



Hiving Basket or Box— Basket or box used m hivin}? swarms, p. 252. 



Holy Land Bees— Yellow bees from Southern Palesiinc, p. 45. 



Honey — Nectar digested by tbe beu.->, ]i. 145. 



Honey-Bee — Apis Meilifica, the domestic bee, p. 82. 



Honey Bag— Honey stpmach, p. 117. 



Honey Board— Board between brood chamber and section crate, p. 183. 



Honey Box — Box for surplus comb honey. 



Honey Comb— Fabric tliat holds the honey and brood, p. 152. 



Honey Dew— Nectar from insects like Aphides and bark lice, or from extra floral 



glands, p. 335. 

 Honey Extractor — Machine for extracting honey, p. 276, 

 Honey Gate—Faucet to draw extracted honey from an extractor or barrel. It is 



closed instantly by a slide or gate. 

 Honey Knife—A knife for uncapping honey, p. 280. 

 Honuy Sac— Honey stomach, p. 117. 

 Honey Slinger— Honey extractor, p. 276. 

 Honey Stomach — Honey sac where bee carries honey, p. 117. 

 House Apiary— Building frost-proof where bees are kept continually, p. 398. 

 Hungarian Bee— Variety of the black bee from Hungary, p. 38. 

 Hybrid— Properly an animal which is a cross between two different species. A hy- 

 brid bee is a cross between two different races ; all the bees except the drones 

 from an Italian queen mated to a black drone will be hybrids ; the drones will 

 be pure if the queen is ( see Dzierzon theory ). 

 Ilymettus^A mountain of Greece famed for its delicious honey. 

 Hypopharynx— Membrane or curtain connectmg the base of the mouth organs, p. 



112. 

 Ileum— Small intestine, p. 120. 



Imago— The mature insect ; the last or winged stage of an insect, p. 81. 

 Intestine— Digestive tube beyond tiie stomach, p. 120. 

 Introducing -Method of making bees accept a strange queen, p. 265. 

 Introducing Cage — Cage for mtroducing a queen, p. 267. 

 Inverting — ^Turning a hive, section, crate or frame bottom up. Reversing is also 



used, p. 257. 

 Italian Bee — A yellow race from Italy. Every worker bee has three well marked 



yellow bands, pp. 42, 261. 

 Italianizing — Changing bees from some other race to Italians, p. 261. 

 Krainer Bees— Bees from Krain, Austi-ia ; same as Carniolans, p. 45. 

 I-abium — Under lip of an insect, p. 62. 

 I^abrum — Upper lip of an insect, p. 51, 

 Lamp Nursei-y — ^Tin double walled box used for rearing queens, p. 241. 



Langstroth Frame— Adopted by Mr. Langstroth for his hive ; size 1751 by 9H. p- 

 192. 



Langstroth Hive — L. Hive ; Hive with frame suspended in a case or box ; invented 

 by Rev. L. L. Langstroth, p. 176. 



Ligula— End of labium ; the tongue in bees, pp. 52, 112. 



Ligurian Bee — Same as Italian ; name from Liguria, a province in Italy, p. 42. 



Lining Bees— Noting direction of flight to find oee- tree, etc., p. 223. 



Ma^ffot — Footless larva of two winged flies ; often applied to any footless larvae. 



Maiden Swarm — First swarm. 



Mandibles — Main jaws of insects, p. 53. 



Manipulation— Handling. 



Marriage Flight— Mating of queen, p. 92. 



Mat— Flexible cover to place over brood frames, made of slats, straw, etc.. pp. 187, 

 198. *^ 



Maturing Brood— Where the bees are just emerging from the cells. 



Maxillae — The second or under jaws of insects, p. 53. 



Mel Extractor— Honey extractor, p. 276. 



Meliput— Honey extractor.'p. 276. 



Mentum — Second joint of laoium or under lip, p. 52. 



Metal Corners— Tins to fasten and unite corners of frames. 



Micropyle— Openings in eggs where sperm cells enter, p. 77. 



Miller — Moth, whicn is the more proper word. 



Misinated — Not purely mated. 



