Glossary. 447 



Tibia— Fourth joint of an insect's leg, from tlie body, p. 123. 



Tibial Spur— Spur at end of tibia, p. 63. 



Tier up—Setting additional stories or crates of sections on a hive. 



Tongue— Sucking tube of bee, p. Ill, 



Tracheie— Air tubes or tubular lungs of insects, p. 23. 



Transferring— Removing colony ot bees from one hive to another, p. ^1». 



Trochanter — Second joint of insect's leg,, p. 63. 



Uncapping— Cutting caps from comb ctlls, p. 280. 



Un'erlile— Queen or eggs that cannot produce young. . ^ ,, ™, 



Unicorab Hive — Hive with one comb and glass sides ; observatory nive, p. zua. 



Uniting — To put two or more colonies into one, p. 395. 



Unripe— Thin honey ; honey not cured or evaporated. 



Untested Queen— One whose purity has not been demonstrated. 



Urinary Tubules— Tubes attached to the stomach of a bee, p. 120. 



Variety— Division of a race ; a strain. 



Veil -Protection for face, p. 295. 



Ventilation— Changing the air so it shall be constantly pure. 



Virgin— Unraated queen. 



Wax— Sec.etion formed between the abdominal segments of worker bees, p. 16i. 



Wax Extractor- Device for separating the wax from comb, p. 317. 



Wax Plates or Pockets— Place where the wax sca'es form on the under aide of a 



worker bee, p. 129. 

 Wedding Flight— Flight of queen to mate with the drone, p. 92. 

 Wild Bees- Bees in the forest with no owner. 



Wind Break— High fence or evergreen hedge to protect from wind, p. 216. 

 Winter Passages— Holes through the center of combs so be.'s can pass through, p. 



Wired Frames— Frames with opposite sides connected with fine wire, p. 314. 

 Worker Bees— The undeveloped females ; the bees that do the work except that of 



egg_laying, p. 107. 

 Worker Eggs—Kggs that develop into workers, p. 135. ..... . , ,., 



Worm— T?rm usually applied to a larva ; really a footless cylindrical animal like 



an angle worm* 



