272 



Gardeners ought to be 



bee-keepers . . 24.7 

 General remarks . .238 

 Glasses, bell . . 133, 154 



must be kept warm 65 



Guide-comb for glasses . 135 



for bars . 68, 97 



note . . . i6j 



H. 



Hive should be ready 



for swarm . 27, 71, 



Hives, j^^ Bee-hives, 

 Hearing of bees, sense of 

 Honey-bag (Plate 3, figs. 

 I and a) . 



T- way to drgin from 



comb. . . , 

 ■ — ^ cutters . , 



r dew 



Human breath obnoxious 

 Huber (Francis), life of 



250 



44 



Italian Alp Bee (Plate i, 

 figs. I, a, 3), not all 

 of them yellow . 



description of 



r- German bee-keep- 

 er's opinion 



great honey-col- 

 lecting powers . 



Hermann's book on 



=^ introduction into 



England . 



importation of 



queens unsuccessful in 

 many instances . 



' plan of uniting 

 foreign queens to Eng- 

 lish stocks (note) 



200 



20} 



20 J, 

 205 



206 



207 



Journal of Horticulture, 208, 



Improved cottage-hive 68 



comb-bar . . 90 



Impressed wax sheets . 151 

 Impregnation of queen . 6, 1 3 

 Increase of bees . . 18 

 India-rubber gloves 27, 149, 



'59 

 Insects, cleansing hives 



from. . . . 125 

 Interchange of combs 

 for strengthening weak 

 hives. . . 92, 168 



L. 



Legs of bees . 



Ligurian honey-bee, see 



Italian Bee. 

 Loyalty of bees 



40 



S. 99> '04 



M. 



Mortar not necessary for 



closing crevices . . 82 

 Moths, how to prevent . 228 



