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INDEX. 



Sting of worker-bee, 

 (Plate 2, fig. 4) 46, 189 



queen . > • 5j 8 



Stocks, ventilated for tra- 

 velling . . < 251 



~ vfhy called so . 162 



1 best kept strong 19, 57, 



117 

 Stomach (Plate 2, figs, i and 



z^i). . ,i 44,45 



Supers, glass i33> '3+. ^35 



straw . . .81 



for Woodbury 



hives, engraving 93, 162 

 Superstitions , . . 245 

 Swarming, usual time of 



year for . . . 21 



cause of . . .22 



agitation before . 23 



usual time of day 



for 24 



desirable to prevent 30, 



56 



consequence of a 



second flight of . . 26 



how to hive . 28, 71 



means of prevent- 

 ing second flight k 

 two sometimes de- 

 part from their respec- 

 tive hives at same time, 

 and mingle . -. 



care to prevent loss 



of . . . . 



time for removing 



care to be exercised 



with . . 53, 64, 71 



first most valuable 29 



second, cause of . 29 



how to restore . 30 



premonitory symp- 

 toms of . 19 



26 



47 

 26 



Taking honey 58, 73, 115, 163 



Taylor's- hives, see Bee- 

 hives . . .21 



Thomson's " Seasons," 

 extract from . . 21 



Thorax (Plate 2, fig. i) 40 



U. 

 Unicomb hives 6, 17, 97, 102 



V. 



V entilation 5 1 , 7 1 , 7 3 , 1 24, 249 



W. 



Wasps, how to prevent 

 the increase of . 



attack of 



Water essential 



Weighing hives, import- 

 ance of . 



engraving of Sal- 

 ter's spring balance , 



Wildman . , . _ 



marvellous feats of 217 



Woodbury hives, see 

 Bee-hives. 



super, see Supers. 



Worker-bee, description 

 of . . . ■ ij 



number in a hive 15, 28 



223 

 225 

 200 



185 



186 

 215 



Z. 



Zinc covers 



131, 132 



