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INDEX. 



Candy, how to make it, 67, 68 



— medicated, 84 



Cane sugar alone is suitable for 



bees, 94 

 Carbolic acid, how to quiet bees 



with it, S2, 34 

 Carniolan bees, 13, Lil 



— hybrids, 15, 91 



Carr section erate, its advan- 

 tages, 411 



illustration of, 44 



Chilled brood, 53, 55, 82 



Close driving, 74 



Clover honey, 69 



Cocoons spun by bees in larval 

 state, 4, 5 



Comb box, illustration of, 47 



— foundation, 26, 27 



for the stock hive, ' ' brood 



foundation," 27 



how to fi'x into frames, 28 



illustration of, 27 



metal, 29 



wired, its advantages, 



27-29 



illustration of, 29 



Combination hives, 21 



Combs, .sV(? Honey combs 



Composition of a hive or colony 

 of bees, 1 



Condemned bees, 72 



Co-operation desirable in bee- 

 keeping, 114 



Cowan, T. W. , his writings, 8, 

 76, 89 



— his method of using formic 

 acid, 84 



Crates of sections, see Section 



crates 

 Crossbred bees, 15 

 Cyprian bees, 14, 56 



Dalmatian bees, 15 

 Development of the bee from 



the egg, various stages of, 4-7 



illustration of, 2 



Direct introduction of queen 



bees to alien stocks and 



nuclei, 8, 71, 72, 105 

 Diseases of bees, SO-93 

 Disinfecting hives, 8(1, 92, 93 



Disinfection of bee-keeper after 

 handling diseased bees or hives, 

 86, 93 

 Distance racks for bar-frames, 97 

 Dividers for sections, 39, 103 



illustrations of, 39, 103 



Division boards, see Dummy 



boards 

 Divisional section crates, 25 



illustration of, 25 



Doubling, 45, 46 



— boxes for bar-frame hives, 22 



illustration of, 23 



— sliding inner walls 



for, 22 



illustration of, 22 



Driving bees out of straw skeps, 



method of, 72-74 



— irons, illustration of, 73 

 Drone comb, 3 



— eggs, time of year when first 

 are laid, 9 



Drones, illustration of, 2 



— longevity of, 6 



— should be bred from the best 

 stocks only, 64 



— their natural history, 2, 5, 6 

 Dummy boards, 20 



illustration of, 20 



excluding queen, 37 



illustration of, 38 



feeder, 63 



illustration of, 63 



"Wells," 77 



Dysentery, 80, 81, 90 



Kconomy essential when breed- 

 ing bees for sale, 66 



Eggs, laid by the queen, 2 



are of two kinds, 3 



fertile workers produce 



only drones, s 



Empty honey combs for hiving 

 swarms upon, 24, 95 



liow to fix them into 



frames, 25 



how to preserve them 



from the wax moth, 41, 4S, 49 



English bee, the, 12 



Entrance contractor, 19 



illustration of, 19 



