INDEX. 



119 



Entrances to bar-frame hives, 19 



— should be narrowed in spring, 

 68 



— width ill autumn, 74 



in winter, 75 



Extracted honey, advantages of, 



45 

 Extracting honey, 46, 47 



— beeswax from honey combs, 

 48, 94 



Extractors, honey, illustrations 

 of, 48 



— wax, 48, 94 



illustration of, 48 



"Fasting" cure for foul brood, 



86 

 Feeders, illustrations of, 52, 57, 



63, 85, 106, 108, 110 

 Feeding, rapid, 56, 57, 74 



— stimulative, 51, 52, 55, 63, 107, 

 108 



— with candy, 67, 68 



hot syrup, 57 



Fertile workers, 8 



the best plan to get rid 



of, 8 

 introducing queens to 



colonies, with, 8 

 Fertilisation of fruit blossoms by 



bees, vi, vii, 76 

 Fixed comb hives, 16 

 Fixing queen cells into nuclei, 



61 

 Floor-boards of hives, 18 



illustrations of, 18 



Flour, pea, used as artificial 



pollen, 67 



— sprinkling bees with, when 

 uniting, 43 



Formic acid, the poison in bee 



stings, 30 

 as a cure for foul brood, 83, 



84 

 Foul brood, remedies for, 82-88 



symptoms of, 81, 82 



Foundation, see Comb foundation 

 Frames, 16, 63, 106, 111 



— American, 111, 113 

 illustration of, 113 



— British standard size, 16 



Frames filled with sections, 37, 



38, 102-104 

 illustrations of, 38, 106 



— illustrations of, 16, 38, 106, 

 113 



— sections converted into minia- 

 ture frames, 105, 106 



— shallow, 50 



— South African standard size, 

 102 



— wired, see Wired frames 

 Frequent removal of surplus 



honey desirable in hot 

 climates, 101 

 Fruit blossom, its honey-yielding 

 value, 9 



— farming, the importance of 

 bees to fruit farmers, vi, vii, 

 69, 76 



f41oves, 31, 32 



Oolden Italian bees, 15 



"Golden" Rule for bee-keepers, 

 97 



Goose wings, useful for removing 

 bees from honey combs, 4(i 



Gorging the bees before manipu- 

 lating, 3'2 



Heather honey, 50, 67 



Hives, see Skeps, Bar - frame 



hives, Nucleus hives, and Baby 



nucleus hives 

 Honey comb, how to preserve 



empty honey combs from the 



wax moth, 41, 48 



illustrations of, 3, 4 



metal, 29, 50 



method of fixing empty 



honey combs into frames, 25 



production of, 45, 46 



Honey, differences in honey 



gathered from various plants, 



69 



— where stored by the bees, 4 

 Honey extractors, illustrations 



of, 48 

 Honey ripener, illustration of, 49 

 Hunger swarms, 11 

 Hybrids, 15, 91 

 Hymenoptera, 1 



