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INDEX. 



Bee Hives — cordinued. 



Woodtury Unicomb : — 



Construction of 



Inspection of qneen 



How fixed 



Answering 



Mode of stocking 



Bees removed before Winter 

 Huber's Book or Leaf, description of 

 Bee Houses. 



Advantage of - 



Description of, to contain two bives 



Pui'uished witb lock and key 



How hives are placed in - 



Plan for excluding insects 



Description of, to contain twelve 

 hives 



Object of colouring alighting board 



Bees mistaking entrance 



Loss of queens 

 Beehouse to contain nine hives, why 



not recommended 

 Bee-keeping, inexpensive and profitable 

 Bee-keeping in London - . . 



St. James's Place - - - 



Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park 



St. John's Wood and suburbs of 

 London 



G. Neighbour and Sons' London 

 Apiary ... 



Seasons, 1863, 1864, favorable for 

 Bee-keeper should be a book-keeper , 



C. 



Cells, contracted size of - 



Changing old stocks into new hives : — 



Not to be attempted by the inex- 

 perienced 



Adaptation of old hive to the 

 depriving system - 



Directions for transferring stocks 

 into frame hives 

 Classes for whom bee-keeping is suited 

 Combs, artificial 



Value of 



Mode of applying - 



Must not be jarred 



Taken from bar and frame hives 



Fixing in frames 



Ensuring regularity of 



47 



48 



48,49 



48,49 



49 



50, 51 



53,54 

 53 

 54 

 54 

 54 



55 



55 



B5, 56 



56 



56 

 113 

 102 

 105 

 105 



105 



104 

 106 

 111 



79 



86 



87 

 1 



70 

 70 

 73 

 69 

 75,79 

 75 

 27 



71 



TAGS. 



Compound Bar and TVame - . 40 

 Cottagers, way to convince of the 



humane system 111 



Cottagers' hive - 34 

 Cover for bar and frame hive, de. 



seription of 41, 42 



Zinc - - 59, 60 



Ornamental zinc ■ - - 59 



Straw trackle - - 35 



Crown board - - - 74, 76 



D. 



Dampness in hives in winter injurious 83, 115 



Depriving System : — 



Special advantages of - - 10, 35 



Pratised in ancient Greece and Italy 10 

 Profit to be derived from - 111,112 



Dividing hives, reason why they do 



not answer - 82 



Dressing hives inside with sweet not 



needful 35 



Driving bees, directions for - 84, 85 



Drones, sex of 6 



Purpose of - - 7 



Reason for numbers in hive - 7 



General massacre of 7 



All die before winter 8 



E. 

 Eggs of bees : — 



Description of - - 9 



In supers - - 36 



Entrance to hives - 18,31,87 



Epitaph on murdered bees 11 



Evans, note on page, extract from 



3, 4, 5, 12, 13 



Evening thoughts in January, a poem 56, 57 



F. 



Feeding 

 Feeder (Bottle) 

 (Nutt's) 

 (Round) 

 (Fountain) 

 Frame : — 



Description of - 

 Mr. 'Woodbury's improvement - 

 How kept perpendicular 

 Taking out with combs 

 Direction for handling frames 

 Placing frames in hives 



19, 25, 31, 33, 63, 64 

 63 

 66 



65 



39 



39,40 

 76 



77,78 

 78 



