INDEX. 



PAGE 



A 



Advertising, caution in 12 



-Apiary, covered , 197 



„ House 193 



„ Location of 3 



Apiculture, studying as a profes- 

 sion 2, 254 



Appliances, manufacture of 13 



-Artificial Heat 267 



Autumn Management 104 



Average Returns, only reliable. . 5 



B 



Bee Culture as a Profession i 



Bee-houses 198 



)Bee keeping, for recreation .... 14 



„ for Ladies 238 



,, in South Africa .. 240 



„ in windows 238 



„ making a certainty 



of 2 



,, with other occupa- 

 tions 247 



Bees, as aids to fruit culture .... 60 



„ Black or Native 39 



,, best time to move 11 



„ „ „ to purchase 11 



„ Bumping 20 



„ Carniolan 42 



.„ Cyprian 44 



„ Cost of Living 207 



-„ Carrying 214 



,, Driven 214 



,, how to drive 19, 215 



„ how to handle 16 



„ hatching 26 



.„ hybrids 41 



„ Ligurian 41 



,. Manipulating in Frames . . 21 



,, most suitable 51 



,, number to the lb 246 



„ Palestine 46 



.„ pure V. cross-breeds 265 



„ sale of 12 



„ subdued by shaking 21 



., Syrian 45 



„, Throwing 20 



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Bees, Transfering ig 



„ Uniting 22, 51, iii, 171 



„ winter cluster of 33 



„ young, when commence to 



work 29, 30 



Bee Traps 129 



Benton Cage, ventilation of 189 



„ food for 189 



,, putting bees in . . 190 



Borage 54, 55, 249 



„ cultivation of 56 



Bottled Honey 123 



Breeding, commencement of 33 



Bronchitis, treatment for 220 



Brood, chilled 63 



,, when to limit 31 



Brood-rearing, cessation of ... . 32 



Butter Honey Cake 223 



Buying 2 



C 



Candy, feeding with 180 



„ making 181 



how to mould in cakes. . 181 

 ,, to form winter passage . . 263 



Canned Honey 127 



Capital, amount required 4 



Carniolan Bees 42 



„ ,, temper 43 



,, ,, cross-breeding of 44 



Cell Nursery 147 



Cells, formation of 26 



,, how stored 31 



„ special for queens 34 



Chickens in the Apiary 249 



Clover, white 53 



melilot 54, 55, 250 



„ Italian crimson 55 



red 56 



„ cultivation of 56 



Close spacing 74 



Colonies, number of to work .... 9 



Comb-building, manner of ig 



Comb-foundation 92 



Comb Honey 127 



,, ,, grading of ....... .. 139 



„ ,, selling 141, 250 



