INDEX. 



Africa, bee-keeping in, 92, 93 

 Agriculture, the importance of 



bee-keeping to agriculture, iv, 



67 

 Alighting boaxds of hives, 18 

 illustrations of, 18, 23, 



76 

 Ants, how to guard against, 93 

 Apis meUifica, 1 

 April, a good month to start 



bee-keeping, 24 

 Artificial methods of increasing 



the number of stocks of bees, 



58-64, 84^92 



— pollen, 65, 66 

 Australasia, bee-keeping in, 92 

 Autumn management of bees, 



70-74 



Baby nuclei, 85-91 



must always be fed, 89 



— nucleus hive, illustration of, 



88 

 Bacillus alvei, 78 



— anihracis, 78 



• — megatherium, 78 

 Bar frames, see lYames 



— frame hives, 16 



— illustrations of, 17-21, 



23 

 Bean honey, 67 

 Bee gloves, see Gloves 

 Bee hives, see Skeps, Bar frame 



hives, and Baby nucleus hives 

 Bee stings, see Stings 

 Bee veils, 31 

 illustration of, 31 



Bees leaving nuclei in too great 



numbers, how to prevent, 61, 



87 

 Beeswax, amount of honey 



consumed in secreting 1 lb., 27 

 how it is secreted by the 



bees, 27, 28 



how to heat it, 28 



loss of time in secreting it, 



27, 28 

 Beet sugar unsuitable for bees, 



83 

 Body box of bee hive, 19 



illustrations of, 19, 23 



Books on bees, 8, 74, 75 



Bottling honey, 49 



Breeding, time of year when it 



begins, 9 



— bees for profit, 51-64, 84-92 

 Broad-shouldered frames, 1? 

 Brood, chilled, 53, 55, 82 



— foul, see Foul brood 

 Building up stocks and nuclei, 



64, 55, 62, 90 



Cages for queens, see Queen 



cages 

 Camphor will keep away the 



wax moth, 41 

 Canadian bee feeder, illustration 



of, 57 

 Candy, how to make it, 65, 66 



— medicated, 81 



Cane sugar alone is suitable for 



bees, 83 

 Carbolic acid, how to quiet bees 



with it, 32, 34 



