INDEX. 



Page. 



Abbott metal spacer 170 



Absconding swarms 233 



Adobe for hives 177 



Adulteration, ol beeswax 387 



of boney 518 



Afterswarming 230 



Afterswarms, prevention of. 241, 242 

 superiority of.... 233 



objections to 233 



Age of the queen when fecun- 

 dated 53 



Age sign of old, in bees 80-82 



Air, see Ventilation 179 



Alexander, on overstocking 423 



Alley, drone trap 89 



" mailing queens 324 



" method of queen-rearing 



276, 277 



" on impregnation 54 



Alighting-board, see Apron 166 



Alsilce clover 403 



American frames. 153 



Ammonia for stings 20S 



Anger of bees 189, 205 



Antennse 7 



" bees cannot live without 14 



" cutting of the 14-15 



" as organs of hearing. ... 10 

 " as organs for smelling.. 11 

 " experiments of Huber on 



the . . 9 



Ants about the hive 506 



" fondness for honey. ...... .509 



" their fecundity 41 



Aphides, Parthenogenesis of the 61 

 " causes of honey dew 



119, 120 



Apiaries, covered 30(5 



" out of doors 303 



" sheds for 306 



'Apiary 301 



■ " slow motions around the 1.199 



Aplfuge 195 



Apis dorsata 300 



Apis fasciata 298 



Apis' liguBtica 293 



Apia melliflca 292 



Apron, or allghtlng-board 166 



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Aristotle, on drones 88 



on eggs 60 



' on foul-brood 473 



" . on fruit 19 



" on Italian bees 292 



" on moth 489 



" on pollen 125 



on robber-bees 375 



on scent of the queen.. 288 



' on strong odors 206 



" on water 370 



Artificial swarming 243 



" advices on . . 253 



" caution about 



255, 256 

 " by dividing. 244 



" by driving 



bees. 247 

 " by removing 



the hive. 246 

 " improved . . 249 



'* nucleus 



method . 251 

 " with queens 



already reared. 250, 252 

 with queen- 

 cells. 251 

 " increasing 



too fast. 25 6 



Association of bee-keepers 543 



Australian bees 299 



Austria, yield of honey. 424 



Automatic extractor 469 



Axioms, bee-keepers' 553 



Bacillus alvei, see Foul-brood 



Bait, in sections 437 



Baldenstein, on Italian bees. . . .297 



Balled queens .....' 227, 284 



Bar-hives 135, 136, 140, 244 



Barba ix 



Barrels for hgney 



469, 470, 512, 514 



Basswood, see Linden 



Bears and bees 505 



Beaunier on the production of 



wax 99 



