INDEX. 



561 



Bee-bread, see Pollen 



Bee-dress 197 



Bee escape 465 



Bee-hat 197 



Bee-keepers' calendar 545 



Bee-louse 506 



Bee-moth 489 



description of ...489, 490 



food of 493 



galleries of 492,493 



how they act 490, 491 



how to destroy. . .498, 499 

 " in queenless colonies 



498, 499 



" Italian bees and 499 



killed by cold .... 495, 496 

 " lays eggs in propolis. .111 



" not to be feared 501 



" preserving comb, 



against. 498 

 " temperature required 



for their growth. 495 



worm of the 492, 493 



" their disgusting work. 497 

 Bees, and flowers .... 127, 128, 543 



" and fruits 19, 540 



■' angered 202 



by bad odors 206 



" " by the odor of their 



poison . 207 

 " " by the jarring of 



the hive. 202 



" as means of defense 210 



" bewildered by light 201 



" building combs 93 



" building few store cells. . .107 

 " building third store cells. . 109 

 " building store cells here 



and there. 109 



" Carnlolan 292 



" Caucasian 299 



" climbing on polished sur- 

 faces. 22 



" clustering in winter 340 



" clustering outside . . . 162, 182 



" Cyprian 298 



" deprived of their antennse. 15 



" deserting 211, 365, 372 



" discharge in flight 33 



" do not make honey.. 116, 336 



" dwindling in spring 368 



" eating to keep warm 341 



" eyes of 3, 4 



" feeding the queen 9, 17 



" filled with honey 191 



" flrst introduced in this 



country 292 

 " flrst noticed in Florida. . .289 

 " for honey production in 



the North. 327 



" going Westward 291 



" handling 189 



" hatching 75 



" hearing organs of 10 



" Holy Land and Syrian .... 299 



Bees how far they fly 421 



" how many in a pound.... 326 

 " in California ...423, 424, 425 



" in Germany 424 



" injured by fruit juice. 344, 542 

 " Italian, see Italian 



" killing their drones 90 



" memory of 14 



" mouth of 19 



" noticing their new location 



308, 328 

 " not indigenous to America. 289 



" on boats 321, 322 



" peaceable when filled with 



honey. 191 

 " peaceable when swarming. 191 

 " preparing to swarm . . . .211 



" procuring 309 



" propolizing small holes. . .111 



" quiet at mid-day 198 



" races of 293 



" rebuilding store cells 108 



" removing from the cellar 



365, 366 

 " return to their location 



274, 328, 366 



" sending scouts 216 



" smelling organs of 11 



" smelling honey 13 



" starving in Spring 317 



" suffocated 181 



" swarming 211 



" swarming with introduced 



queen. 287 



" transferring 309 



" unable to take wing 32 



" understand each other .... 80 



" varieties 292 



" ventilating 179 



Bee-smokers, see Smokers. 



Beeswax (see also Wax) 531 



" adulteration of 387 



" for comb-foundation . . .387 



" melting 531 



" pressing 533, 534 



" residues 534,535 



" spoiled 536 



uses of 536 



Bee-veil 196, 197 



Beginners' mistakes 553 



Beginning on a small scale.... 301 



Benton, apis dorsata 300 



" Caucasian bees 299 



divisible frame 273 



" mailing queens 324 



" trip to Cyprus 298 



" trip around the world . . .297 

 Berlepsch, on comb building .... 105 

 " on drone-laying 



queens . 60 



" on Italian bees 296 



" on refrigerating 



queens . 64 

 " on water in Winter 



129, 370, 371 



