564 



INDEX. 



Comb guides for frames. 157,158,22t 



Comb honey, best selling 430 



, " capping of 122 



" care in sliipping511,512 



" difficult to produce. 434 



leaking 510,511 



" moths in 498 



" production 430 



" " by reversing . 435 



" " Improve- 



ments in. 431, 432 

 " " in wide 



frames. .448 

 " " In large 



frames. .431 

 " " In lower 



story. .433 

 " ** in sections. . .431 



" " in shallow up- 



per stories. .433 

 " ** in supers. 448,449 



" " remarks 



on.. 450, 451 

 " " with fences. . .439 



" " with separa- 



tors. .439 

 " " with swarm- 



ing. .442 



sealed 443, 444 



" sweating 510 



" unsalable 445 



" without propolis442,443 



Combs 93 



" age of 74, 229 



" breaking down 182 



" brimstoning to keep out 



moths 498 



" built upwards 93 



" care in returning after in- 

 spection 204 



" care of in Winter 471 



" economy of bees in build- 

 ing 104 



" empty, furnishing to bees. 461 

 " " given to prevent 



swarming 238 



" extracting from 463 



" guides for straight 



157, 158, 382 



" made of wax 93 



" melting 532 



" moths in 497 



" pruning : 133 



" returned to the bees after 



extracting 471 



" straight 157, 383, 385 



" surface occupied by brood. 155 



" transferring 313 



" washing dark 531 



Comparative table of transfor- 

 mations 92 



Comparison of the eyes of 



queens, drones, and workers 4 

 Confectioners annoyed by bees. .338 



Confining bees unsafe 181 



Confining colonies 320, 353 



Confining queens 323 



Confinement, fertilization in ... . 55 



Confinement, in cellar 360 



" out of doors 353 



Constipation 369, 472 



Consumption of honey 520 



" " by bees in 



Winter. .341, 342 



" of pollen 125 



Contagious diseases 472-487 



Contraction of brood cham- 

 ber 369,370,437 



Cook, his praise of the Langs- 

 troth hive. . . .142 



" Lubbock's experiment 6 



" on enemies of bees 507 



" on Neighbour's opinion.... 54 

 " on the broods of the moth . 490 



" on the ears of bees 11 



" on production of wax 



scales in old bees. . 96 

 " quotation of Doolittle. . . .260 



Cowan, apifuge 195 



" automatic extractors ....469 



" hive 356 



" in Italy 146 



" microscopical studies .... 12 



" on foul-brood 479 



" on the prevention of 



swarming. .239 

 " on the treatment of foul- 

 brood. .479,487 

 Cracks, closed with propolis by 



bees. .111 

 " how to close when bees rob380 

 Crates, see Section-crates 

 Cutting, H. D., on the introduc- 

 tion of virgin queens... 286 



Cyprian bees 293, 298, 299 



" " difficult to subdue.. 198 



" " rearing queen-cells. 46 



Debeauvoys 142 



Decoy hives 310 



Deep frames 153 



De Gelieu hive 136 



" on weight of bees. . . .326 

 De Layens counted the eggs 



dropped by queens. . 66 

 " experiments on cost of 



wax . . 106 

 " " the use of 



water. .130 



" on feeding bees 335 



" report of weight of a 



swarm . . 239 



Delia Rocca comb-guide 157 



" on age of colonies ... 81 

 " on attracting swarms. 220 

 " on bees as means of 



defense. .210 

 " on fioating apiaries. .321 

 De Planta, experiments on food 



of larva. .259 

 " on honey.. 397 



Desertion 211, 369, 372 



Diarrhoea 343, 472 



Digesting apparatus 26 



Digestion, process of 28, 29 



