566' 



INDEX. 



Excluders 440, 441 



Excrements, see Pceces. 



Extracted honey 451 



barl-els for. .469,Tfl2 



" granulation of. . .515 



sale of. 518, 519, 523 



Extracting 463 



advantages of ... .454, 455 



" conclusions on 471. 



" from brood combs.. ..466 



" half stories for 458 



" how to proceed 463 



" implements for. .463, 465 



" lessens the work 457 



" prevents swarming ... 457 



Extractor 453, 454, 469 



" reversible 469 



Eyes of bees 3, 4 



" comparison of 4 



Facets of the eye 4 



" why so many 5 



Famine, desertion by 212, 372 



Fear of stings 200 



Fecundation delayed, its re- 

 sults 60, 61 



of flowers by bees 



126, 127 



" of the queen 53 



Feeble colonies, feeding 330 



uniting 348 



unprofitable .429,430 



Fecundity of the queen 41 



Feeders ' 332, 333 



Feeding bees 329 



" larvae compared with 



mammal feeding. ... 28 



in the Fall 331 



" in Spring 330 



" loaf sugar 335 



" not to be encouraged. 336 



** Scholz candy 335 



" stimulative 330 



" sugar candy 334 



" syrup 335 



" swarms 229 



Fences 439 



Fermentation of honey 517 



Fertility of the queen, see 



Fecundity 41 



Fertilization, see Impregnation. 



Field, Eugene 114 



Fighting of queens 52 



Flammarion 13 



Flight during Winter 356, 366 



Flight of bees, range of 421 



speed of 26 



Floating apiaries 322 



Flour given to bees 126 



Flowers, bees not injurious to 



127-128, 543 



list Of honey 408 



Foeces of bees, discharge of the. 29 

 " discharged in the hive. . . .343 



" unhealthy ' 472 



" of the queen IS 



" of young bees 71 



Food, bees' 116 



" for wintering. '. 343, 344 



" how much for Winter .... 342 

 " its effect on queen larvse. . 47 



" on worker larvee 77 



" best to ship queens 323 



Forcing box 310 



Foster 



open side sections. .. .450, 451 

 " shipping directions. . .510, 511 



Foul-brood , .473 



" care and perseverance 



needed 484 



" detected in Spring. . .476 



" description of 475 



*'\ Dupont experiments.. 475 

 *' from Infected queens. 485 



" fumigating 479 



V method of Alexander . 485 



'■ method of Bertrand. .479 



" of Cheshire. .. .481 



" " of McBvoy 482 



" of Muth 477 



Foundation, see Comb foundation. 

 Frame of the bodies of insects . . 3 

 Prames.142, 147, 150, 151, 158, 164 

 " comparison of divers sizes 



150, 151,153 



" distance between 157 



" Danzenbaker 151 



" divisible 272, 273 



" first attempts at movable. 142 

 " groove for foundation. .. .159 



" Hoffman 149, 151 



" Langstroth ' 149 



" number per hive 154 



" perpendicular to the en- 

 trance .-. 160 



" Quinby 151, 158 



" " dimensions of ....164 



" regularity of the outside 



measure of 158, 159 



" removing from the' hives. 202 



" space around 142 



" spacing wire for 170 



" success with every kind, of 



155, 156 

 " top ■ and bottom bars of . . .159 



" triangular edge 157 



" wide 448 



" width of the top bar..... 159 

 France, N. E., on foul-brood 



482, 483 

 " " on legal rights. 544 



Fruits and bees 19, 540 



" blooms benefited by bees 



■ 126, 127 



" damaged by birds 542 



" juices of, injurious to bees 



344, 543 



Fumigations against foul-brood. 479 



" " moths 498, 499 



" to tame bees. 193, 194 



Gelieu vertical, divisible hive... 136 

 German hive, inferiority of . . . . 

 145, 149, 152 



