569 



Larvae casting the skin 73 



- " duration of development . . 74 

 " led from the glands of 



workers 28 



" how fed 71 



" of queens copiously led. 47, 48 



Laying of eggs 65 



" " hindered by shallow 



frames 152 



*' of two queens in the same 



hive 52 



-workers 77 



" " how to get rid of . . 80 

 Leakage of honey. . . .510, 512, 523 



Legs of bees 22 



" " covered with hairs... 23 

 " notches of the first pair . . 24 

 " pollen baskets of the 



posterior. . 24 



" second pair 24 



Leidy, dissections of queens. .56, 59 



Levi on mating 54, 55 



Lite of colonies, length of 81 



Life of queens, length of 67 



Life of worker, length of SO 



Light in the cellar 363 



" on bees 201 



Linden 403 



Longfellow, quotation from 289 



Loosening the frames 202 



Loss of bees by heat 182 



" the queen 262 



" " sting 37 



Love of the workers for the 



queen . . 42, 324 

 Lungs of bees 31 



MacCord on hive covers 175 



McEvoy, treatment of foul- 

 brood. .482, 483, 487 



McLain statistics from. 425 



Magnetizing bees 196 



Mahan, experiments on drones.. SS 

 " " " refrigerating 



queens. ... 64 

 " imported Italian bees . . 298 



Mailing queens 324 



Malpighian tubes 29 



Mandibles of bees 19 



Manum on the control of 



swarming 458 



Marketing, see Honey marketing. 



Mats 173 



Material for hives 177 



Mating of the queen 54 



MaxillK 20 



Mehring, inventor of comb 



foundation 384 



" stamp for securing 



straight combs . . 157 



Melipones 293, 300 



Melting honey 514, 517 



" wax 532 



Memory of bees 14, 366 



Mentum 20 



Metatarsus of bees 24 



Mice in bee hives 503 



Miller, C. C, adding supers .... 444 



" baits in sections 437 



" bottom boards 167. 



" cellar wintering ....362 



" clipping queens' wings . 226 



" excluders 442 



" fastening foundation. 393 



feeder 333 



" feeding out doors.... 381 



foundation starters. . . 



445, 446 

 " introduction of queens, 287 



" number of colonies in 



one location. .426 

 " prevention of swarm- 

 ing. .241 



" queen cage 283 



" queen cells 46 



" removing comb honey.445 



" robber cloths 463 



" scraping propolis from 



sections. .443 



" section supers 449 



'* smoking bees . . .194, 195 

 " success with small 



hives. .156 



" super 449 



" time of removal of 



bees from cellar. .546 



" uses tin tops 175 



Mills on painting hives different 



colors. .306 



Mismanagement of ' bees 205 



Mistakes of beginners 553 



Mixing bees from different hives 



254, 463 



More on honey 525 



Moth, see Bee-Moth. 



Mouth of bees 15-19 



Movable comb hives 140 



" frame hives, see Hives. 

 " frame, see Frames. 



Moving bees 306, 320, 327 



Munn hive 142 



Muth honey cake 528 



" honey vinegar 529 



" location 301 



" foul-brood method. . .477, 478 

 " on ripening honey 517 



Natural swarming 211 



" uncertainty of. ..243 



Nectar, best condition to pro- 

 duce. .118 



" changed to honey 116 



" contains more or less/ 



water. .116 

 " exists in different parts 



of the plant. .118 



extrafloral 118 



in deep corollas.121,122,400 

 " reabsorbed by plants. .118 

 " storing and evaporating.122 

 " yields of, vary greatly. 



117, 397, 420 

 Nervous system in bees 29 



