562 



INDEX. 



Berlepsch, hive 144 



" defects of 146 



Bernard, on the brain of birds. 15 

 Bertrand, description of foul- 



biood.476, 477, 485 

 " on Hubert's cure... 479 



" honey as cure 



for warts. 530 

 " " honey plants ...420 



" " Langstroth hive. 146 



" " queens dying of 



bacillus alvei.474 



Bevan, cure for bee stings 20S 



on bee-moths ....492, 493 



honey-dew 120 



" larvse 71, 73, 74 



" propolis 110, 112 



" salt 131 



quotations of Huber....291 

 Reaumur. 185 

 Bickford, first use of the oil- 

 cloth -. 172 



Bingham, knife 468 



on honey vinegar. .. .529 



smoker 191, 194 



Birds and bees 503 



should not be killed 504 



" injuring fruit 541 



Bi-sulphide of carbon 498 



•Bledsoe, on the sting 38 



Blocks for the entrance 166 



Blood of bees 29 



Boerhaave on Swammerdam. ... 40 



Bohemia honey production 424 



Boiling honey against foul brood 



479, 480, 484 



" wax 532, 533 



Boissier, on honey-dew 118 



Bonnier, on Darwiu 6 



" honey-dew 121 



" nectaries 118. 121 



Bottom-boards 160-164-167 



Bottom-boards, encased li^5 



Box-hives 133, 134 



Brace-combs, see Bridges. 



Brain of bees 15 



Braula cceca 506 



Breathing upon bees 20O 



Breeding in and in 91 



Bridges 159, . 203, 204 



Bridal trip 54 



Brimstoning bees 133, 428 



" honey comb to keep 



out the moth. 498 



Brood accidentally killed 4S7 



casting the .skin 73 



" chamber in two stories 



objectionable . 152 

 " duration of development. . 92 



" how fed 71 



" pure air for 181 



sealed by bees 73 



" transformation of the. ... 74 

 Buckwheat honey ...406, 423, 508 

 Buera, on water for brood 



rearing. 371 



Burmeister, names the stomach- 

 mouth. 28 

 " discovers diiferent sounds 



in the humming of bees 34 



Burnens as an observer 77 



helped Huber 8, 9 



Butler anecdote from 505 



" on drones 89 



" on drone traps 89 



on handling bees.. 198, 199 



" on the bee-sting 207 



" on sectional hives.... 135 



on sense of smell 206 



saw the queen deposit 

 eggs 40 



Cages, introducing 283 



" shipping 325 



Cakes 528 



California, crop of ■ 423 



first bees 291 



Candied honey 515 



" how bees dissolve. 129 



" " melting -. . . .517 



Candy, for feeding 334, 335 



for shipping 324 



" making 334 



" Scholz 335 



" shops, killing bees 338 



Cans, for honey 521 



Cap of the hive 174 



Capping can 466 



Cappings 467, 531 



Cappings of honey cells, air- 

 tight? 122 



Carbolic acid for foul-brood. . . .481 



Carbolized sheet 195, 378 



Carniolan bees 292 



Gary, on uniting colonies 349 



" witnessed the mating of 



a queen 55 



Castellaz, on preserving combs 



from the moth 409 



Catalogue of bee plants 408 



Catching the queen of a swarm.225 

 " queens for shipment -or 



introduction 281 



Causes of swarming 211,236 



Cellar blinds 363, 364 



" damp 362, 365 



" dark 365 



"■ dry 360 



removing bees from 366 



temperature 363 



" ventilation 365 



" wintering bees in 360 



Cells, accommodation 103, 104 



" bottom of 100 



diameter of 103 



" drone 103, 107 



" natural explanation of the 



shape of 101 



not horizontal 102 



" opposed preference of queen 



and worker 107 



