56^ 



Comb guides for frames. 157, 158,221 



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 44;j 



" without propolis442,44r! 



Combs 93 



age of 74, 229 



breaking down 1S2 



brimstoning to keep out 



moths 408 



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 



Comparisoiii 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. -Ill 

 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... SI 

 " on attracting swarms. 220 

 " on bees as means of 



defense. .210 

 " on floating apiaries. .321 



De Planta, experiments on food 



of larv^. .259 

 " " on honey. .397 



Desertion 211, 369, 372 



Diarrhoea 343, 472 



Digesting apparatus 26 



Digestion, process of 28, 29 



