566 



INDEX, 



Excluders 440, 441 



Excrements, see Fceces. 



Extracted honey 451 



barrels for. .469,"5l2 



" granulation of... 515 



sale of. 518, 519, 52:^ 



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 



Fceces of bees, discharge of the. 29 

 " discharged in the hive. . . .343 



" unhealthy 472 



" of the queen 18 



-* of young bees 71 



Food, bees' 116 



for wintering 343, 344 



" how much for Winter. .. .342 

 " its effect on queen larvae. . 47 



on worker larvae 77 



best to ship queens 323 



Forcing box 310 



Foster 



open side sections. .. .450, 451 

 " shipping directions ... 510, 51 1 



Foul-brood 473 



" care and perseverance 



needed 484 



detected in Spring... 476 



description of 475 



Dupont experiments . .475 

 from infected queens . 485 



fumigating 479 



method of Alexander. 485 



method of Bertrand. .470 



" of Cheshire. . . .481 



" of McEvoy 482 



" of Muth 477 



Foundation, see Comb foundation. 

 Frame of the bodies of insects. . 3 

 Frames.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 1 60 



" 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 ton bar 159 



France, N. B., on foul-brood 



482, 483 

 " " on legal rights . 544 



Fruits and bees 19, 510 



" 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 



