INDEX. 



571 



Queen entering the wrong hive., 



262, 263 

 " fecundity of ...17,41,42,155 



" fed by the workers 17 



" fighting of 52 



" growtn of, delayed 260 



" how she lays 65 



" to find a 287 



" to cage 284 



" importation 323,324 



" impregnation of eggs... 55, 60 

 " the queen 53 

 " Impregnation of the queen 



delayed. .60, 61 

 " impregnation of the queen 



for life. . 53 

 " impregnation of the queen 



in confinement. . 55 

 " introduction of impreg- 

 nated.. 282 

 " " " virgin , . . 



286, 287 

 " knowing the sex of her 



eggs. . 62 



" last to die 324 



" laying drones in worker- 

 cells. .58, 62, 64 



" in queen-cells 47 



" worker eggs in drone-cells 63 



" lays more in Spring 42 



" longevity of 67 



" loss of the 43, 262 



" lost in her wedding trip. .262 



" love of bees for the 42 



" mailing 324 



" mating 53 



" missing 214, 264 



" odor of the 288 



" old 67 



" ovaries of 56 



" " a drone-laying. .57, 58 



" parthenogenesis of the. . . 58 

 " preference for worker cells 



63, 108 



" prisoner in the hive 284 



" reared from eggs 47; 268 



" '' old larvae . . . 



49, 50, 260 



" in the South 326 



" rearing 44, 45, 259 



" Alley method 276 



" Doolittle method 278 



" refrigerated 64 



" size of 49 



" shipping 323 



" " by mail 324 



" sting of 48 



" traps 240 



" unable to fly 214, 262 



" virgin 50 



" why not impregnated in the 



hive. . 91 

 " young, confined by Huber 57 



Queen-cell cups 280 



Queen-cells, artificial .... 279, 280 



" destroyed 50, 51 



" for artificial swarm- 



ing. .251 



Queen-cells, how reared 45 



" to transfer . . .268 



" inserting 269 



" large number of.46, 268 



preparing for 268 



Queenless colonies destroyed by 



moths. .499 

 " " do not kill 



their drones. 266 



" " how detected.. 265 



Queens, several in a swarm.... 232 



" two in a hive 52 



" " in a swarm. .. .226, 227 



Quinby closed end hive 141 



" frames, size of 



151, 154, 155, 158, 164 

 " " number of ....155 



" " superiority of. ..154 



" on distances between 



frames. ,157 



" " robbing 378 



" " shape of frames.151, 153 

 smoker 193 



Rabbet .167, 170 



enlargement of top edge.172 



Races of bees 289 



Racine on old combs 229 



" " swarming 235 



-Radouan hive 136 



Rapping 311 



Rauchfuss, foundation fastener. . 392 



" selling honey 448 



Rauschenfels IX , 96 



Raynor, carbolized sheet .195 



Rearing queens 44, 45, 259 



from eggs . . . .268 

 " " " improved 



races. .267 

 " " in moderate col- 



onies. .268 



Reaumur on impregnation 53 



Reid on the shape of the cells. Ill 



Remedies for foul-brood 477 



for stings 207 



Removing frames 202 



Reversible hives 436 



Reversing 435 



Ringing bells to stop swarms.. 215 

 Ripening honey artificially.461, 517 



Robber bees . . i 374, 375 



" acting like young 



bees. . 76 



Robber "cloth 464 



Robbing, danger of, after cellar 



wintering. .366 



" difficult to detect 374 



" how to detect 376 



to stop 377, 378 



" prevention of 379 



" promoted by the bee- 

 keeper. .376 



" secret 378 



" stopped by a carbolized 



sheet. .378 

 " by exchanging hives. . . .378 



