INDEX. 



Abbott, C. N., Frame-hives, 146 

 Abdomen of bees, 102 

 Accident at Stafford House, 164 

 Acclimatising Bees (Appendix), 349 

 Advice by Butler, 333 

 American Bee Journal, igo 

 Anatomy of bees, Plates I. and II., 



facing pages 34 and 86 

 Anecdote from Butler, 336 



,, of French clergyman, 334 

 showing provision made 

 for swarming, 78 

 Antennas of bees, 94 

 Apiary, Geo. Neighbour & Sons, 

 (frontispiece) 

 ,, description of, 330 

 Applying supers, 264 

 Artificial swarming, 233 

 Asiatic bees, 49 

 Austrian ditto (Lower), 46 



Bak-frame holder, 192 

 Bar Supers, 183 



Bath and West of England Agri- 

 cultural Association, 42 

 Bee as an insect, 7 

 dress, 208 

 feeders, Nutt's, 126 

 „ bottle, 203 

 „ can, 204, 



„ round, 205; wood, 206 

 houses, 166 — 179 ' 

 traps, 201 

 veil, 210 



Beehives, various, 108 to 165 

 Bee-keeping in London, 322 



,, Zoological Gardens, 328 



,, Horticultural Gardens, 329 



,, St, John's Wood, 329 



,, Hampstead, 330 

 Bees, do they go to sleep ? 31 



,, increase of, 82 



,, head of, 88 



,, eye of, 90 



,, mouth, 91 



,, tongue, 92 



,, mandibles, 93 



,, sense of hearing, 95 



, , „ smell, 96 



,, antennae. 96 . 



, , thorax and organs of motion, 



97 



,, breathing, loo 



,, stomach, 102 



, , honey bag, 102 



,, produce of wax, 103 



,, sting, 104 



, , dislike to hive, 221 



,, enemies of, 315 



,, profitably kept, 336 

 Bell glasses, see glasses 

 Berlepsch, Baron von, 4, 6, 10, 36, 

 42, 49, 75, 211 



,, theory of drone-breeding, 69 



, , on swarming, 77 



„ brdSding superfluous prin- 

 cesses, 81 

 Bevan, Dr., 3, 18, 66, 



