INDEX. 



357 



Guide comb, i88j 261 — 264 



„ maker (Cheshire's), 



description of, 191 



Hawkins, Mr. Waterhouse, 50 



Head of bee, 88 



Hearing of bees, 95 



Heath bees, 46 



Hints, general, on frame-hives, 254 



Hives, modern, 108 to 165 



„ sometimes destroyed by 

 entrance being stopped, 343 

 Hiving swarms, 212 

 Honey bag of bees, 102 



„ cutters, 193 



,, description of, 296 



,, extractor, 193 



, , test when adulterated, 297 

 Houses for hives, 166 

 Hruschlca, Von, 193 

 Huber, 62 



Hunter's, Mr., support for hive 

 when driving, 229 



Impressed wa.\ sheets, 187 



Improved cottage hive, 113 

 ,, cottager's hive, 112 

 ,, ditto, no windows, 119 



Increase of bees, 82 



Insects necessary for existence of 

 flowers, 59 



Italian bee, 34, 35, 41 



Italianising hives, 251 



Kernek, 58 



Kleine, Herr, 5, 35, 244 



Klipstein, Von, anecdotes of 

 queens, 22, 66 



Knowledge of bee-keeping neces- 

 sary for a gardener, 343 



Ladies' Observatory Hive, 120 



Lanarkshire bee-keeper, 297 



Lanarkshire hive, 155 



Langstroth, Rev. L. L., 3, 5, 10, 

 43. 83. 85, 129, 346 



Langstroth, Rev. L. L., on trans- 

 ferring swarms, 220 



Lee's supers, 145, 146 



Legs of bees, 98 



Leukart, Professor, 64, 66 

 Ligurian bee, 7, 34 

 Loridon apiaries, 325 

 Lower Austrian bees, 46 

 Lubbuck, Sir John, 6, 57, 59 



Mahan, Mr., 9 

 Mandibles of bees, 91 

 Manipulation with bees, 212 



, , „ frame-hives, 269 



Mel-extractor, 196 

 Melting down combs, 275 

 Mouth of bees, 91 

 Munn, Major, 129 



Nadirs, description of, 186 



Neighbours* improved cottager's 

 hive, 113 



Neighbours'improved cottagehive, 

 114 



Neighbours' new frame-hive, 139 



New cover and stand for frame- 

 hives, 175, 176, 179 



New wood feeder, 206 



Nucleus hive, 197 



Nutt's hive, 123 



Orchard, good place for an 

 apiary, 56 



Organs of sensation, 88 

 ,, motion, 97 

 ,, reproduction, 62 



Parthenogenesis, 64 

 Pasturage for bees, 293 

 Payne's (I, H.) glass, 182 

 Perforated zinc adapter, 141, 143, 



144, 200 

 Philadelphia Exhibition, i6o ; and 



Appendix, 350 

 Philadelphia hive, 143 

 Pollen basket, 98 



,, ' preservation from incursions 

 of ants, 58 



, , description of, 298 



, , substitute for, 299 

 Position of hives, 292 

 Propolis, 300 



Queen, 8 



