347 



Queen, Ago and ofllce of. 18 



" Description of 17 



" Finding black 328 



" Introdnctlon of 3^9 



" Leaves hive to meet di'onc,.29, 196 



Maturlngof. 37 



" Number of effg3 will lay 80 



" One destroys others 184 



*' Piping of 176 



" Presence of. 32,93, 831 



" Question about her leaving. . . .196 



" Regard of workers for 18 



Similarity of eggs with worker,. 28 



" Time to lay eggs 193 



" Transporting the 332 



** When the old leaves 35, 153 



" Young takes place of the old 



one 35 



Queen-cells, Introduction of 190' 



Artificial 323 



" Black bees nurses for.., 326 



Queens, cells for rearing 29 



Destroyed before swarming. .. 33 



" Laying, 24 



" Loss of 195, 200, 203 



Loss of and remedy 201,203 



" Mixing of. 321 



" Obtaining bees for 325 



'* Ovariesof 41 



" Kaising and introducing 323 



" Keared In swarming hives. . . . S3 



*' Replacing 109 



" Time of leaving 199 



" To obtain bees for 325 



" Variations In color of 319 



" "When lost 198 



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Rats and mice 229 



Red Clover 80 



Red Raspberry 80 



Removing combs 279 



Renewing combs 209 



Reseda odorata 88 



Rhus glabra 84 



Clobbers, when to look out for 116 



First Indication of. 117 



" Remedies for 118 



Robbing, Not understood 113 



" Difficulty In deciding 117 



*' Weak colonies in danger of,.115 



Roblnia Fsendacia 79 



Rabos strigosus 80 



Uumex Acetosella SO 



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Sallx Vltolllna 79, 85 



Shade 305 



Sllkweod, Singular fatality of 83 



Sluapls nigra 8'1 



Skunk-Cabbage 78 



Smoker 224 



Snap-dragon 81 



Sorrel...... 80 



Spiders 234 



Stand for hives. Cheap 104 



Sting of bee 226 



Stings, Remedy for 227 



Stocks, Causes of wealcness 2G8 



" How many to keep 9'i 



" Old not objection iible S36 



" Purchasing .33? 



" Requisites of 267 



UniUng 275 



'* Uniting poor 269 



Straining honey and wax 279 



Sumach 84 



S warm-clusters 155 



Swarm, honey fi'om one 250 



Swarming 146 



'* How to do it 155 



" Indications of 148, 154 



" of Italian or Ligurian bee. ..315 



" Preparations for , 20, 150 



'* When commences 147 



Swarms, After, uniting 182 



" " troublesome 182 



" " rule for 183 



" " how issuing 178 



'* " number of queens of. .Vi9 



" " not choosing weather..l79 



" " leaving parent hive... 179 



*' " to return them .,..180 



" " size of, etc 175 



" Artificial 185 



" " perplexities with. . . .185 



" " work well .186 



" " first experience with.186 



" '• howtomake 188 



" " placing stands for.. .189 



" " queen-cell for „190 



" '* drone-combs for 191 



" " with movable combs 



191, 1&4 



" Choosing weather 174,175 



" Clustering bushes for .161 



" Driving in cold weather 207 



*' First enough 165 



" How far they wIU go 164 



" How to divide 167 



" How to keep separate 166 



" Loss of, by filght ]6J 



