APIARIAN GLOSSARY. 



A.bdomen— The third or last part of bee's body, p. 51. 



Absconding Swarm — Swarm that has separated from cluster and is going to its new 

 home, p. 260. 



Adulteration— Making impure, as mixing- glucose with honey, p. 149. 



After Swarms— Swarms that issue witlim a few days after Uie first swarms, p. 142. 



Air Tubes— Trachea?: Lungs of insects, p. 24. 



Albino — Usually applied to animals with no pigmentin skin, hair, etc. In bee cult- 

 ure it refers to a variety of Italians wiui white rings, p. 43. 



Alighting; Board — Board in front of entrance, on which bees light as they return to 

 their hives, p. 179. 



American Hive — Langstroth hive with frames one foot square. 



Antennae — Horn-like organs of insects, p. 55. 



Antenna Cleaner — Organ on anterior leg of bees, wasps, etc., to dusl antennse, 

 p. 123. 



Apiarian — Adjective, as apiarian implements; incorrectly used as a noun for apiarist. 



Apiarist — One who keeps bees. 



Apiary — ^Place where bees are kept, including bees and all. 



Apiculture — Art of bee keeping. 



Apidse — Family of bees,-p. 29. 

 Aphis— Plant lice, p. 334. 



Apis — Genus of the honey-bee, p. 35. 



Artificial Fecundation or Impregnation — Fecundation in confinement ( ?). 



Artificial Heat, Swarms, Pasturage, etc. — ^Furnished by man; not natural. 



Atavism — ^Inheriting from a remote ancestor. 



Balling of Queen — Bees gathering snugly about the queen in formof asphere p. 266- 



Bar Hives — Hives with bars across the top to which the combs are attached, p, 176. 



Barren — Sterile; not able to produce eggs or young, p. 97. 



Bees— Insects of the Family Apidae, p. 29. 



Bee-Bird or Bee Martin — ^A fly-catcher that captures bees, p. 433. 



Bee-Bread^The albuminous food of bees, usually pollen, p. 159. 



Bee Culture — Keeping bees. 



Bee Glue— Propolis, p. 162. 



Bee Gum — Section of hollow tree used as a bee hive. 



Bee Hat — Hat so arranged as to prevent bees from stinging the face, p. 295. 



Bee Hawk — Dragon fly, p. 422. 



Bee Hive— Box for bees, p. 173. 



Bee House — ^House where bees are kept, where bee work is done, or bees wintered, 



p. 391. 

 Bee-keeper — One who keeps bees ; apiarist. 



Bee- lin&— Straight line, like the route of bee from field to hive, p. 223. 

 Bee Louse— Braula Cceca, p. 424. 

 Bee Martin— King or Bee Bird, p. 433. 

 Bee Master— English, Bee-keeper, 

 Bee Moth— Galleria Cereana, p. 408. 

 Bee Pasturage— Honey Plants, p. 332. 



Bee Plants-3*lants which secrete nectar and so are visited by bees, p, 832. 

 Bee Space — Space that will just allow a bee to pass ; it is three -sixteenths of an inch. 



A double bee space, three-eighths of an inch minus, is the space that bees do 



not fill with brace combs or glue. 

 Bee's Wax — Secretion of the bee from which comb is fashioned, p. 150. 

 Bee Tent— Tent covering hive and bee-keeper, pp. 285, 301. In Bngland tent for 



lectures on bees. 

 Bee Tree — ^A hollow tree in which bees breed and store, p. 223. 

 Bee Veil— Veil for protecting face while working with bees, p. 295. 

 Bell Glass— Glass vessd used for surplus comb honey storing. 

 Bingham Knife — Uncapping knife with beveled edge, p. 280. 

 Bingham Smoker— Bee smoker with open draft, p. 298. 



