443 Glossary, 



Black Bee — Common or German race of bees, p. 41. 



Bottom Board— Floor of hive, pp. 179, 181, 190. 



Box Hive— Plain box in which bees are kept, p. 173. 



Box Honey — Comb honey stored in boxes. 



Brain — Nerve mass in head of insects, pp. 61, 66. 



Breed— Race ; Italian breed, p. 41. 



Breeding In— Close breeding^, as when a queen is fecundated by one of her own 

 drones. 



Bridal Trip— Flight of queen to meet drone, p. 92. 



Brimstone— Sulphur, p. 326. 



Brimstone — Fumigation with sulphur fumes, p. 326. 



Broad Frame — ^Wide frame for holding sections, p. 207. 



Brood— Immature bees, or bees yet in the cell, p. 80. 



Brood Comb— Comb used for breeding, p. 154. 



Brood Nest — Space in hive used for breeding. 



Brood Rearing— Raising of brood. 



Brown Bee — A supposed variety of the common black bee, p. 41. 



Bumble Bee — Our large wild bee or humble bee, p. 31, 



Candied Honey— Honey crystallized or granulated, p. 149. 



Cap— Box to shut over top of a hive. 



Cap— To seal or close a cell. 



Capped Brood — Brood sealed. 



Capped Honey— Honey sealed. 



Cappings or Caps — Thin wax sheets cut ofiE in extracting. 



Card— Frame of comb. Rare. 



CarniolanB — Same as Krainer. Race of black bees from Krain, Austria, pp. 38, 45, 

 265. 



Casts— After swarms. Rare. 



Caterpillar — Larva of butterfly or moth. 



Caucasian Bee — Variety of black bee, from Caucasian mountains, pp. 38, 46. 



Cell — Opening in comb for brood, honey or bee-bread, p. 152. 



Chaff-hive — A double walled hive with space filled with chafE, p. 180. 



Chyle — Digested food ; probable food of larva, p. 116. 



Chyme— Partially dig-ested food, p. 116. 



Chrysalid or Chrysalis — Pupa of butterflies and moths. Sometimes applied to other 

 pupas. 



Clamp — Hives placed close together and covered, p. 396. 



Cleansing Flight — Removing bees from cellar that they may fly, p. 394. 



Closed End or Top Frames — Where end bars of frames and ends of top bars are 

 close fitting, p. 197. 



Cluster — Bees in compact mass, p. 142. 



Clypeus — Portion of head of insects below the eyes,;p. 51. 



Cocoon — Case, often containing silk fibers, which surrounds a pupa, pp. SO, 90, 136. 



Collateral System — Side storing. English. 



Colony — The bees of one hive. 



Comb— The fabric which holds the brood and honey, p. 152. 



Comb Basket — The frame of an extractor which holds the comb, p. 278. 



Comb Carrier — Box for carrying combs ; most used in extracting, p. 283. 



Comb Foundation — Thin sheets of impressed wax, like the foundation of real comb, 



p. 305. 

 Comb Foundation Machine — Machine for making comb foundation, p. 304. 

 Comb Guide — Strip of wood, comb or foundation on the bottom of top bar of frame, 



to induce bees to build combs in proper place, pp. 193, 314. 

 Comb Holder — Device for holding comos, p. 279. 

 Comb Honey — Honey in comb, p. 287. 

 Compound Eyes — Large eyes of insects ; so called as they consist of many simple 



eyes, p. 59. 

 Corbicula — Pollen basket on hind leg of worker bee, p. 126. 

 Cover — Lid of hive, or cover of brood frames, pp. 185, 187, 198. 

 Coxa — First part or joint of the insect's leg, p. 63. 



Crate — Box for sections on the hive, or for shipping comb honey, pp. 210, 327- 

 Cushion — Quilt or bag for covering bees. 



Cyprian Bees — A yellow race from the Isle of Cyprus, p. 38, 265. 

 Dalmatian Bees — A variety of black bees from Dalmatia, the Southwestern Province 



of Austria, p. 38. 

 Decoy Hive — Hive set to catch absconding swarms. 



