Glossary. 447 



Tibia— Fourth joint of an insect's leg, from the body, p. 123. 



Tibial Spur — Spur at end of tibia, p. 63. 



Tier up — Setting- additional stories or crates of sections on a hive. 



Tonffue— Sucking- tube of bee, p. 111. 



Tracheae — Air tubes or tubular lungs of Insects, p. 23. 



Transferring-— Removing- colony ot bees from one hive to another, p. 219. 



Trochanter— Second joint of insect's leg, p. 63- 



Uncapping— Cutting caps from comb cells, p. 280. 



Unfertile — Queen or eggs that cannot produce young. 



Unicomb Hive — Hive with one comb and glass sides ; observatory hive, p. 203. 



Uniting — ^To put two or more colonies into one, p. 395. ' 



Unripe — Thin honey ; honey not cured or evaporated. 



Untested Queen — One whose purity has not been demonstrated. 



Urinary Tubules— Tubes attached to the stomach of a bee, p. 120. 



A'' ariety— Division of a race ; a strain. 



Veil— Protection for face, p. 295. 



Venti'ation — Changing the air so it shall be constantly pure. 



Virgin — Unmated queen. 



Wax— Secretion formed between the abdominal segments of worlcerbees, p. 152. 



Wax Extractor -Device for separating the wax from comb, p. 317. 



Wax Plates or Pockets — Place where the wax scales form on the under bide of a 



worker bee, p. 129. 

 Wedding Flight— Flight of queen to mate with the drone, p. 92. 

 Wild Bees — Bees in the forest with no owner. 



Wind Break — High fence or evergreen hedge to protect from wind, p. 216. 

 Winter Passages — Holes through the center of combs so bees can pass through, p. 



386. 

 Wired Frames — Frames with opposite sides connected with fine wire, p, 314. 

 Worker Bees — The undeveloped females ; the bees that do the work except that of 



egg laying, p. 107. 

 Worker Eggs— Eggs that develop into worliers, p. 135. 

 Worm — ^Terin usually applied to a larva ; really a footless cylindrical animal like 



an angle womb 



