INDEX. 



Page. 



Abbott metal spacer 170 



Absconding swarms 233 



Adobe for hives 177 



Adulteration, of beeswax 387 



of honey 518 



Afterswarming 230 



Afterswarms, prevention of. 241, 242 

 " superiority of. ...233 



" objections to 233 



Age of the queen when fecun- 

 dated 53 



Age sign of old, in bees 80-82 



Air, see Ventilation 179 



Alexander, on overstocking 423 



Alley, drone trap 89 



mailing queens 324 



method of queen-rearing 



276, 277 



" on impregnation 54 



Alighting-board, see Apron 16G 



Alsike clover 403 



American frames 153 



Ammonia for stings 208 



Anger of bees 189, 205 



AntenUEe 7 



" bees cannot live without 14 



cutting of the 14-15 



" as organs of hearing. ... 10 

 " as organs for smelling. . 11 

 " experiments of Huber on 



the . . 9 



Ants about the hive 506 



" fondness (or honey 509 



their fecundity 41 



Aphides, Parthenogenesis of the 61 

 " causes of honey dew 



119, 120 



Apiaries, covered 300 



" out of doors 303 



sheds for 306 



Apiary 301 



slow motions around the. .199 



Apifuge 195 



Apis dorsata 300 



Apis fasciata 298 



Apis ligustica 293 



Apis melliflca 292 



Apron, or alighting-board 166 



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Aristotle, on drones 88 



on eggs 60 



" on loul-brood 473 



on fruit 19 



on Italian bees 292 



" on moth 489 



on pollen 125 



on robber-bees 375 



" on scent of the queen. .288 



on strong odors 208 



on water 370 



Artifleial swarming 243 



advices on. .253 

 caution about 



255, 256 

 " by dividing . 244 



by driving 



bees. 247 

 by removing 

 the hive. 246 

 " Improved . . 249 



" nucleus 



method . 251 

 " with queens 



already reared. 250, 252 

 with queen- 

 cells. 251 

 increasing 



too fast. 256 



Association of bee-keepers 543 



Australian bees 299 



Austria, yield of honey 424 



Automatic extractor 469 



Axioms, bee-keepers' 553 



Bacillus alvei, see Foul-brood 



Bait, in sections 437 



Baldenstein, on Italian bees .... 297 



Balled queens 227, 284 



Bar-hives 135, 136, 140, 244 



Barba IX 



Barrels for honey 



469, 470, 512, 514 



Basswood, see Linden 



Bears and bees 505 



Beaunler on the production of 



wax 99 



560 



