562 



Berlepsch, hive 144 



" defects of 146 



Bernard, on the brain of birds. 15 

 Bertrand, description of foul- 

 brood. 476, 477, 485 

 " on Hubert's cure. . .479 



" honey as cure 



for warts. 530 

 " " honey plants ...420 



" " Langstroth hive . 146 



" queens dying of 



bacillus alvei.474 



Sevan, cure for bee stings 20S 



on bee-moths ....4^2, 493 



" honey-dew 120 



" larvee . . 71, 73, 74 



" propolis 110, 112 



" salt 131 



" quotations of Huber....291 

 " " Reaumur. 185 

 Bickford, first use of the oil- 

 cloth 172 



Bingham, knife 468 



on honey vinegar. .. .529 



smoker 191, 194 



Birds and bees 503 



" should not be killed 504 



" injuring fruit 541 



Bi-sulphide of carbon 498 



Bledsoe, on the sting 38 



Blocks for the entrance 166 



Blood of bees 29 



Boerhaave on Swammerdam. . . . 40 



Bohemia honey production 424 



Boiling honey against foul brood 



479, 480, 484 



" wax 532, 533 



Boissier, on honey-dew 118 



Bonnier, on Darwin 6 



" " honey-dew 121 



" nectaries . . . .118, 121 



Bottom-boards 160-164-1G7 



Bottom-boards, encased 165 



Box- hives 133, 134 



Brace-combs, see Bridges. 



Brain of bees 15 



Braula cceca 506 



Breathing upon bees 200 



Breeding in and in 91 



Bridges 159, 203, 204 



Bridal trip 54 



Brimstoning bees 133, 428 



" honey comb to keep 



out the moth. 498 



Brood accidentally killed 487 



" casting the skin 73 



" chamber in two stories 



objectionable . 152 

 " duration of development. . 92 



" how fed 71 



" pure air for 181 



" sealed by bees 73 



transformation of the. ... 74 

 Buckwheat honey ...406, 423, 508 

 Buera, on water for brood 



rearing. 371 



Burmeister, names the stomach- 

 mouth . 28 

 " discovers different sounds 



in the humming of bees 34 



Burnens as an observer 77 



helped Huber 8, 9 



Butler anecdote from 505 



on drones 89 



on drone traps 89 



on handling bees.. 198, 199 



on the bee-sting 207 



on sectional hives.... 135 



" on sense of smell 206 



" saw the queen deposit 



eggs 40 



Cages, introducing 283 



" shipping 325 



Cakes 528 



California, crop of 425 



" first bees 291 



Candied honey 515 



" how bees dissolve. 129 



" " melting 517 



Candy, for feeding 334, 335 



for shipping 324 



making 334 



*' Scholz 335 



" shops, killing bees 338 



Cans, for honey 521 



Cap of the hive 174 



Capping can 466 



Cappings 467, 531 



Cappings of honey cells, air- 

 tight? 122 



Carbolic acid for foul-brood. . . .481 



Carbolized sheet 195, 378 



Carniolan bees 292 



Gary, on uniting colonies 349 



" witnessed the mating of 



a queen 55 



Castellaz, on preserving combs 



from the moth 499 



Catalogue of bee plants 408 



Catching the queen of a swarm. 225 

 " queens for shipment or 



introduction 284 



Causes of swarming 211, 236 



Cellar blinds 363, 364 



" damp 362, 365 



" dark 365 



" dry 360 



" removing bees from 366 



temperature 362 



" ventilation 365 



" wintering bees in 360 



Cells, accommodation 103, 104 



bottom of 100 



" diameter of 103 



" drone 103, 107 



" natural explanation of the 



shape of 101 



" not horizontal 102 



opposed preference of queen 

 and worker 107 



