566 



INDEX. 



Excluders 440, 441 



Excrements, see Fceces. 



Extracted honey 451 



barrels for. .469,"^12 

 granulation of... 515 

 sale of. 518, 519, 52H 



Extracting 463 



advantages of ... .454, 455 



" conclusions on 471 



from b-rood combs.... 466 



half stories for 458 



" how to proceed 463 



" Implements for. .463, 465 



" lessens the work 457 



" prevents swarming. . .457 



Extractor 453, 454, 469 



" reversible 469 



Eyes of bees 3, 4 



" comparison of 4 



Facets of the eye 4 



why so many 5 



Famine, desertion by 212, 372 



Fear of stings 200 



Fecundation delayed, its re- 

 sults 60, 61 



' ' of flowers by bees 



126, 127 



" of the queen 53 



Feeble colonies, feeding 330 



" uniting 348 



unprofitable .429, 430 



Fecundity of the queen 41 



Feeders 332, 333 



Feeding bees 329 



" larvEe compared with 



mammal feeding. ... 28 



in the Fall 331 



in Spring 330 



loaf sugar 335 



not to be encouraged. 336 



Scholz candy 335 



stimulative 330 



sugar candy 334 



syrup 335 



swarms 229 



Fences 439 



Fermentation of honey 517 



Fertility of the queen, see 



Fecundity 41 



Fertilization, see Impregnation. 



Field, Eugene 114 



Fighting of queens 52 



Flammarion 13 



Flight during Winter 356, 366 



Flight of bees, range of 421 



" " speed of 26 



Floating apiaries 322 



Flour given to bees 126 



Flowers, bees not injurious to 



127-128, 543 



list of honey 408 



Fceces of bees, discharge of the. 29 

 " discharged In the hive. . . .343 



" unhealthy 472 



" of the queen IS 



*' of young bees 71 



Food, bees' 116 



for wintering 343, 344 



how much for Winter. .. .342 

 " its effect on queen larvae. . 47 



" on worker larvte 77 



" best to ship queens 323 



Forcing box 310 



Foster 



" open side sections. . . .450, 451 

 shipping directions. . .510, 511 



Foul-brood 473 



care and perseverance 



needed 484 



detected in Spring... 476 



description of 475 



Dupont experiments . . 475 

 from infected queens. 485 



fumigating 479 



method of Alexander. 485 



method of Bertrand. .479 



" of Cheshire. . . .481 



"■ of McEvoy 482 



" of Muth 477 



B'oundatiou, see Comb foundation. 

 Frame of the bodies of insects. . 3 

 Frames.142, 147, 150, 151, 158, 164 

 " comparison of divers sizes 



150, 151, 153 



" distance between 157 



" Danzenbaker 151 



" divisible 272,273 



" first attempts at movable. 142 

 " groove for foundation. . . .159 



" Hoffman 149, 151 



" Langstroth 149 



" number per hive 154 



" perpendicular to the en- 

 trance 160 



" Quinby 151, 15S 



" " dimensions of ... .164 



" regularity of the outside 



measure of 158, 159 



" removing from the hives. 202 



" space around 142 



spacing wire for 170 



" success with every kind of 



155, 156 

 " top and bottom bars of. . .159 



triangular edge 157 



" wide 44S 



" width of the top bar 159 



France, N. B., on foul-brood 



482, 483 

 "on legal rights . 544 



Fruits and bees 19, 510 



" blooms benefited by bees 



126, 127 



" damaged by birds 542 



" juices of, injurious to bees 



344, 543 



Fumigations against foul-brood. 479 



moths 498, 499 



to tame bees. 193, 194 



Gelieu vertical, divisible hive. ..136 

 German hive, inferiority of.... 

 145, 149, 152 



