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Index 



Feces, effects in winter, 356. 



in winter, 89, 91. 



of young bees, 107. 



retention, 147. 

 Feeders, 33, 242. 

 Feeding, 240. 



for winter, 345. 



of larva, 101, 111. 

 Fertilization of egg, 96. 

 Field duties of workers, 105. 

 Flight, length of bee's, 19. 



of queen, 69. 



organs of, 115. 

 Flowers, finding of, 177. 

 Food, 142. 



for winter, 344. 



of larv£e, composition, 115. 



of larvsB, source. 111. 

 Formic acid in honey, 84. 

 Foul brood, 398. 

 Foundation in sections, 311. 



need of, 239. 

 Frames, handling, 237. 

 Fraternal relations of beekeepers, 3, 



14. 

 Fruit-growing, value of bees in, 6, 7, 



366. 

 Fumigation for moths, 414. 

 Function of nectar, 360. 



Galleria mdlonella, 411. 



Gates, 177. 



Gathering instinct, development, 



108. 

 German bees, 107, 200. 



hive, 7, 9. 

 Gerstung theory of swarming, 79. 

 Giant bees, 193. 



comparison of nest, 52. 



comparison in deserting nest, 81. 

 Glands of head. 111. 

 Glazed sections, 329. 

 Gloves, 31. 



Grading comb-honey, 326. 

 Granulated honey, marketing, 330. 

 Granulation of wax, 338. 



prevention, 325. 

 Gravenhorst hive, 7, 9. 

 Gravity strainers, 299. 

 Grecian bees, 196. 

 Greek hive, 6, 8, 



Growth of larva, 100, 

 Guarding of colony, 117. 



Head, description, 134. 

 Hearing, 175. 

 Heart, 148. 

 Heat, conservation, 90. 



source, 59, 91. 

 Heating honey, 324. 

 Heat in winter, source, 346. 

 Hemiptera, source of honey-dew, 



371. 

 Hermaphrodite bees, 190. 

 Hershiser press, 336. 

 Hibernation impossible, 88. 

 Hive and hive parts, 26. 



arrangement, 231. 



finding of, 178. 



for comb-honey, 306. 



for extracted-honey, 288. 

 Hivers, automatic, 274. 

 Hive stands, 26. 



tools, 31. 

 Hiving a swarm, 272. 

 Hoarding for winter, 88. 

 Hoffman frames, 28. 

 Holy Land bees, 195. 

 Home market, development, 332. 

 Honey-dew, insect, 371. 



-dew in winter, 356. 



-dew plant, 370. 



-flow, influence on brood-rearing, 

 86. 



-flow variations, 206. 



-house, 23, 292, 306. 



-plants, 359. 



-pump, 300. 



ripening, 84. 



-stomach, structure, 113. 



storing, 81. 



uses, 432. 

 Hoosier School Boy, bee-house in, 



9, 10. 

 Hopkins method of queen-rearing, 



421. 

 House for extracting, 292. 

 Houses for bees, 9, 10. 

 Human concepts given to bees, 35. 

 Humidity in winter, 345. 

 Hunger swarm, 80. 

 Hymeuoptera, 37. 



