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Index. 



PAGE 



Introduction of virgin queens ... 286 

 Izal, definite treatment witli ... 104 

 „ toul brood annihilated by 105 

 ,, cures without destroying 



combs 106 



,, experiences 107 



Lamp nursery 



Land, going baclf to the. 



,, profits from 



LarvEe, development of 



Ligurian or Italian Alp bees . . 

 Location, choice of 



n 



Management, Autumn 



Spring 



Summer 



Winter 

 final proof of correct 



system in .. 



Market, preparing for 



Mead 



Medical failures 



Metal ends 



Metheglin 



Minorcan bees 



Moving bees 



N 



Natural increase 



„ combs, building 



Nuclei ... 



,, formation of 



„ increase by forming 

 „ introduction by forming 



Non-swarming system 



„ failures with 



„ true principle in 



„ and the Con- 



queror hive ... 



O 



... 265 



86, 378 



••■ 93 



■■• 34 



... 48 



■■■ 3 



172 



191 

 194 

 178 

 139 

 138 

 ... 252 



- 358 

 ••• 352 

 ... 234 



■■• 355 

 ... 56 

 12, 305 



202 

 200 

 308 



314 

 272 

 28s 

 203 

 207 

 210 



213 



Page 



Planting for bees 63 



,, ,, 100 colonies ... 71 



,, „ a succession ... 74 

 „ „ systematic... 66,80 



Plumping 197 



Pollen, absent from sections ... 37 

 „ respective colours of ... 35 

 ,, substitute for .•■ 36 



,, when mostly gathered... 35 



„ where stored 37 



Poor land, renovating 71 



Profits in poor seasons ... 224 



Punic (North African bees) ... 46 



Queen cage, circular 269 



„ tubular 267 



Queen cells ... 41 



,, excluders... 235 



,, nursery 263 



Queen rearing 259 



M eggs for 273 



„ preparing stocks for ... 260 



,, Simmins new 262 



,, temperature for... ... 263 



Queens, buying in nuclei ... 314 



, „ by post 309 



catching 268 



,, changing in disease 103, 123 

 ,, confining young ... 269 



destruction of 44 



,, duplicate 269 



„ fertilisation of 42 



, finding 278 



,, going with swarm ... 44 



„ hatching of 44 



,, introduction of fertile . . 279 

 ,, „ virgin... 286 



,, mating of 273 



,, never too prolific ... 60 



H piping 45 



„ retammg only young 224,257 



,, surplus virgin 271 



,, two in one hive 269, 381 

 Quieting bees, agents used for 25 



Returns, estimated 8 



Robbing mania 18 



„ precautious against ... 17 

 „ prevention of 18 



Sealing wax, dipping bottles in 230 



Sections 152, 384 



compl't'lydivid'd 154, 162, 167 



