Index. 



405 



PAGE 



Sections, divided holders for ... 162 



., folding 152 



„ number to start with .. . 246 

 „ preparing new combs for 247 

 „ starting with new combs 



in ... 162, 164, 384 



„ Simmins' glass rail 153, 384 

 „ Three-side cut... 157, 167 

 „ when to remove ... 250 



Separators 153 



Science and practice 



Skepi examination of 20 



„ for hiving swarms ... 43 



Smoker, how to use 20 



Sore throat, treatment of ... 347 



South African bees 55 



Spring dwindling 193 



Stings removed by the bee■!^ ... 29 



,, cures for ... 30 



Stocks, buying 305 



„ packing 306 



,, unpacking 308 



Storeroom ... ... ... 252 



Strong stock, what is a... ... 176 



Success, the road to 358 



Sugar, cane v. beet 303 



Super-crates, space between ... 148 



„ slatted 151 



„ when to reduce 



space in ... 250 



,, witn double walls 183 



Surplus, producing a 256 



Swarming, act of 42, 44 



and doubling ... 222 



by dividing 218 



by nuclei 272 



control of ... 202, 217 

 equivalent of ... 61 



V. honey 217 



indiscriminate ... 62 

 prevention of 61, 149, 155 

 without increase ... 220 

 Swarms, attachments for catch- 

 ing 



hived on foundation .., 

 „ starters 



not stinging 



packing 



preventing after 



Syrian bees 



Syringe' for filling combs 



217 

 163 

 328 

 19 

 313 

 221 



54 

 298 



Thirty acres .i^300 a year from 93 



Transfering 20 



„ best time for ... 169 

 Trifolium 69, 75 



U 



Uncapping can 238 



Uniting ... 23, 146, 171, 177, 362 



, after swarming 221 



„ after three days ... 24 



I, before the season 72,194 

 before heather harvest 336 

 ,, by exchanging combs... 25 

 ,, in Autumn ... 24, 176 

 ,, young queens to stock 224 



Varieties of bees... 46 



Veils 26 



Virgin queens 45 



Water, as indicating honey flow 36 

 ,, method of supplying ... 319 



,1 necessity of 36 



Wax, cost of producing ... 331 



,, extractor 330 



,, melting 162 



„ production of 323 



„ seahng bottles with ... 230 

 ,, securing foundation with 161 



Wells system ... ■ 381 



Weighing bees 313 



Windows, formation of 319 



Wintering cluster 149, 178, ihS 



great security in 141, 181 

 „ on all the combs ... 176 



,, on old combs ... 178 



,, vital question of ... 138 



,, without quilts ... 184 



,, with no floor-boards 185 



„ without a queen ... 190 



Yields, exceptional 10 



„ increased by planting ... 64 

 „ Gandy's remarkable ... 365 



ERRATA. 



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