INDEX. Ill 
Bottom- boards Encased, .......00040.164 Catching the queen ofa swarm...... 220 
movable, oeses. 166 ** “queens for shipment or intro- 
Aowhiver: sieiesle is eer ened » 130-131 duction... .275 
Brain of bees.. .». 15] Causes of swarming............ 206,232 
Braula cwea.............220.05 -9475 | Cellar blinds,..... +. 847, 343 
Braun, his test of a day’s crop. 434 ‘* damp ... B46, 849 
Breathing upon_ bees....... 196] ‘* dark... eee BAD 
Breeding in and in .... . 87 #8 TORY a ciciewiGnasarene BAS 
Brimetoning BOOS, wcciapinrs disaster a5 130 a removing bees from. 350 
honey comb to keep out ‘* temperature...... dioie 316 
the moth. 466-67 
Broad frames for sections............ 
‘« top burs for brood frames. 
Brood accidentally killed... 5 
casting the skin........ Oe eee 
chamber in two stories 
objectionable. Ae 
daration SEteyelepelsicnt 
how fed 
pure air for. 
sealed by bees. 
transformation of’ 
Brown on honey blossoms 
Buckwheat honey 
Buera, on water for brood rearing. . .355 
Burmeister, naies the stomach- 
mouth.. 26 
discovers different sounds in 
the humming of Leni 32 
Barpens as AS aN OSErVeL....06 weeeeee- 14 
helped Eluber. c 
Butler’ sanecdote from.. 475 
on drones...... . Bt 
ae on drone traps.. 34 
ae on handliog bees. . 194 
oe on the bee-sting.. 202 
on sectional hives.... ...132 
saw the queen AE poets eggs. a 
as imtroducing........ cece ee ee 27: 
how to use. 275 
ae shipping..... ..312 
Cakes vasiccswne - 494 
California, crop ‘of. 404 
** honey, prices of... ~ 485 
Camm uses broad top bars .... ....- 156 
Candied honey Liew newaii meiRige oss © 481-482 
how bees dissolve. .126 
ae $e TREMIIB aceenahen tes 483 
Candy, for feeding.. 200-320 
for shipping... 312 
making........ 
Scholz.......... 
shops, killing bees. 
Cans, for honey. 
Cap of the hive. 
Capping can. 
Cappings.. 
Cappings of ney 
Carbolic acid for foul- brood. 
Carbolized sheet... 
Cares in Spring. 
Cary, on uniting colonie: 
«© “witnessed the mating of a 
queen.. 53 
Castellaz, on preserving combs from 
the moth. .467 
Catalogue of bee plants.............. 3385 
ventilation. . Baer 
wintering bees in. 
Cells, accommodation..,. 
YONG. sie ccna vgs aacmisrsaier 98, 102 
natural explanation of the 
shape of.. 96 
not ee aveietsia vial ae 96, 97 
opposed preference of queen 
si and worke or. 103 
43, 264, 265, 266, 271 
or, 93 
queen. 
size ofr.. 
solution 
Chapman’s echinops 
Cheshire, book of. 
criticism of. 
winter eee OL secnas is 
mistake of...... MW 
on air-tight Sie eon 
on cure of foul-brood...... 77453) 454 
on diarrhes, ia ti biate icles alee Sula mntne ey 
on the antenn® . 
“ blood..... dod 9,10 Be 
ee SE ON EB siarareare's seiotscesre ees see 4 
ee © FCOb. « siciiswiseiae sieewes emressieiae 22 
Ls ae lands. oki Seu i 16 
fe “© Jarvex, 70, 71, 72 
as ©o VOg8s.55. sesasins 23, 24 
oe ‘« pollen baskets............ 
ea ‘« skeleton of the bee...... 2 
A ‘* ‘survival of the Attest. .80, 81 
ast ae _ sonenes Riaieia praia ducted ecaed he 20 
oO . 89 
Chickens ae ae hives in the evening. “47 
«* eat drones 86, 4 
Chin of the bee 9 
i . 2 
! aawae2l6 
Christie’s method of putting up 
honey. .489 
Clamps for wintering................ 35C 
Van Deusen’s,.... 2. 1A8 
Claws and pulvilli..... Macaig ti Pacaiohy Aavaty 21 
Cleaning propolis from the hands.. .107 
Cleansing beeswax...............4-. 500 
Clipping the wings of queens... .220- ce 
Cloth, oil or enameled........ sestaredtas2 170 
Clover , alsike. 
