INDEX. 
Mehring, inventor of comb foun- 
ation... 
stamp for securing Strafght 
combs...... 
Melipones......... ao 
Melting honey, 
8 OWEX ese 
Memory oi bees. 
Metutarsus of bees 
Mice in bee hives. 
Miller on baits in sections......... 
= fuundation sturters.- 420, 421 
a number of colonies in one 
location, .405 
robber cloths........... 7 
scraping propolis from s€0- 
tions. .419 
** section crates............ =» 422 
‘** time of removal of bees from 
cellar ..511 
Mills on painting hives different 
eglors. ean 
Mismanagement of bees............. Bt 
Mistakes of beyinners.............. 
Mixing bees from different hives219, rr 
More on honey...... .... diets 492 
Mouth of bees....... 
Movable comb hives.. .137 
frame hives, first attempts ‘aa 
0 
ee frame standard Canetroth’ 155 
ae different styles of... .147 
Muon hive............ awe eee iste 0, 185 
Muth honey cake.. oe 495 
** location. . 291 
«« fonl-brood method 450-451 
‘* on ripening honey. -483 
** straw mafs......... 
Natural swarming.... ei or iatera ce 
and selection |... 
id uncertainty of... .238 
Nectar, best condition to produce...113 
changed to honey.......... 11 
contains more orless waterlll 
exists in different parts of 
the plant. ae 
extrafloral...... Serbia avsiwiarewrod 
we in deep corollas. 
ee reabsorbed by plants. 
ee storing and evaporating. ...118 
ne yields of, vary greatly. 112, 378 
Nervous system in beeS......s 29 
Newman kegs for honey. 
es on uses of honey... 
Norton on out-door wintering. 
Notch of the first pair of legs.. 
NUClENBs .j2% 04 segiemes 35 Seeacaases 
“« for artificial swarming... <8 
S HOW MAUE. 5 cece weex oe 
«« prepared in Advance. esee. ss 269 
OF“ QILOD Biss sand gisieaiewn wow se ewend 268 
Numbering the hives...... seeeeeeess1T3 
Nursing glands of workers............ 
Nnrses.......cccceceee ceee 6, re 
Observing glass of the tae 
hive. .157 
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Observing hives..... sot cacccccesssceslBl 
* for pleasure and 
instruction. .188 
ss in apartments.......182 
es necessury to study 
bees. ,182 
Ocelli of Wees., cece voices. 
Odor of the poison of bees.. 
Oettl, golden rule........06 os. 
** on honey yield............ 402, “403 
‘* on the language of bees, wen 32, 33 
‘« straw hive...... SUS eierti 
OILGIOUN. ... ca.caaaes 
Old age, signs of, in ‘bees 79 
Old and young queens living eae 50 
Old spears i venom-proof.. ....204 
Old, how old is a queen when i impreg- 
aimee 51 
ald DESeCD Ue esis 194 
Olfactory organ 
Olni Wille: csaves on. « 
Opening hives............... 
Orphan bees raising queens, 
Otis saw impregnation...... 
Out-aplaries, bel 
conditions required “for 303 
ae how many ?.... ....... 
sy our terms for... 
Outer-boxes for wintering... 
Out of doors wintering....... 
Ovaries of a Lf eg queen. pies OE. 
‘* of the queen....,........ 54-55 
‘© of workers...... ..... 0.4 74-75 
Overbeck, discovery of origin of 
wax.. 93 
Overstocking otetata yeajd gue campeneGs Bee Cantus 400 
opinions on............ 405 
80 
Packard on ee breathing organs. . 
ais instinct of bees,. weve 37 
93 
Pain DSP IC OD sare iciais ais ciacia veisteraiars varias 
Painting hives...... . soewea wend 2 
‘different ‘Colors... aie 295 
Paley on the sting...........6--+. 000. 35 
Paltean hive........ eecee vee e182 
3 | Palpi amd maxilla. ......cccceseecceee 19 
Paraffine, melting point of. 371 
Parsons importation. . . 287 
Parthenogenesis....... .. 56 
ss proven by Italian 
bees,. 57 
Pasteur on breeding bacilli. 447 
** on inoculation 
Pasturage or bees 
Piping of the qu 
Poison of the sting... 
** gack...... 
Pollen...... 
“+ paskets.. 24 
“* combs... 24 
ee fresh preferred. . digiaisrarervete sis seine del 
‘* gathering, useful to plants e dseerats 123 
‘* indispensable to bees...... ....120 
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