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INDEX. 
Pollen used when bees make combs. 9 
Portico... 
Pound, how many bees inone....... 5 
Prevention of afterswarms 
oh GARR AG ate ahs Fass 160, 344 
moths io peIDBe « AGG, 
eee robbing . 363 
es swar ming. 229 
Production of honey... Bake 2 AUT 
improved 
neat ae 
Propolis....... i ese 
ve “hardin Winter 0000! lor 
‘* how to clean from the 
hands. .197 
“# ON SCCHIONS. cee. eee eens eeee. AID 
‘* soils the comb 107 
‘* “uses for bees. ... 106 
ws «« in commerce. .108 
cL) fs Rees 
beginning to lay.. 
best conditions to : 
cares... 
clipping wings Ofte © 2 
contents of spermatheca. or... 
dejections, licked by t 
workers. .16, 17 
description of........ 2.0.2... 40) 
destitute of nursing glands... 
difference in prolificness of,,. 
does not govern .. .........46 389 
duration of development of.. 
aM ‘© transformations — 
of.. 88 
Dzterzons’ discovery on...... 
entering the wrong hive . 
fecundity of............. 
fed by the workers, 
fighting of...... ... 
growth of, delayed 
how raised. . 
how her eges are fecundated. 53 
AS BUG LATE ncaseeds pi snes ene 63 
** to fin 2738 
“* to aise, = 215 
importation........ 810 
impregnation. ofeggs.. 538 
‘ theq . 61 
impregnation of the quee 
delayed... 59 
impregnation of the aneen 
for life, .53 
impregnation of the queen 
in confinement . 53 
{otroduction of impregnated .274 
$8 VAPPIDG wacecen le 
knowing the sex of her eggs.. 60 
last to die. 31] 
laying drones in worker 
cells. .56, 62 
‘¢ in qneen cells......... 44 
‘* worker eggs tn drone 
cells..61 
lays more in Spring 40 
longevity of.......... 
FOBT SOUIG. ce sconineaiek 4005 
Queen lost in her wedding trip..... an 
love of bees for the....... 4 
‘*  mailing..... 11311 
“* ma ing.. az 5 
yin 
parthenogenesis of the.. . 
preference for worker cells 
‘* prisoner In the hive 
«* reared from eggs 
ie : old larve..... 
ue ue {n the South.... 
«es rearing 
‘* refrigerated. 
‘(shipping ..... 
ae oS by mail 
BE CORN DSia seers 
“€ anable to fly.. 3 
OE MELA N a seapase. idsedessansuaces fs so avaraces 2nd 
‘* why not impregnated in the 
hive.. 86 
‘* young, confined by Huber ... 55 
Queen. cells, destroyed. .... ...e..eee 48 
for artificial swarm- 
ng. .246 
se how reared............ 43 
oe *« to transfer........ 264 
oe Jarge number of ...44, 264 
tt preparing for ......... 263 
Queenless colonies destroyed by 
moths 468 
“e oe 
do not kill their 
drones, .261 
how detected...... 260 
Queeus several in a swarm 2 
two inahive .. 
ee “e 
se se 
ina swarm, 
Quinby closed ends hive - 
frames, sive of.. 
6 
2 -139 
147, 752, 157, 163 
number of 152 
superiority of... .150-151 
an bees damaged by moths. ..471 
‘* distances pewesn frames 153 
‘© yobbin 
ra oe 
smoker 
66 
‘: enlargement of top edge..... "170 
Races of bees” 28 
Racine on old combs.. 
es ‘* swarming. 
Ranouan hive......... 
Rapping se swcccatece. aay 
Raynor, carbolized sheet 
Rearing queens ... 
“6 
. 43, 253 
x from eges. ec tee ts aad 263 
s oe ‘“ improved races 262 
in moderate colo- 
nies.. 
Refd on the shape of the cells...... 
Remedies for foul - ee .449 
s for sere 
Removing frames. . 
ve 66 
