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A. 



Adobe, for hires, 331 (note 2). 



Advantages required iu Gomplete hives, 

 95-108. 



Adventure, amusing, in search of honey, 

 264. ' 



After swarming, 120 j causes and indi- 

 cations of. 121 ; easily prevented in 

 mov. comb hives, 124, 140; evils of, 

 140 ; author's mode of obviating evils 

 of, before invention of mov. comb 

 hive, 140 (note) ; excessive, exposes 

 stock to bee-moth, 243. 



Ailer-s warms , easily strengthened in 

 mov. comb hives, 140 ; when to ex- 

 pect, 122 ; often issue in bad weather, 

 122 ; often have more than one queen, 

 122 ; seriously reduce strength of par- 

 ent-stocks, 124, 140 ; wise arrangement 

 concerning, l24 j easily preve^d in 

 mov. comb hive, 124 ; weak, of little 

 value, 140, 141 : returning of, to parent 

 stock, or doubling, unprofitable, 140 ; 

 make few drone-cells the first season, 

 184 (note). 



Age, of bees, 58 ; queen-bee, 49 ; of 

 workers, proved from Italian bee, 69 

 (note); signs of old, 59; of colonies, 

 59 ; of queens, designated by the clip- 

 pings of their wings, 223. 



Air, necessary for bees 88 ; bees need in 

 Winter, 89, 338 ; pure, necessary for 

 eggs, brood, and bees, 89 : pure, neces- 

 sary for health of man, 91 ; abundance 

 of, suppUed by mov. comb hive, 94 ; 

 new swarms require more than old^ 

 281; cold, alarms bees, 311, (note); 

 how to give in Winter, to mov. comb 

 hives, 338. 



Air-tight stoves, deficient in ventilation, 

 92. 



Alighting-board, should shelter from 

 wind and wet, 103; improved by at- 

 taching muslin, 279 (note) ; PI. V., 

 Figs. 16, 17. 



Alsike, or Swedish white clover, 294 ; 

 value of, for bees and stock, 295. 



American women, their suflerings from 

 bad ventilation, 92. 



Analysis of royal jelly, 64. 



Anger of bees, 308-314 ; difficult to re- 

 press, when once aroused, 170 ; excit- 

 ed by the human breath, quick mo- 

 tions, or jarring, 170 : and sometimes 

 by smoke, 168 (note); should not bo 

 violently repelled, 170 ; occasioned by 

 disease, 256 (note); never necessary 

 to provoke a colony to, 309 ; when 

 provoked to, terribly vindictive, 310 

 of dyspeptic bees, troublesome, 310 

 bee-hatj a protection from, 310 ; But' 

 ler's du'ections how to prevent the 

 rising of, 311 ; warm breath provokes, 

 311 (note 2) ; when ex<;it«d, how to 

 act, 311 ; never excited away from 

 home^ 812 ; excited by disagreeable 

 odors, and uncleanly persons, 313 ; 

 aroused by a smell of the bee-poison, 

 314 ; and by rough and hairy substan- 

 ces, 317. 



Ants, white, their fecundity, 32 ; some- 

 times injure bees, 255 ; small, harm- 

 less, 255 (note); extravagantly fond 

 of honey, 287. 



Aphides, smgular mode of propagation 

 of, 42 ; description of, 285 ; cause of 

 honey-dew, 285. 



Apiarians, see Bee-keepers. 



Apiaries, must be closely watched in 

 swarm ing-season, 143 ; large, rendered 

 difficult by natural swarming, 145 ; 

 danger of crowded, 214 ; stocking, &c., 

 279-284 ; in establishing, a knowledge 

 of the honey resources of the locality 

 important, 279 (and note 1); should be 

 protected from high winas, and from 

 cattle, and sweaty horses, 279 (note 

 2) ; should be in sight of occupied 

 rooms, 279 ; proper exposure for, 279 ; 

 covered, objectionable, 280 ; shaded, 

 agreeable to bees, 280 ; location of, 

 how to change, 280 ; procuring bees 

 for, 280 ; to secure bees in their hives, 

 for removal to, 281 ; precautions to be 

 observed in moving hives to, 281 ; 

 transferring bees from common to 

 mov. comb hive, for, 282 ; large, in 

 Europe, 300 ; should be fenced against 

 cattle and horses, 313. 



Apple-tree, yields much honey, 292. 



Apricot-tree, honey-yielding, 292. 



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