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INDEX. 



Aristotle, noticed similarity of drone and 

 worker-eggs, 42 ; observed that bees 

 collect pollen from one kind of flower 

 at a time, 83 ; observation of, concern- 

 ing the flight and feeding of drones, 

 224 (note) ; on the difBculties which 

 perplex the Apiarian, 276 (note)j de- 

 scribed the Italian bee, 318. 



Artificial honey, recipe for, 276 (note). 



Artificial rearing of queens, 188 ; the 

 process to be performed lato in the 

 day, 188 ; honey and water to bo sup- 

 plied, to bees in, 189 ; when to confine 

 bees in, 189. 



Artificial swarming, 143, 211 ; not per- 

 formed by Columella, 147 (note) ; ill 

 success of ancient method of, 148 ; 

 Huber's plan of, objectionable. 148 ; by 

 dividing hives, unsatisfactory , 149 ; by 

 removing full hives and substituting 

 empty ones, worse, 150, 151 ; by self- 

 colonizing hives, inelfectual, 151 ; causes 

 of failure of, 352 ; has received great 

 attention from author, 153 ; mode 

 of, adapted to common hives, 154 ; 

 cautious handling of combs in, need- 

 ful, 155 (and note) ; how to prevent 

 bees in, #ora returning to old stand. 

 156, lo7 ; not to be performed till 

 drones appear, 158 ; tokens of the ab- 

 sence or presence of the queen in, 158; 

 how to proceed if the queen is absent, 

 159 ; if done in morning or late in after- 

 noon, how to proceed to secure bees 

 for the old gtock, 160 ; proportion of 

 bees necessary for old stocks in, 160 ; 

 new and decoy-hive should resemble 

 that of parent stock, or adjoining hives 

 be covered, 160 ; mode ot, by exchang- 

 ing hives, 160 ; by juxta-position, 161 ; 

 by confining bees in parent stock, 161 ; 

 preferable plan when to be done on a 

 large scale, 162 ; rapidity of this plan, 

 162 (note) ; its advantages, 163 ; Dr. 

 D3nhofl"'s method of, 163 ; how to at- 

 tach bees to new places, in, 163 (note) ; 

 difficult for persons ignorant of the 

 laws which control the breeding of 

 bees, 164 ; easily performed with mov. 

 comb hive, 164 : mode of performing 

 it, 165 ; queen to be sought for, 166 ; 

 supply of sealed queens provided for, 

 166 ; great care necessary in transfer- 

 ring sealed queens, 167 ; should not be 

 attempted in cool weather, or when 

 dark, 167 ; early morning best time 

 for, 167 ; little danger attending, 167, 

 168 ; perfectly safe even at mid-day, 

 168 ; sugar-water often better than 

 smoke, useful in, 168 ; honey-water 

 objectionable, 169 (note) ; caution in, 

 enjoined, 170 ; how to apply sugar- 

 water In, 170 : how to remove frames 

 in, 170 ; rapidly performed, 173 ; best 

 mode of, 180, 181 ; supply of queens 

 to mother-stocks, in, 182 ; obviates 



the risk of after-swarming, 184 ; capo- 

 ble of safe expansion, 185; how to 

 double stocks by, 185 ; Dzierzon'a 

 mode of, 186 ; author's mode of, for 

 . single apiaries, 186 ; mode of, re- 

 sembling natural swarming, 186 ; 

 mode of, by reversing position of 

 hives, 187 ; how to provide a full 

 supply of queens for, 188 ; nucleus for 

 rearing queens for, 189 ; rapid in- 

 crease of stocks by, 190 ; how to in- 

 duce bees, in, to rear queens on con- 

 venient parts of the comb, 191 ; how 

 to secure adhermg bees for the nuclei 

 in, 192 (and note 2); queens, in, made 

 to supply several stocks with eggs, 

 193 ; mother-stocks, in, should be 

 kept strong, 199 ; most successful 

 when forage is abundant, 199 ; haz- 

 ardous in a crowded apiary, 200 ; how 

 to supply stocks, in, with stranger- 

 queens, 200 ; queen-cage for, 201 ; 

 union of bees of different stocks in, 

 203 ; practiced in ancient times, 210. 



Artificial swarms, where should be put, 

 158 ; how to know whether they have 

 a queen, 158; will accept a strange 

 queen, 159 (note) ; cautions to be ob- 

 served in locating, 169 ; how to make, 

 by slightly changmg position of parent 

 stock, 161 ; how to form several with 

 one natural swarm, 163 ; quickly 

 made in mov. comb hive, 164, 173 : 

 when to force, in cases of retarded 

 swarrning, 174 ; cannot be formed by 

 merely transferring- combs and bees 

 into an empty hive, 175 ; caution 

 against too rapid multiplication of, 

 175 (note) ; the piUng mode of forming, 

 its advantages, 188 ; not to be increas- 

 ed so as to reduce the strength of the 

 mother stock, t99 ; attempts at rapid 

 increase of, in vicinity of sugar -houses, 

 &c., 199 ; difficult to form when forago 

 is scarce, 199. 



Asters, furnish valuable pasturage for 

 bees, 298. 



Attica, its yield of wax and honey, 304. 



Austria, value of its honey crop, 304. 



Axioms, bee-keeper's, 369. 



B. 



Baldensteitt, Capt. , on Italian bee, 318 ; 



ill-success of, in propagating pure 



breed, 319. 

 Bar-hives, ancient, 210 (note) , author's 



■experimente with^ 14. 

 Basket, used as a hiver, 133. 

 Bass-wood, see Linden. 

 Bears, destroyers of bees, 254. 

 Befe-bob, to attract swarms, 132. 

 Bee-bread, see Pollen. 

 Bee-dress, use of, recommended, 132, 



209, 316. 



