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INDEX. 



sight of, for distant objects, acute, 

 117 ; commotion of, during absence of 

 queen for impregnation, 125, 217 ; na- 

 tive of hot climate, 128 (note); detest 

 smell of fresh paint, 129 ; often per- 

 spire while swarming, and reluctant 

 to enter heated hives, 130 ; pleased to 

 iind comb in hive, 131 ; modes of se- 

 curing swarms in difficult places, 1S5 ; 

 acute of hearing, 138 ; refusing 

 to swarm, should have plenty of 

 storage-room, 139; may be advanla- 

 geousiy kept in cities, 144 ; often re- 

 fuse to swarm, 145 ; seldom colonize 

 unless blossoms abound in honey, 147 ; 

 ability of, to rear queens from worlcer- 

 brood, when discovered, 148 ; with- 

 out mature queens, build combs 

 with large cells, 149, 150 (and note) ; 

 diminish rapidly in number after 

 swarming, 151 (and note); will not 

 form independent colonies in inter- 

 communicating hives, 152 ; work bet- 

 ter in new swarms than In old colo- 

 lonies, 153 ; laden with stores, welcom- 

 ed by strange swarms, 155 ; without 

 stores, expelled, 155 ; frightened by 

 rappings on the hive, 155 ; disposition 

 of, when moved, to return <o old lo- 

 cation, 156 ; effect on, of temporary 

 loss of home, 157 ; how to make p,d- 

 here to old home, wherever put, 157 : 

 losmg their queens, will accept of 

 others, 159 (note) ; more irascible at 

 night, 167 ; confounded by sudden in- 

 troduction of lightf into their hives, 

 168, 169 ; difficult to subdue when 

 once thoroughly excited, 170 ; use' all 

 available space for honey, 172 (note 

 2); tenacious adherence of, to their 

 combs, 172 ; losing their queen when 

 swarming, return to parent stock, 

 17#; their mode of communication, 

 174 (note 1); storipg surplus honey 

 to be unmolested, 180 (and note 1); 

 amasing conduct of, oa finding a 

 strange hive where their own slii^jld 

 be, 181 (note 1) ; emboldened to solf- 

 defcnco by presence of queen, 182; 

 judicious renewal of, for swarms, not 

 injurious to mother-stocks, 183 ; their 

 instinct to become over-rich, 183 (note 

 2); their passion for forage, 186 (note 

 1) ; when destitute of queen, will rear 

 young ones, if they have brood-comb, 

 188 ; need water when confined, 189 

 (note); how encouraged to work in 

 an upper hive, 189 ; do not always 

 cluster on brood comb in nuclei, 192 

 (noto) ; sometimes start queen-cells 

 that fail, 193 ; young do inside, and 

 old, ontslde work, 194 ; young are 

 wax- workers, 196; their occasional 

 refusal to make royal cells explained, 

 197 (note) ; a worthy trait of, 197 ; 

 their treatment of strange queens, 



200 ; to cause, to receive strange 

 queens kindly, 201 ; of different colo- 

 nies may bo united, 203 ; distinguish 

 their hive companions by smell and 

 actions, 203 ; conduct of, when fright- 

 ened, 203 ; when disturbed and scent- 

 ed, will readily mingle, 203 (and note) ; 

 in too large hives, become dispirited, 

 208 ; in large apiaries, if the hives are 

 alike, hable to mistake them, 214 ; 

 eflfect on, of loss of queen, 217 ; ene- 

 mies of, 228-255 ; vigilance of, against 

 the moth, 231 : not a native of the 

 New World, 23o ; a harbinger of civ- 

 ilization , 236 (note) ; can learn to de- 

 fend themselves against new enemies, 

 240 ; destroyed by mice and by birds, 

 252 ; by toads and bears, 254 ; dis- 

 eases of, 255-260 ; propensities of, to 

 rob, and appearance of thieving bees, 

 261 ; habitual robbers become black, 



262 (and note) ; sometimes rob the 

 humble bee, 262 j grand battles of, 



263 ; of conquered colonies, incorpor- 

 ate themselves with the victors, 263 : 

 frantic fury of robbers,,when deprived 

 of their spoil, 265 ; how to cool them 

 into temporary honesty, 265 ; feeding 

 of, 267-278 : are fond of salt, 272 ; in- 

 fatuation of, for confectionery, 27^ ; 

 compared to intemperate men, 278 : 

 the avaricious, folly of, 278 ; fond of 

 shade, 280; procuring lor an apiary, 

 280 ; transferring from common to 

 mov. comb hives, 282 ; get supplies 

 from honey-dews, 287 ; flight of, its 

 extent, 305 ; pacific temper of, 308 ; 

 incident illustrating good nature of, 

 while swarming, 308 ; readily taught 

 by ill treatment to be vindictive, 310 ; 

 human breath offensive to, 311 ; at a 

 distance from their hives, never sting 

 unless hurt, 312 ; kinijuess of, at homo, 

 a lesson for man, 312 ; their treat- 

 ment of the sick, 312 ; their sense of 

 smell, 313 ; dead^ medicinal qualities 

 of, 315 (note) ; will more surely sting 

 hairy than bare parts, 317 ; maintain 

 a high temperature in Winter, 335 ; 

 eat less in Winter when kept quiet, 

 335, 355 : wintering of, 335-361 ; unit- 

 ing small colonies of, for wintering, 

 336 ; do not store honey so as always 

 to be accessible in Winter, 336 ; can- 

 not be relied on to make Winter pas- 

 sages in combs, 336 ; should be pro- 

 tected from Winter winds, 337, 348 ; 

 if out of doors in Winter should be 

 allowed to fly, 337 ; sometimes perish 

 in snow, 338 (note 1) ; experiments 

 on wintel^ing, by author, 339 ; need 

 water in cold weather, 342-346 • need 

 water to eat candied honey, 342-344 ; 

 injured by being disturbed in Winter, 

 347.355 ; seldom discharge their fjeces 

 in tae hive, 347 ; on wintering in dry 



