INDEX. 



395 



collars, S48 ; In epoclal depositories, 

 349-860 ; out less and fower dio iu 

 clamps thuu iu otliur spooial Wiutor 

 •depositories, 356, 358. 



Boo-koepars, oommou hives do not toacb 

 tliG laws of bco-brcuding, 104 ; if 

 timid, should uso beo-drosa, 209 ; 

 iguorauce of, the groatost obstaclo tu 

 speedy iulioductiou of* mov. comb 



> liivQ, 209 ; ofteu captivated by shal- 

 low di'vices, 211 ; scupttcism of many, 

 iu regard to the wonders of the bee- 

 hivi?, 211 ■ often mistake the cause of 

 the loss of their queens, 216 : careless, 

 will bo unsuccessful, 226, 260 ; should 

 not encourage the destruction of birds, 

 253 ; specimen of, opposed to improve- 

 mouts, 357. 



Bee-quack's secret, 238 (note). 



Bees, queeu of, see Queen Beos. 



BcgiDuers, should be cautious in expori- 

 mentmg, 179, 307. 



Berg, Kpv. Dr., first informed author of 

 Dzierzon's discoveries, 16. 



Berlepsch, Baron of, his stocks injured 

 by scientific experiments, 179 (uote^j 

 uses frames similar to the author's, 321 

 (note 2) J experiments on impregna- 

 tion of queens, 126 (note) ; Italian 

 bee, 323 ; his experiments on the effect 

 of cold on queens, 327 : shows that 

 bees need water in winter, 342. 



Bevan, on eggs, and larvae of bees 44- 

 47 ; on " driving," or forced swarming 

 (note), 154; an experiment of, in re- 

 moving a queeil, 218 (note) ; feeds salt 

 to bees, 272 ; his description of honey- 

 dew, 286. 



Birds, bee devouring, 252; why they 

 should not be destroyed, 253 (and 

 note) . 



Blocks, entrance regulating (Plate m., 

 Figs. 11, 12) ; useful to prevent swarm- 

 mg, 174 (and note); security against 

 mice, 175, 252 ; against robber-bees, 

 264. 



Bodwell, J. C, experiments of, in winter- 

 ing bees 345. 



Boerhave's account of Swammerdam's 

 labors, 65 (note). 



Bohemia, its production of honey, 304. 



Boiling honey improves it, 287. 



Borage, valuable for bees, 298. 



Bottom-boards should be permanently 

 fixed to hive, 97 ; should slant towards 

 entrance, 97 : cleaning of, 98 ; dangers 

 of movable, from the moth, 231 ; 

 Spring cleaning of, 243 ; Winter clean- 

 iug of, 347- 



Boxes for spare honey, 289, 290. 



Braum, Mr. A., his experiment to ascer- 

 tain the increase of honey in a hive, 

 303. 



Breath, hunoan, offensive to bees, 170, 

 311. 



Breeding " in-and-in,'' injurious, 54 ; 



oarly, encouraged by spring-feeding, 

 268. 



Brood, temperature necessary for its 

 dovelojimeut, 40, 48 : attended to by 

 young bees, 197 ; production of, check- 

 ed by ovor-feeding, 268 : found in 

 hives in Winter, 48, 339. 



Brood-comb, see Comb. 



Brown, Hon. Simon, his description of a 

 combat between two queens, 205. 



Buckwheat, valuable for late bee-pas- 

 ture, 296; its yield, and quality of 

 honey variable, 296 (and notes 1 and 

 2); its cultivation, recommeuded, 296 

 (and note 3) ; blossoming of, may 

 cause swarming, 366. 



Buera, on the need of water for bees, 344. 



Burnens, groat merits of, as an observer, 

 33 ; laborious experiment of, 33 (note) ; 

 Huber's tribute to, 194 (note). 



Busch, his description of the Italian bee, 

 324. 



Butler's description of the drone, 224; 

 his drone-pot, 225 ; his anecdote of a 

 honey-hunting swain, 254; his direc- 

 tions for procuring tne favor of bees, 

 311, 317. 



C. 



Cage, see Queen Cage. 



Calendar, bee-keeper's, 362-370. 



Candied honey, bees need water to dis- 

 solve, 342-344. 



Candy, sugar, recommended for bee- 

 feed, 272 ; recipe for making, 272 

 (note) . 



Gary, Wm. W.,his mode of uniting colo- 

 nies, 204 ; of fastening comb in frames, 

 283 (note) ; his mode of making winter 

 passages in combs, 337 (note) ; on win- 

 tering bees, 346 (note 2). 



Casts, see After-Swarms. 



Catalogue of bee-plants, 298. 



Cellars, dry, good for wintering bees, 

 345, 348. 



Cells, of bees, their contents, 29 ; covers 

 of, 44 ; for breeding, become too small, 

 60; wood-cuts of. Plates XBI., XIV"., 

 and XV. ; royal 62, 218 ; thinness of 

 their sides, 71 (note) ; sizes of, 74, PI. 

 XV., Fig. 48: demonstrate the exist- 

 ence of God, 75. 



Cherry-tree yields honey, 292. 



Chickens, curious use of, 248. 



Children of the rich, compared to pam- 

 pered bees, 268 ; may learn from bees 

 how to treat their mothers, 312, 



Chloride of lime, useful as a disinfectant 

 of foul hives, 257. 



Chloroform, subdues bees by stupefac- 

 tion, 210. 



Clamps, for wintering hees, 348-360. 



Clover, white, most important source of 

 honey, 294; Mr. Holbrook, on the 

 value of, for stock, 294 ; Swedish, 294. 



