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INDEX. 



Clustering of swarms, 113, 116. 



Cocoon, complete one, spun by drone 

 and worker-larvae, 46 ; imperfect one, 

 by queen-larvae, 46 ; of larv£e, never 

 removed from cells, 60 ; of the moth, 

 231, (PI. XIX.) 



Cold, moderate, makes Ijees almost dor- 



■ mant, 89 ; chills bees, 110 ; water, use- 

 ful in subduing roSbers, 265. 



Colonies, of bees (see also Stocks of 

 bees ; rapid increase of, in Australia, 

 51 (note) ; age of, 59 ; new, composed 

 of young aud old bees, 119 ; impossible 

 to multiply rapidly, by natural swarm- 

 ing, 147 ; folly of attempting to mul- 

 tiply, by dividing-hives, 149 : to re- 

 move, from old locations, 156, 157 ; 

 artificial, not to be formed till drones 

 appear, 158 ; artificial, time necessary 

 to form, 173; cautions against too 

 rapid increase of, 175 (note), 176-178 : 

 weak, easily strengthened by use of 

 mov. comb hive, 178 : possible extent 

 of multiplication of, 178 ; most profit- 

 able rate of increase, 179 ; to form one 

 new colony from two old ones, 180; 

 mother, easily supplied with young 

 fertile queens, in mov. comb hive, 

 182 ; sometimes over-stored with hon- 

 ey, 183 (notes 1 and 2); table illustrat- 

 ing rapid increase of, 185 ; new, must 

 remain where first put, 185 ; many 

 bees may be removed from, when the 

 queens are fertile, 186 ; new, formed 

 by reversing position of hives. 187 ; 

 piling mode of forming, 188 ; snould, 

 when moved, be supplied with water, 

 189 (note) ; to supply queens for 

 rapid increase of, 190-193 ; how they 

 may be safely mingled, 203, 336 : if 

 small, should be confined by movable 

 partition, to suitable limits, 208 ; en- 

 dangered by loss of queen. 217, 2-16 ; 

 having young queens should'be watch- 

 ed, 218, 222 ; signs that, have no 

 queen, 219 ; Spring care of, 221 ; 

 queenless in October, to be united with 

 other colonies, 233 ; old, more liable 

 than young, to the ravages of worms, 

 233, 251 (note) ; queenless, will be de- 

 stroyed by the moth, 244 (and note) ; 

 when hopelessly queenless, their de- 

 struction certain, 246^ how to be 

 treated when infected with dysentery, 

 256 ; how, when attacked with foul 

 brood, 257-260 ; suspected, used by 

 Dzierzon to rear surplus queens for 

 artiflcial stocks, 260 ; strong, can, in 

 a season, supply materials for four 

 swarms, 260 ; feeding of, 267-278 ; 

 should be strong when honey harvest 

 closes, 269 ; weak, in the Fall, should 

 be added to other stocks, 270, 336 ; 

 location of, how to change, 280 ; re- 

 moval of, to new apiaries, 281 ; weak, 

 ill-success of, has led to the belief 



that we are over-stocked, 299 ; only 

 strong, profitable, 299, 303 (and note) ; 

 itinerating, 305 (note 2); when broken 

 up for their honey, the queens sho»ld 

 be removed beforehand, 306 (nq^r); of 

 common bees, readily converted into 

 Italian . 322. 



Color, aids in recognizing their hive, 214 

 216. 



Columella, notice of his Treatise on 

 Bee-Keeping, 147 (note) ; his remedy 

 against the over-stgring of hives, 183 

 (note 2); advice of," concerning Spring 

 examination of stocks, 221 (note 1) ; 

 recommended that weak stocks be 

 strengthened from strong ones, 221 

 (noto 2) ; his suggestion as to the 

 proper time to remove surplus honey, 

 224 (note) ; his mode of feeding bees, 

 271 (note 1) ; his directions how to 

 gain the favor of bees, 311. 



Colvin, his method of securing straight 

 comb, 373 ; manner of making the 

 mov. comb hive 383. 



Comb, 69-76 ; too old, can bo easily re- 

 moved in mov, comb hives, 60, 209 ; 

 materials of, 69 ; wood-cuts of, repre- 

 senting various, kinds of cells, Plates 

 XIIL, Xrv., and XV.; empty, .great 

 value of, to bee-keeper, 71 ; should 

 not be melted into wax, 71 ; rapidly 

 refilled by bees, 71 ; easily supplied to 

 bees in mov. comb hive, 71 ; how at- 

 tached to frames, 72, 283 (and note) ; 

 drone-comb, not to be put in breed- 

 ing apartments, 72,130 ; artificial, sug- 

 gestion concerning, 72; author's ex- 

 periments to induce bees to make it 

 from old wax, 72 ; building of, carried 

 on most actively by night, 72 ; conib- 

 building and honey -gathering simul- 

 taneous, 73 ; danger to, in hot weather. 

 91 ; caution respecting, in artiflciaL 

 swarming from common hives, 155^ 

 (and note) ; generally built somewhat 

 waving, 171 ; how to examine ; when in 

 mov. comb hive, 172 ; brood, used for 

 nuclei, 189 ; worker, used to rear 

 queens, 191 ; building of, by young 

 bees, 196 ; worker, should never bo 

 destroyed, 207 (and note 2); prefer- 

 able to artificial comb-guiues, 207, 

 203 ; control of, essential to a system 

 of management, adapted to the wants 

 of all bee-keepers, 208 ; safely taken 

 from hive when bees are filled with 

 honey or sugar- water, 210; old, most 

 liable to be infested with worms, 233, 

 251 (note) ; empty , should sometimes 

 bo removed from feeble stocks, 243; 

 new, unsafe tfl move in warm weather, 

 281; containing bee-bread, has in- 

 ferior honey, 288; very old brood, not 

 worth rendering into wax, 288; to 

 make Whiter- bee-passages in, 337 (and 

 note 1). 



