INDEX. 



403 



N. 



KarcottoB, in managing boos, worso than 

 useless, 211. 



Natural swarming and hiving of swarms, 

 109-142 ; guards against extinction of 

 bees, 109 ; not unnatural, 111 ; time 

 of. 111 ; seldom occurs in northern 

 clmiates, when hivos are not well fill- 

 ed with comb, 111 (note) ; signs of, 

 111 : only in fair weather, 112 ; time 

 of aay of, 113 ; preparation of bees 

 fbr, 112 ; queen often lost in, 113 ; ring- 

 ing of bells and tanging, useless, 113 ; 

 how to stop a fugitive swarm, 114 ; 

 after, ventilation should be regulated, 

 124 ; hiring should be done in shade, 

 or hive be covered, 130 ; should be 

 promptly attended to after swarm 

 settles, 1S2 ; process of, 183 ; basket 

 for, 133 ; sheet for, 133 : how arrang- 

 ed, 133 ; how to expedite, if bees are 

 dilatory, 133, 134; must be repeated 

 if queen not secured 134 ; small limbs 

 cut with pruning shears in, 1"-J ; when 

 swarm out of reach, how to secure, 

 134 ; when in ditBcuIt places, or two 

 swarms cluster together, 135 ; how to 

 secure queen, 136 ; old-fashioned way, 

 objectionable, 136 ; more than one 

 swarm in a hive, 137 ; to prevent 

 swarms uniting while hiving, 138 ; 

 swarms, as soon as hived, should be 

 removed to their stands, 138 ; an ex- 

 pedient, if DO hive be ready, 139 ; sug- 

 gestions for makii^ more profitable, 

 139-142 ; excessive, prevented by use 

 of mov. comb hive, 140 ; affords no fa- 

 cilities for strengthening late and fee- 

 ble stocks, 140 ; objections to, 139-147 ; 

 oncertainty of, 147 ; why some stocks 

 refuse to swarm, 147. 



"New Eogland Farmer," extract from, 

 describing a combat of queens, 205. 



Night-work, on bees, hazardous, 167. 



Non-swarmer, author's, prevents swarm- 

 mg, 174 ; excludes drones, 228 : facili- 

 ties it offers to preserve pure tne Ital- 

 ian bee, 826 ; wood-cut of, PI. n,. 

 Fig. 5. 



Non-swarming colonies, may lose their 

 queens, or queens become unfertile, in 

 common hive, 153 j queens may be 

 supplied to, in mov. comb hive, 153. 



Non-swarming hive,advocatedbymany, 

 154; objections to, 153; mov. comb' 

 hive best for, 153. 



Nuclei, what they are, and how to form 

 them, 189 ; to obtain adhering bees 

 for, 192 (and note) : must not be allow- 

 ed to get too much reduced, 197 ; al- 

 ways furnish plenty of queens, 219. 



Nutt, his list of bee flowers, 298. 



Nymph, bee, see Pupa. 



Objections to natural swarming, 143-147. 



Observing-hive, mov. comb, 332-334 ; 

 Hon. S. Brown's experiment with, 305 ; 

 its facilities for observing the internal 

 operations of the bees, 332 ; for winter- 

 ing, 332 (note) ; those with single 

 ftames recommended, S33 ; adapted 

 for the parlor, 333 ; how to stock with 

 bees, 3^ ; source of pleasure and in- 

 struction, 333 ; may be kept in cities, 

 333. 



Odor, of Queens, 226, 286 ; of drones, 226 

 (note 1) : of workers, 203. 



Odors, unpleasant, offensive to bees, 313 ; 

 used to prevent robberies, 265 (note) ; 

 excite bees to anger, 313. 



Oettl, remarks of, on over-stocking, 803 ; 

 his golden rule in bee-keeping, 303 ; 

 his statistics of bee culture, 303, 



Old age, signs of in bees, 59. 



Oliver, H. K., observations of, on bee- 

 moth, 251. 



Onions, blossoms of, yield much honey, 

 293. 



Ovaries of queen-bee, 35, (PI. XVHr.); of 

 workers, are undeveloped, 29, 54. 



Over-stocking, 299-307 5 ^^ danger of, 

 299 ; Wagner's letter on, 300 ; Oettl 

 and Braun's statistics on, 303. 



Ovum, what necessary to impregnate 

 it, 41. - 



Paint, smell of fresh, detested by bees, 

 129 ; if fresh be used, it should contain 

 no white lead, and be made to dry 

 quickly, 129 ; recipe for, preferable to 

 oil paint, 129 ; color of, for hives, 368. 



Pasturage for bees, 292 ; effect of, on re- 

 moval of colonies, 157 ; honey-yielding 

 trees and plants, 293-289 ; gardens too 

 limited for, 297; catalogue of beo- 

 plants, 298 ; range of, 305. 



Patent hives, deceptions in vending, 61 

 (note), 106,146 (note) ; have greatly 

 multiplied the bee-moth, 337 ; and done 

 more harm than good, 237, 241. 



Peach-tree, yields honey, 292. 



Pear-tree yields honey, 292. 



Peppermint, use of in uniting colonies, 

 203. 



Perfection, folly of claiming for hives, 106. 



'Perfumes, disagreeable to bees, 313 

 (note). 



Perseverance of bees, worthy of imita- 

 tion by man, 197. 



Persons attacked by bees, directions for, 

 312, 314. 



Peters, Randolph, interestmg experiment 

 of, 219 (note). 



Pillage of hives, secret, cause and remedy 

 of, 266. 



