INDEX. 



405 



wings to provent awarming, 173 ; may 

 be confined to proveut swarminj,' 



174 ; unfertile, Bhould not bo coiifliii'ii, 



175 ; fertile, easily supplied tu desti- 

 tute mothor stocks, is.; ; young, In 

 aftor-swarms, lay I'ow drono-oggs, 184 

 (nut.') ; to raiso, for artiQcial-swarra- 

 ing, ItiS ; when to be givL-n to nowly- 

 forcod swarms, 189 ; to induce bees to 

 raise, on what part of the comb you 

 pkuse, 191 ; bor value, 192 (note) ; 

 can she bo dovolopod from any 

 worker-larviB? l'J2 (note 2) ; made to 

 supply several stocks with eggs, 193 : 

 will lay eggs while under inspection, 

 196 (note); caution needed in giving, 

 to strange stocks, 200 ; stranger, how 

 to induce stocks to receive, 201 ; pro- 

 tected by quocu-cage, 201 ; care to be 

 used in catching, 202 ; never stings, 

 but sometimes bites, 202 204 ; may 

 be lost if allowed to fly 202 ; her great 

 appetite, 202 ; her life mdispensable to 

 the safety of the colony, 204 | loss of, 

 see "Loss of Queen;" young, dangers 

 besetimg, 213 ; should be given to 

 queenless stocks in Spring, 221 : when 

 unimpregnaled, colony should be 

 watched, 222 j when unimpregnated. 

 hides, 222 ; wmgs of, may lie clipped 

 for artificial swarming, 222 ; how to 

 mark the age of, 223; fertility of, dimin- 

 ished by hunger and cold, 223 (note 

 l);,should be removed in their third 

 year, and new one given, 223 ; regular 

 and systematic, best, 223 (note 2); 

 odor of, 226 ; removal of, a remedy 

 for foul-brood, 258 ; surplus, reared by 

 Dzierzon-, in suspected hives, 260 ; de- 

 serted by her subjects when they have 

 been conquered by stronger stocks, 

 263 (a,nd note) ; should be removed 

 before smothering the bees, when 

 stocks are broken up for their honey, 

 306 (note); Italian, how to propagate, 

 326; afterbeingchilledjlay only drone- 

 eggs, 327. 



Queen Bees, why, when two fight, both 

 are not killed, 206 ; combat of, as wit- 

 nessed in one of author's observing 

 hives, 205 



Queen-cage, use and construction of, 201, 

 325. 



Queen cells, see l^iyal cells. 



Queenless stocks, signs of, 219, 245 ; to 

 be supplied with queens, 221 ; in Oc- 

 tober, should be united with other 

 stocks, 223 ; a sure prey to the moth, 

 if not protected in time, 244 (and note). 



Quinby, M., author of a very valuable 

 work on bee-keeping, 249 (note) ; on 

 the ravages of the larvae of bee-moth, 

 249 (note) : on shape of mov. comb 

 hives, 330 (note 3); on wintering bees, 

 348 ; on equalizing colonies when re- 

 moved from Wmter repository, 361 



(note 2): on making bees work in a' 

 double tier of surplus honey-boxes. 

 366 (note). ' 



^padlkofer. Doctor, on over-stockhig, SOO • 



on the Italian bee. 326. ' 



Rapping on hives, Its effect on bees, 27, 



166, 204. ' ' 



Raspberry, one of the best bee-plants, 



and very abundant in hill towns of 



Now England, 296. 



Reaumur, his account of a snair covered 



with propolis, by bees, 78 ; his error 



as to tho treatment of strange queens 



by bees, 201 ; thought there were two 



species of bee-moth, 228. 



Rem, Dr^on the shape of honey -cells, 75. 



Religion, revealed, appeal to those who 



reject, 52. 

 Remedies for bec-stings, 314-317. 

 Ricm, tho first to notice fertile workers, 



65. 

 Ringing hells, in swarming time, useless, 



113. 

 Requisites of a complete hive, 95-108. 

 Robbers, highway, bees sometimes act 



the part of, 262. 

 Robbing, by bees, frequent, when forage 

 is scarce, and caution against, 199,261, 

 263 ; how prevented, 261-266; commit- 

 ted chiefly on feeble or queenless colo- 

 nies, 261 ; signs indicating a bee en- 

 gaged in, 261, 265 ; begets a disrelish 

 for honest pursuits, 262, 264 (and 

 note)^ movable entrance blocks pro- 

 tect bees against, 264 ; infatuation pro- 

 duced by, onbcos,264; caution needed 

 in checking, when a hive is vigorously 

 attacked, 265 ; how to stop bees en- 

 gaged in, 265 ; secret, its remedy, 266. 

 Royal cellSjdescribed, 62 ; wood-cuts of, 

 Plates Xm., XrV., and XV.; attention 

 paid- to, by workers, 62; why they 

 open downwards, 63 ; number of, in a 

 hive, 63 ; how supplied with eggs, 63 ; 

 description of, 66 ; when built. 111 ; 

 queen prevented from destroying, 121 ; 

 remains of, indicate number of queens 

 hatched, 121 ; may be removed in 

 mov. comb hives, to prevent after 

 swarming, 124 ; how to decide whether 

 inmate of has been hatched or killed, 

 121 ; bow to cut out of combs, 166; 

 sign that the queens in, are nearly 

 mature, 167 ; how to make bees rear, 

 in convenient places on the comb, 191; 

 to be given to colonies second day 

 after removal of queen, 223. 

 Royal jelly, see Jelly, royal. 

 Rye-meal, see meal, 



S. 



Sagacity of bees, 47, 48. 



