INDEX. 



407 



are an easy prey to the motb, 246 (and 

 note) . 



Stocks, union of, see Union of colouies. 



t-tomacb of worker, wood-cut of, PI. 

 Xm.,Fig. 54. 



Stovi's, air-tight, deficient in ventilation, 

 'J2; Franklin, a good kind of, 92 (note). 



Straw, use of, foi* protecting hives, 337. 



Stupefaction of beea, by smoko, chloro- 

 form, and other, 210. 



Sturtevant, E. T., on wintering bees, 340, 



Suftbcation of bees, symptoms, 00. 



Sugar, its elements 70. 



Sugar-candy, see Ciindy 



Sugar-water, use of to pacify bees, 26 ; 

 154, 168-170 J how to apply it, 170 ; 

 used in mingbng stocks, 203. 



Sulphur, use of, in killing eggs and worms 

 of bee-moth, 243. 



Sun, heat of, important to bees in Spring, 

 101, 368. 



SuperstiUons about l^ees, 79. 



Surplus honey, see Honey, surplus. 



Swallow, address of Grecian poet, to a 

 bee-eating, 253. 



Swammerdam, his drawing of queen's 

 ovaries described, 35 ; great merits of, 

 as an observer, 65 (note).- his drawing 

 of queen's ovaries, PL XVni. ; how 

 he learned the internal economy of the 

 hive, and his reverence in studying 

 the works of Nature, 164 (note) ; spoke 

 of two species of bee-moth, 228. 



Swarms, new, often construct drone- 

 comb to store honey, 51 ; number of 

 bees in a good one, 54 ; first ones led 

 by old queens, 111 ; no sure indica- 

 tions at first, 111 • will settle without 

 ringing of bells, &c., 113; more in- 

 clined to elope, if bees are neglected, 

 114; how to arrest a fugitive, 114; 

 how to prevent, from deserting a new 

 hive, 115 ; indications of intended de- 

 sertion, 115; clustering of, before de- 

 parture, of special benefit to man, 116: 

 send out scouts, 117 ; sometimes build 

 comb of fence-rails, &c., 118 ; how 

 parent hive is re-populated, after de- 

 parture of, 119; composed of young 

 and.old bees, 119 ; none of the bees of 

 new, return to parent hive, 120 ; signs 

 and time of second, 123 ; sometimes 

 settle in several clusters, 122 ; singular 

 instance of plurality of queens (in 

 Mexico), 122 ; signs and time of third, 

 123 ; first, sometimes swarms again, 

 128 ; new, reluctant, to enter heated 

 hives, 130; often take possession of 

 deserted hives stored with comb, but 

 seldom of empty hives, 131 ; trees con- 

 venient for clustering of, 131 ; can be 

 made to alight on a selected spot, 131 ; 

 hiving of, should not be delayed, 132 ; 

 several, clustering together, 137 ; may 

 be separated by hiving in large hive, 

 137 ; hissing sound of bees while 



swarming, causes other stocks to 

 Hwaini, 137 ; how to prevent their 

 mingling, 138 : should bo placed where 

 intended to stand, as soon as hived, 

 138 ; how to proceed when hive is not 

 ready to receive, 139 ; feeble after- 

 swarms , of little value , 140, 141 ; strong, 

 tempted to evil courses, 141 ; many, 

 annually lost, 143 ; danger of losing, in 

 swarming season, 144; decrease of 



• in bees, a-fter swarming, 161 (and 

 notie) ; new, have greater energy than 

 old, 153 ; forced, 154; will enter hives 

 without the qucon, 159 (note) ; when 

 forced, how to induce to adhere to 

 new locations, 163 (and note) ; to 

 avoid risk of losing, in swarming-time, 

 173 ; too rapid multiplication of, un- 

 prontttble, 176; second, usually val- 

 ueless, unless early, and season good ; 

 177 ; weak, may be strengthened by 

 use of mov. comb hive, 178 ; one new, 

 made from two old ones, 181 (note 3) ; 

 artificial, rapid increase of with mov. 

 comb hive, 183 ; dangers attending, 

 in large apiaries where the hives are 

 uniform in appearance, and near to- 

 gether, 216 ; how to avoid the danger, 

 217 ; Washington Irving's account of, 



. in the West, 236 (note) ; new, need 

 more air than old, 281 ; precautions in 

 moving, 281 ; a late one, 366. 



Swarming, signs of, 111 ; indisposes bees 

 to return to parent hive, 120 ; unsea- 

 sonable, often caused by famine, 116 ; 

 causes bees to mark the place of their 

 new abode, 120; incident in, in Mex- 

 ico, 123 ; after, care needed to pre- 

 serve young brood in parent hive, 

 124; in tropical climates, at all sea- 

 sons, 128 : season of, 128 ; inconve- 

 niences of, 139-147 ; artificial, mode 

 of for common hives, 154 ; best pre- 

 vented by use of authors hive, 153: 

 for the season, can be accomplished 

 in few days with author's hive, 173 ; 

 time of natural, easily determined in 

 author's hive, 173 (note) ; prevented by 

 clipping wings of queen, 173, 223 ; pre- 

 vented by contracting the entrance 

 of hive, 174 ; last plan not thoroughly 

 tested, 174 (note 3) ; frequent, unpro- 

 fitable, 176 ; best mode of 'artiflcial, 

 181: how to obtain extra queens in na- 

 tural, 190 (note); interesting anecdote 



' of, 308. 



Swarming, artificial, see Artificial 

 Swarming. 



Swarming, natural, see Natural Swarm- 



Swarmmg season, commencement and 



duration of, 111,128, . 

 Sweaty horses, detested and often killed 



by bees, 313 

 SydserfTs calculation of profits of bee 



culture, 146 (note). 



