INDEX 
A 
AIR-ORGANS of bee, 9, 14 
Alighting board, 26, 81 
Ammonia as remedy for bee- 
sting, 19 
Antennz of bee, uses of, 15 
Ants in hives, 114 
Aphis and bees, 116 
Artificial pollen, 85 
Autumn feeding, 87-8 
B 
Bar frame, advantages of, 28 ; 
how to handle, in hive, 60, 74 
Bar-framed hive, working for 
profit and, 4; comb formation 
and, 35; how to transport, 
81; essential to profit-making, 
93; how to work, 92 e¢ seq. 
‘* Bee-bread,” 56 
Bee escapes, 32 
Bees, as heat producers in hive, 
5; aud swarming, 8, 44, 68; 
metamorphosis of, 13; ana- 
tomy of, 13-9; sting of, 18; 
and fowls, 19; stingless, 19; 
scent of, 46-7; and comb- 
making, 50; and varnish, 51 
and cross fertilisation of 
flowers, 53; aud honey gather- 
ing, 54-5; and pollen, 56-7; 
treatment of chilled, 58; 
manipulation of, 58-9; how 
to stimulate, 65; and reserve 
food, 72, 81; how to drive, 
79; how to transport, 81 ; 
when food is declined by, 89; 
diseases of, 106 ef seq.; 
enemies of, 112 ef seq. 
Bees-wax, how formed, 49-50, 
92; value of, 104; how to 
melt and sort, 104-5 
Birds and the bee-keeper, 117 
Blind louse and bees, 115 
Blue- bag as remedy for bee 
sting, 9 
Blue-tit and bees, 118 
Brood-chamber, 26; when to 
expand, 61; standard frames 
from, as super, 73 
Brood -nest, choked, treatment 
of, 67 
Brood-rearing, artificial feeding, 
and, 66; time of commence- 
ment of, 66; use of old honey 
stores in, 90-1 
Brushes, best form of, 41 
Cc 
Carico, unbleached, for quilt, 
33 
Camphor, use of, in hives, 42, 96, 
114 
Canadian feeders, 37 
Candy, for winter feeding, 88 
Carbolic acid, use of, as dis- 
infectant, 42 
Carbolic cloths, how to use, 40-1 
