INDEX 12x 
Carr, W. B., and “ self spacers,” 
28, 29 
Cells, queen, 6, 8, 74; drone, 
cappings of, 12, 13; shapes of, 
49 
Cheese-cloth as strainer, 100 
Chilled brood, 110 
Chyle food, 7, 9, 50-1 
Cleanliness, necessity for, 38, 61, 
71, 107 
Comb-foundation, and drone 
rearing, 12; varieties of, and 
how to use, 35; how to use 
old, 36; and wax-making, 
50; how to use, 92-3; hand- 
ling of hives containing, 94 
Confidence, necessity for, 58 
D 
DISINFECTANTS, 42 
Doubling stocks, method of, 62 
Driven bees, taking old queen 
from, 65 
Driving, method of, 79 
Drone, the, and mating, 7, 11; 
life history of, 11; how to 
keep down number of, 12; 
period of incubation of, 13 ; 
comb-foundation and breeding 
of, 35; cells of, 49; means 
of escape from super for, 74 
Dummy, how used, 32, 61 
Dysentery, symptoms of, and 
remedy for, 108 
E 
EARWwIG and bees, 112 
Embedder, a simple, 94 
Enemies of bees, 112 
Excessive swarming, remedy for, 
72 
Excluder, zinc, 36, 74, 76 
Extractor, necessity for, 38; 
how to work, 98-9 
Eyes of bee, 16 
F 
FANNING as a sign of trouble in 
hive, 17, 107 
Feeders, varieties of, and how 
to use, 37 
Feeding, circumstances in which 
it is useless, 5; varieties of 
feeders, 37; use of propolis 
in, 52; when necessary, 61, 
81; weak stocks, 63; inside, 
64; to encourage brood rear- 
ing, 66; after supering from 
brood-chamber, 75; necessity 
of, in spring, 82; method of, 
in spring, 83; syrup food, 84; 
artificial pollen food, 85; 
water in, 85 ; when to stop, in 
spring, 86; in autumn, 86; 
in winter, 88; injurious, 107 ; 
in cases of suspected disease, 
109 
Fermentation in hive, 18, 90 
Float-feeders, 37 
Flowers and bees, 53 
Flycatcher and bees, 119 
Formic acid, in bee sting, 19 
Foul brood, 18; symptoms of, 
107 
Fuel for smoker, 40 
G 
GLOvES, use of, 43, 59 
Green-fly and bees, 115 
H 
HEATHER honey, shallow frames 
and, 30; colour and flavour 
of, 55; extraction of, 56 
