I22 
Hive, bees as heat producers in, 
5; bees and ventilation of, 
17; hints on selection of, 21 ; 
the skep, 22; disadvantages 
of wooden, 24; size of, 25; 
floorboard of, 26; brood- 
chamber, 26; queen-rearing, 
33, 75; observation, 34; 
scent of, 46; position of, 58 ; 
how and when to clean, 61; 
weak, 61; for swarm, 71; 
re-queening of, 75, 77; trans- 
port of, 81; heating when 
bees are starved in, 90; 
dangers of fermenting food in, 
90; use of old honey-stores 
in, 90-1 ; mice in, 18, 113 
Honey, what it is, 48; flowers 
and nectar for, 54; influence 
of source of on colour, 55; 
flavour of, 55; formation and 
sealing of, 96; extraction of, 
97-9; tipening, 99;  strain- 
ing, 100-2; storing and bott- 
ling, 103; marketing, 103 
Honeycomb, composition and 
purpose of, 48-9; care of, 
95,96; removal from hive of, 
96-7 
Honeydew, 116 
Honey press, 39 
I 
“Imps ’’ for skep hive, 23 
Incubation, period of, 13 
Isle of Wight disease, 108 
J 
Jaws of bee, how used, 17 
L 
Lm™e honey, colour of, 55 
INDEX 
M 
METAMORPHOSIS of bees, 13 
Methylated spirit, as remedy for 
bee sting, 19; bees’ objection 
to, 19, 51 
Mice and hives, 18, 113 
Mildew, in honeycombs, 96; in 
quilts, 107 
Modern methods, necessity for, 
3 
Montbretia leaves, brushes of, 41 
Moths in hives, 114 
N 
NAPHTHALINE as disinfectant 
and insecticide, 42, 96, 114 
“Nucleus” hives, 33 
Oo 
OBSERVATION hives, 34 
Onion as remedy for bee-sting, 
19 
Outside feeding, advantages of, 
83; method of, 83-4; in 
cases of suspected disease, 
109-10 
P 
POLLEN, and worker bees, 10; 
bees as transferrers of, 53; 
how used by bees, 56; arti- 
ficial, 85 
Pollen-baskets of bee, 16, 56 
Pollen mites, 115 
Porter escape, 32 
Prevention of swarming, 72 
Profit, necessities to secure, 3, 
36, 38 
Propolis, on old quilts, 33, 52; 
what it is, 51; excess of, 
51-2; use of, in artificial 
feeding, 52, 85 
