INDEX. 



A. 



Advantages required in good 

 hives, 98-113. 



After-swarming, may be pre- 

 vented in mov. comb hive, 106 ; 

 causes and signs of, 148 ; pip- 

 ing of queen, an indication of, 

 149 ; seriously reduces strength 

 of parent stock, 151; prevented 

 in mov. combhive, by removing 

 supernumerary queen-cells, 152 ; 

 excessive, exposes parent stock 

 to bee-moth, 260. 



After-swarms, easily strengthened 

 in mov. comb hive, 106 ; when 

 to expect, 150 ; often issue in bad 

 weather, 150 ; often have more 

 than one queen, 150 ; returning 

 of, to parent stock, laborious, 

 163 ; usually unprofitable, 207 ; 

 danger of contention of, when 

 united to first swarms, 213 ; 

 usually abandon hive, on loss of 

 queen, 293 ; usually build regu- 

 lar worker-comb, 462. 



Age, of Queen-Bee, 53 ; of colo- 

 nies, extraordinary instances of, 

 65 ; of worker-bees, brevity of 

 proved from Italian bee, 64, 443 ; 

 of colonies, not to be confounded 

 with that of individual bees, 65 ; 

 of bees composing a swarm, 147. 



Agricultural Implements, better 

 tests of, needed, 404. 



Air, bees need little in winter, if 

 kept warm and dry, 120; pure, 



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necessary for eggs, brood and 

 mature bees, 126; quality of, 

 more important to health of 

 man, than quality of food, 129 ; 

 thin hives need much, in win- 

 ter, 117, 325 ; blowing of cold, 

 on bees, subdues them, 319. 



Air-tight Stoves, deficient in ven- 

 tilation, 133. 



Alighting-board, importance of 

 sheltering against wet, 109; 

 conveniences of, in mov. comb 

 hive, 399. 



Americans, their love of sham 

 cheapness, 123. 



Anger of bees, difficult to repress, 

 if not done before it is fully 

 aroused, 193 ; excited by quick 

 motions, 194 ; caused by dysen- 

 tery, 277 ; remarks on, 406-419 ; 

 when dangerous, 410; excited 

 by uncleanly persons, 4l4, by 

 breathing on them, 414, and by 

 improper treatment, 418 ; how to 

 act, when excited, 418; should 

 never be violently repelled, 418. 



Ants, white, fecundity of female of, 

 34; Amazon, curious habits of, 

 426. 



Aphides, singular mode of propa- 

 gation of, 46 ; cause honey-dews, 

 372. 



Apiarians, see Bee-Keepers. 



Apiaries, enclosed, objectionable, 

 122 ; two, some miles apart, 

 recommended by Dzierzon, 221 ; 

 crowded, how to manage, 291 ; 



