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INDEX. 



proper location of, 299-302 ; 

 shoold not be exposed to high 

 winds, 300 ; should have a 

 southern exposure, in cold cli- 

 mates, 300 ; how to procure 

 bees, to start, 302-307 ; how to 

 change location of, without loss 

 of bees, 317 ; large ones in Rus- 

 sia and Hungary, 394 ; advan- 

 tageously surrounded by high 

 fence, 414 ; must be watched in 

 swarming season, 461. 



Apple-tree, blossoms of, abound in 

 honey, 382. . 



Aristotle, on the similarity of 

 drone and worker eggs, 45 ; on 

 depriving bees of surplus stores, 

 431 ; on effect of smoke on bees, 

 (note) 431 ; en Italian bee, 440 ; 

 great merits of, as an observer, 

 (note) 463 ; on loss of stocks, by 

 bee-moth, (note) 463. 



Artificial, rearing of queens, de- 

 scribed, 73 ; operations, best 

 performed when honey is plenty, 

 219. 



Artificial swarming, recommended 

 by Columella, 171 ; disadvantage 

 of, in Ruber's hive, 172 ; di- 

 viding-hives, not adapted to, 

 173 ; ought not to be practiced 

 with little brood-comb and no 

 queen, 175 ; how managed in 

 the common hive, lSO-187; by 

 driving bees from old hive, 180- 

 187, 479 ; how managed in 

 mov. comb hive, 187; time of 

 day for, 180, 185, 190 ; requires 

 good acquaintance with natural 

 history of bees, 186 ; directions 

 for easy performance of, in riiov. 

 comb hive, 187 ; advantages of 

 tnov. comb hive, for, 204 ; an 

 unprofitable method of, 229 ; by 

 driving bees into upper cover of 

 mov. comb hive, 461. 



Artificial Swarms, should be put 

 on stand of parent stock, 183, 

 479 ; cautions as to location of, 

 183 J how to know whether they 



have a queen, ]88; may be 

 made to accept a strange queen, 

 189 : quickly made, in mov. 

 comi) hive, 198 ; how to make 

 one, from every two old stocks, 

 211; how to make quickly, 

 early in morning, 221 ; how to 

 make, by slightly changing po- 

 sition of parent stock, 292. 



Asters, many varieties of, abound 

 in honey, 391. 



Attica, great numbers of hives, in, 

 398. 



Avarice, in men and bees, com- 

 pared, 369. 



Axioms, bee keeper's, 467. 



B. 



Baldenstein, Capt., first called at- 

 tention to merits of Italian bee, 

 441; experiments of, with 

 Italian bee, 442-444 ; difficulties 

 of, in propagating pure breed, 

 442. 



Basket, used as a hiver, 157. 



Bass-wood, see Linden. 



Bee-Bread, see Pollen. 



Bee-Dress, use of, recommended, 

 423. 



Bee-Glue, see Propolis. 



Bee-Hat, author's, described, 423 ; 

 wood-cut of, PI. XI, Fig. 25. 



Bee-Journal, more than one in 

 Germany, 23 ; much needed in 

 this country, 23. 



Bee-Keepers, old fashioned, why 

 successful, 112 ; credulous and 

 careless, " have no luck," 241 ; 

 often reject the best established 

 facts, 242; careless, cannot be 

 secured against bee-moth, 243, 

 helped, with difliculty, 269, and 

 should give up bee-keeping, 270 ; 

 inexperienced, should begin on 

 a small scale, 306 ; should know 

 honey -resources of their district, 

 391 ; in what respects should 

 imitate Napoleon, 392 ; calendar 

 for, 4.58-467 ; axioms for, 467. 



