INDEX. 



613 



Bee-keeping, depressed condition 

 of, in America, 13 ; why less 

 profitable than formerly, 249 ; 

 old fashioned mode of, described, 

 250 ; profits of, 22, 401, 402 ; im- 

 proved systems of, worthless to 

 the ignorant or careless, 403 ; 

 encouraged by European Gov- 

 ernments, 403. 



Bee-Moth, how to preserve empty 

 comb, from, 80, 259 ; lays eggs 

 in propolis, 88 ; permanent bot- 

 tom-boards, a security against, 

 101 J often aided, by "moth- 

 proof" hives, 242; habits of, 

 described, 243-272 ; season of 

 its appearance about hives, 243 ; 

 habits of, not entirely nocturnal, 

 243 ; difference between male 

 and female, 244 ; very agile on 

 foot and wing, 244 ; watchful- 

 ness of bees against, 244 ; leaves 

 hive, for impregnation, 247 ; 

 only larvffi of, destroy the combs, 

 247 ; how she lays her eggs, 247 ; 

 most destructive in hot climates, 

 248 ; careless bee-lfeepers cannot 

 be secured against, 269 ; danger- 

 ous to feeble colonies, 256 ; lays 

 eggs in combs unprotected by 

 bees, 256 ; high temperature 

 needed for hatching eggs of, 

 259 ; how to destroy eggs of, in 

 empty comb, 260 ; injurious 

 mostly, to queenless stocks, 261; 

 sagacity of, in detecting queen- 

 less stocks, 262 ; not the primary 

 cause of the ruin of queenless 

 stocks, 264 ; Judge Fishback's 

 observations on, 265 ; how ex- 

 cluded from hives, 266 ; cannot 

 be kept out of queenless hives, 

 266; curious device for exclud- 

 ing from hives, 267 ; importance 

 of destroying larvse of, in early 

 spring, 267 ; fond of sweets, 270 ; 

 H K. Oliver's observations on, 

 270 ; serves an important end 

 289 ; some, usually found about 

 healthy stocks, 289 ; to be dread- 



ed chiefly, on account of rava- 

 ges in empty combs, 289 ; was 

 destructive to queenless hives, 

 more than 2000 years ago, (note) 

 464 ; eggs of, PI. XIII, Fig, 40. 



Bee-Moth, Larvse of, wax their 

 proper food, 245 ; ravages of, 

 245 ; time of development of, 

 245 ; how and where they spin 

 cocoons, 245 ; motions of, very 

 nimble, 246 ; manner of growth 

 of, 246 ; how they protect them- 

 selves against bees, 247 ; de- 

 stroy the combs, 247 ; how to 

 learn when hive is infested with, 

 257 ; importance of destroying, 

 in early spring, 267 ; how to 

 trap, 268, and how to destroy, 

 when in possession of hive, 270 ; 

 wood-cut of, PI. Sin, Fig. 45. 



Bee-Palaces, objections to, 67. 



Bees, Honey, can be easily tamed, 

 25-30 ; easy management of, 

 surprises the unitiated, 25 ; in- 

 tended for man's comfort, 26 ; 

 gorged with honey, never volun- 

 teer an attack, 26, 408 ; when 

 swarming, full of honey, and 

 therefore peaceable, 27 ; always 

 accept of offered sweets, 28 ; 

 gorge themselves when frighten- 

 ed, 29 ; subdued by smoke, or 

 drumming on their hives, 29 ; 

 can live only in a colony state, 

 30 ; a whole colony of, need 

 never, be exasperated, 30, 410, 

 417 ; three kinds of, in a colony, 

 3 1 ; how affected by loss of 

 queen, 33 ; intelligence of, 53, 

 88, 94 ; age of, 64 ; industry of 

 aged, instructive, 65 ; number 

 of, in a colony, why limited,'67 ; 

 advantages of their being able 

 to winter in a colony state, 68 ; 

 superstitions connected with, 89 ; 

 natural history of, proves exist- 

 ence of an all-wise Creator, 93 ; 

 should not be needlessly dis- 

 turbed, 98, 209 ; need protection 

 against dampness and extremes 



