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INDEX. 



of temperature, 114-124; not 

 lorpidia cold weather, 114 ; per- 

 ish when frozen, 114, 137; 

 maintain a high temperature in 

 •winter, 114 ; may starve in 

 winter, with honey in hive, 115 ; 

 winter best, when Itept quiet, 

 116 ; when healthy, do not dis- 

 charge fEECes in hive, 1 16 ; wild 

 colonies of, often flourishing, 

 118; when they require but 

 little air, 120 ; moisture from, 

 freezes and may destroy them, 

 120 ; when disturbed, require 

 much air, 126 ; become diseased 

 when the air of their hive is im- 

 pure, 127 ; why they do not clus- 

 ter on sealed honey, in hot 

 weather, 127 ; skill of, in venti- 

 lation, a reproof to men, 128 ; 

 sometimes abandon hive, from 

 famine, 143 ; inter-communicate 

 quickly on the wing, 145 ; sight 

 of, for distant object, acute, 145 ; 

 when swarming, reluctant to 

 enter heated hives, 155 ; will 

 not form independent colonies 

 in inter-communicating hives, 

 177 ; self-colonizing of, without 

 swarming, impracticable, 177 ; 

 disposition of, when moved, to 

 return to old location, 184 ; re- 

 turning from labor, do not at- 

 tack, 191 ; adhere tenaciously to 

 combs, 196 ; wax-working and 

 nursing, diflerence between, 218 ; 

 how they act, when another hive 

 is put in place of their own, 219 

 energy and perseverance of, 220 

 when confined, need water, 222 

 act of swarming, indisposes to 

 return to parent hive, 224 ; de- 

 stroyed by falling into liquid 

 sweets, 227, 367 ; watchfulness 

 of, against bee-moth, 244 ; not 

 indigenous to America, 248 ; 

 killing of, more humane than 

 starvitig of, 253 ; often flourish 

 in rudest hives, 255 ; swallowed 

 with impunity by birds and toads, 



■274; when dispirited by hunger, 

 do not guard against bee-moth, 

 290 ; agitation of, when queen 

 leaves for impregnation, or is 

 lost, 293; from different colo- 

 nies, how to prevent from mix- 

 ing, 310 ; robbing, compared to 

 extortioners, 314 ; recognize 

 their hive companions, by sense 

 of smell, 316; killing of, unne- 

 cessary, 321 ; in very cold 

 weather, may require moving 

 temporarily to a warm room, 

 326 ; when wintering out of 

 doors, should not be shut up en- 

 tirely, 327; sometimes act the 

 part of highway robbers, 338 ; 

 often perish in confectioners' 

 shop.3, 368 ; when gorged with 

 honey, reluctant to fly, 378 ; 

 usually fly for food some dis- 

 tance from hive, 399 ; many de- 

 stroyed by negligent arrange- 

 ments, 400 ; capacity of, for 

 labor, limited, 400 ; wonderfully 

 subject to human control, 406 ; 

 may be handled with impunity, 

 406 ; when healthy, not inclined 

 to sting, unless molested, 409 ; 

 do not act on the offensive, 

 away from home, 410, 412; of 

 same colony, never quarrel, 411; 

 when sick or injured are expell- 

 ed from hive, 411 ; sometimes 

 recognize strange bees, though 

 having the same smell, 417 ; 

 actions of, when scolding, 418; 

 instinct of, 424-429 ; may be 

 stupified by ether or chloroform, 

 461. 



Beetle, curious anecdote of, 427. 



Bees, Queen of, see Queen Bees. 



Beginners, should adhere closely 

 to directions, 213 ; advised to 

 start on a small scale, 306. 



Berg,Rev.Dr. first informed author, 

 of Dzierzou's discoveries, 17. 



Berlepsch, Baron of, experiments 

 of, with Italian bee, 449 ; his 

 method of propagating Italian 



