INDEX. 



515 



bee, 450, 452 ; his experiments 

 on effect of cold, on queens, 477. 



Bevan, on eggs and larvse of bees, 

 48-51 ; remarks of, on instinct, 

 425. 



Birds, some kinds of, eat bees, 

 272; should not be killed for 

 eating bees, 273; apostrophe 

 to killers of, 273 ; sometimes 

 catch queen-bees, 286. 



Blocks-Entrance-regulating, of the 

 mov. comb, hive, for excluding 

 moth and trapping worms, 268 ; 

 prevent robbing, 340. 



Bodwell, J. C, experiments of, on 

 wintering bees, 476. 



Bohemia, number of hives in, SWS. 



Boiling honey, improves it, 374. 



Borage, blossoms of, very produc- 

 tive of honey, 390. 



Bottom-Boards, permanent, ad- 

 vantages of, 101 ; cleaning of, 

 102, 257, 327 ; should not be be- 

 low level of hive-entrance, 102 ; 

 movable, chief objections to, re- 

 moved by use of smoke, 471. 



Boxes, for spare honey, how to 

 make, 379 ; should he tight, and 

 have guides for comb, 380 ; 

 must be transported with great 

 care, 381 ; how timid persons 

 can safely remove, from bees, 

 381 ; wood-cut of PI. XI, Fig. 24. 

 use of, requires judgment, 431. 



Braam, M. A., his statement of 

 large quantity of honey gathered 

 by a hive, in one day, 398. 



Breath, human, offensive to bees, 

 194, 414 ; instance of strange 

 effect caused by a sting, on odor 

 of, 413. 



Breeding, " in and in," tends to 

 degeneracy in bees, 58 ; early, 

 encouraged by spring feeding, 

 but checked by excessive feed- 

 ing, 347. . 



Brood, development of, how\ffect- 

 ed by temperature, 50 ; de- 

 stroyed by getting chilled, 50; 

 • produetion of, cheeked by ei- 



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cess of honey, 201, 229, 347; 

 stocks that produce most, often 

 deficient in honey, 228 ; how to 

 promote increase of, 230 ; rob- 

 bers sometimes neglect their 

 own, 341; in spare honey-box, 

 easily returned to bees, 378; 

 found in hives in Winter, 474. 



Brood-Comb, see Comb. 



Brown, Hon. Simon, interesting 

 observations of, in author's ob- 

 serving hive, 234. 



Buckwheat, blossoms of, very valu- 

 able to bees, 388 ; cultivation of, 

 does not impoverish soil, 388 ; 

 Dzierzon and A. Wells, on culti- 

 vation of, 388. 



Burnens, great merits of, as an ob- 

 server, 35 ; laborious experi- 

 ments of, (note) 35. 



Busch, his description of Italian 

 bees, 447. 



C. 



Cage, see Queen-Cage. 



Candy, Sugar, best substitute for 

 honey, in feeding bees, 358 ; 

 how to use, in common hives, 

 358 ; not so apt to cause robbing, 

 as liquid food, 359 ; dissolved, 

 may be safely fed in cold weath- 

 er, 359 ; recipe for making, 360 ; 

 how to use grated, 470. 



Cellars, dry and dark, good for 

 wintering bees, 116, 328-476. 



Cells, of bees, covers of, 48 ; ex- 

 treme thinness of their sides, 

 (note) 79 ; sizes of, 83 ; demon- 

 strate existence of God, 85 ; 

 wood-cuts of different kinds of, 

 Plates XIV" and XV ; Shape of 

 gives ventilation to larvae, 85. 



Cheapness, Americans prone to 

 measure, by first cost of an 

 article, 123, 284. 



Chickens, curious use of, to shut 

 up hives, 267. 



Children, of the rich, compared' to 

 pampered beeS, 348 ; may learn 



