INDEX. 



517 



cation oi bees, in winter, 321, 

 465 ; partial removal of, when 

 honey is plenty, increases activi- 

 ty of bees, 353 ; bees destitute 

 of, in Fall, cannot be profitably 

 fed, 355;' great consumption of 

 honey, in making, 355 ; how 

 converted into wax, 375 ; when 

 very old, fit only for fuel, 376 ; 

 instance of curious mode of 

 building, by bees, 427 ; more 

 liable to be built crooked, when 

 many are made in hive, 433 ; 

 how to fasten in frames, (note) 

 456 ; how to drain of honey, 

 and return to bees, 463. 



Confectioners, shops of, attack of 

 bees on, 368, destroy many 

 bees, 368 ; and how to keep bees 

 out of, 368. 



Consumption, neglect of ventilation 

 in our houses, a cause of, 129 ; 

 why so frequent in our Northern 

 States, 129. 



Corsica, Ancient, yield of honey 

 of, 398. 



D. 



Dampness, protection of bees from, 

 121 ; caused in hives, by insuffi- 

 cient protection, 117; in hives, 

 causes disease, 117 ; mov. comb 

 hive, protects bees from, 121 ; 

 top ventilation protects bees 

 from, 471-476. 



Dandelion, a valuable bee-flower, 

 (note) 405. 



Darwin, his curious anecdote of 

 wasp, 426. 



Diseases, caused by thin or damp 

 hives, 117; and by depriving 

 bees of pure air, 127 ; of bees, 

 275-277. 



Dishonesty, as poor policy in bees, 

 as in men, 339. 



Disturbing bees, caution against, in 

 cold weather, 326, (note) 476. 



Donhoff, Dr., on thinness of cells, 

 (note) 79 ; on artificial impreg- 



nation of drone-eggs, 469 ; on 

 artificial swarming, 479. 



Doubled Stocks, usually produce 

 much honey, 231, 306. 



Draining Combs, to return to bees, 

 very profitable, 463. 



Drawings, for making mov. comb 

 hive. Plates I to X. 



Drone-Comb, wood-cut of, PI. XV, 

 Fig. 48 ; excess of, should be 

 removed from breeding quarters, 

 55 ; why sometimes built in ex- 

 cess by bees, 56 ; how to use, to 

 best advantage, 155; always 

 built when bees have an un- 

 hatched queen, t74 ; strong 

 colonies liable to build excess of, 

 231 ; excess of, not injurious to 

 wild colonies, 295 ; exces.s of, its 

 injurious effect on a hive, 313. 



Drone-Fggs, are never impregna- 

 ted, 40, 469 ; attempt of bees to 

 rear a queen from, 43; some- 

 times laid, by super-annuated 

 queens, 278; artificial impreg- 

 nation of, 469. 



Drones, always produced from un- 

 fecundated eggs, 40, 469 ; pro- 

 duced often by unfecundated 

 queens, 41-44 ; time of appear- 

 ance of, in spring, 54 ; wood- 

 cuts of, (natural and magnified 

 size,) PI. XII, Fig. 33, 34 ; de- 

 scription of, 54 ; office of, to im- 

 pregnate young Queen, 54 ; often 

 very numerous, 54 ; how to pre- 

 vent excessive multiplication of, 

 55 ; destroyed by bees, when no 

 longer needed, 56 ; objections 

 against destroying, answered, 

 56 ; many needed, to prevent 

 degeneracy, 57 ; impregnate 

 queens of other hives than their 

 own, 58 ; gentlemen of leisure, 

 64 ; usually numerous before 

 swarming, 139; perish, after im- 

 pregnating queen, (Latin,) 153 ; 

 how to destroy excess of, 202 ; 

 great consumers of honey, 202 ; 

 production of should not be en 



