INDEX. 



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Feeding, quickly performed, in 

 mov. comb hive, 102 ; to ex- 

 cess, clieclts breeding, 229 ; di- 

 rections for, 345-371; need of, 

 easily ascertained in mov. comb, 

 but not in common, hives, 345 ; 

 importance of, in Spring, 346 ; 

 neglect of, a cruel waste, 346 ; 

 in Spring, encourages early 

 breeding, 347 ; to be resorted to 

 as little as possible, 349 : seldom 

 needed,if stocks are not too rapid- 

 ly increased, 349 ; weak stocks, 

 in Spring, 349 ; iacilities for, in 

 mov. comb hive, 350, 355, 356 ; 

 how to build up small stocks 

 by, 350 ; useless, if colonies are 

 very small, 351, 354; when 

 needed, by strong stocks, 351 ; 

 must be regular, to induce bees 

 to build comb, 351 ; bees defi- 

 cient in winter supplies, proper 

 time for, 352 ; by giving surplus 

 honey of strong stocks, to needy 

 ones, 353 ; may be done cheap- 

 ly with "West India honey, 354 ; 

 unprofitable, if bees have very 

 little comb, in Fall, 355 ; from 

 above, necessary, if weather is 

 cold, 356 ; with sugar-candy, 

 very profitable, 358, 470 ; weak 

 stocks, by proxy, 360 ; with a 

 view to sell fed honey, 362, 366. 



Fishback, Judge, observations of, 

 on bee-moth, 265 ; precautions 

 of, to prevent loss of young 

 queens, 290. 



Flight of bees, extent of,about three 

 miles, 399. 



Flowers, for bees, Nutt's catalogue 

 of, 405 ; garden, aflTord little 

 bee-pasture, 390. 



Foul-Brood, ravages of, in Dzier- 

 zon's Apiary, 20 ; exceedingly 

 contagious, and its infection, of 

 very long duration, 275 ; nature, 

 cause and effects of, 275 ; two 

 kinds, dry and fcEtid, 275 ; reme- 

 dies for, 276. 



Frames, movable, Author's, need 



no guide combs, 153 ; how ar- 

 ranged in a new hive, 156 ; how 

 to guard, against robbing bees, 

 when taken out of hive, 197; 

 must be carefully handled, 195- 

 198; can be easily removed when 

 slightly attached to hive or each 

 other, 196 ; may be kept in 

 winter, any height above bottom- 

 board, 327, 478 ; surplus honey 

 may be removed on, 376. 



Friesland, East, immense number 

 of bees in, 398. 



Fruit, wasps and hornets, but not 

 honey-bees, injurious to, 96, 97 ; 

 honey-bees, on the whole, a 

 benefit to, 97. 



Fruit-trees, blossoms of, yield 

 honey, 382. 



Fumigation of hives, with puff- 

 ball fungus, objectionable, 461. 



G. 



Gardeners, might manage their em- 

 ployer's bees, in mov. comb hive, 

 298, 439. 



Glass, vessels of, for spare honey, 

 objections to, 379 ; should have 

 guide-combs, 379 ; bees soon 

 become accustomed to hives of, 

 437. 



Gloves, India Rubber, to protect 

 hands from bees, 424 ; wood- 

 cut of, PI. XL Fig. 27 ; woolen, 

 objectionable, 424. 



Golden Rod, some varieties of, 

 yield much honey 391, (note) 405. 



Guide-Combs, not needed for. Au- 

 thor's frames, 155 ; necessary in 

 glass vessels, 379, 



Gundelach, on the necessity of pol- 

 len for rearing brood, 92. 



H, 



Hairy objects, why offensive to 



bees, 424. 

 Hartshorn, spirits of, remedy for 



bee-stings, 421. 



