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INDEX. 



Health of men, bad ventilation im- 

 pairs, 13?. 



Heat, exc;essive, protection of bees 

 against, U4. 



Hens too mnch crowded together, 

 mistake their own nests, 288. 



Heyne, on over-stocking, 395. 



Hiver, basliet for, 157. 



Hives, (see mov. comb hive,) Hu- 

 ber's, Author's experiments with, 

 11, (note) 195; made of doubled 

 materials, 14, 121, 471 j made 

 with slats, 15, 17 ; mixture for 

 sealing corners of, 88 ; fifty-five 

 requisites of good ones, 98-113; 

 should admit of easy examina- 

 tion, 99, 282 ; size of, should 

 admit of variation, 99 ; the sim- 

 plest, usually the best, 113 ; thin 

 ones, cold and damp, and tempt 

 bees to fly unseasonably, 117; 

 thin ones require much air in 

 winter, 117, 325 ; how Polish 

 and Russian, are protected 

 against cold, 119 ; made of 

 plank, too heavy, 121 ; how to 

 pack doubled ones, lor winter, 

 121 ; thin ones, dear in the end, 

 123 ; their ventilation, 124-136; 

 thin ones, ever-heated in .sum- 

 mer, 127 ; heat of sun unfits, for 

 mw swarms, 155 ; in common 

 ones, bees often refuse to swarm, 

 165, 169 ; dividing, disadvanta- 

 ges of, for artificial swarming, 

 173-175; effect produced on bees, 

 by drumming on, 182 ; why self- 

 colonizing ones do not answer, 

 177 ; exclusive use of non- 

 swarming, would exterminate 

 bees, 178 ; non-swarming, ob- 

 jections to, 179 ; less risk of be- 

 ing stung, when opened from 

 above than from below, 194 ; 

 precautions as to position of, 

 when they have unfecundaled 

 queens, 225, 290 ; large, why 

 recommended, 231 ; Polish, large 

 and well-protected, 232 ; large, 

 should be strongly stocked with 



bees, 232 ; large, breed more 

 bees and require careful protec- 

 tion, 232 ; small, unprofitable, 

 233, 430 ; moth-proof, a delu- 

 sion, 243 , bees often flourish in 

 the rudest, 255 ; costly, no pro- 

 tection against moth, 255 ; how 

 to know whether infested by 

 worms of moth, 257 ; bottom- 

 boards of, should be cleaned in 

 Spring, 257; loss of queen, can- 

 not be readily learned from com- 

 mon, 264 ; hopelessly queenless, 

 must perish, 264; tenants of 

 which have died, sometimes left 

 with much honey, 264 ; alike in 

 shape, size and color, and close 

 together, cause great loss of 

 young queens, 288; how to pre- 

 vent in, when placed close.,to- 

 gether, the loss of young queens, 



. 290 ; cheap stand for, 30 1 ; shade 

 of trees, best place for, 301 ; 

 should not be set too high, 301 ; 

 common ones, how to prepare 

 bees in, for moving, 303 ; how to 

 change location of, in Apiary, 

 without loss of bees, 316 ; cau- 

 tion in opening of, necessary, 

 when honey is scarce, 342 ; dif- 

 ficulty of ascertaining, in com- 

 mon, when bees need feeding. 

 345 ; for two colonies, 417, 432 ; 

 proper size, shape and materials 

 of, 429-437 ; shape of, 470 ; size 

 of surplus storage-room of, 429 ; 

 tall, good for wintering bees, 

 430 ; low and broad, the worst, 

 431 ; low and long, good for cold 

 climates, 432 ; proper materials 

 for, 433 ; how to remedy disad- 

 vantages of wooden, 433 ; how 

 to protect, by straw matting, 434 ; 

 when opening of, does not dis- 

 courage bees, 445 ; how to pre- 

 pare, for sending ofl' Italian 

 queens, 456. 



Hives, mov. comb, see mov. comb 

 Hives. 



Hives, Patent, see Patent Hives. 



