INDEX. 



523 



456, 477 ; more disposed to rob, 

 than common bees, 449 ; diffi- 

 culty of propagating pure breed 

 of, in common hives, 454. 



Increase of Colonies, rapid, cau- 

 tions against, 204, 349, 351 ; 

 rapid, diminishes yield of honey, 

 205, 207; a tenfold, possible, 

 yearly, in mov. comb hive, 208; 

 sure, not rapid, to be aimed at, 

 209, 214; so as lo secure one 

 new for every two old ones, best, 

 209, 211, 320, and how effected, 

 by natural s«'armiDg,213 ; rapid, 

 when desirable, and how secur- 

 ed, 214; rapid, requires much 

 feeding, 208, 349. 



Indian name for honey-bee, 248. 



Instincts of Bees, 424-429 ; Spence 

 and Bevan, on, 425 ; remarkable 

 instance of, 427. 



Intemperate men, compared to 

 bees infatuated by liquid sweets, 

 369. 



J. 



Jansha, on impregnation of queen, 

 (note) 38. 



Jarring, disliked by bees, 100, 195, 

 333. 



Jelly, Royal, the food of immature 

 queens, 70 ; analysis of, 70 ; ef- 

 fect of, on development of larvae, 

 71 ; secreted by bees, 470. 



K. 



Kaden, Mr., on over-stocking, 

 394 ; on extent of a bee's flight, 

 (note) 399. 



Killing Bees, more humane than 

 starving them, 253 ; never ne- 

 cessary, 321 ; was not practised 

 by the ancients, 431. 



King-Bird, eats bees, 272. 



Kirby and Spence, on Ants and 

 Aphides, 372. 



Knight, on Honey-Dews, 372. 



Kleine, Rev. Mr., on value of 

 -sugar-candy as a bee-feed, 359, 



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470 ; on over-stocking, 395 ; 

 stops robbing, by use of musk, 

 416 ; on accnstomiug the system 

 to poison of bees, 422. 



L. 



Larvae of honey-bee, development 

 of. 48 ; wood-cuts of, PI. XIII, 

 Figs. 40, 41 and 42. 



Leidy, Dr. Joseph, his dissection of 

 fertile and drone-laying queen 

 bees, 37, 42, 477. 



Light, bees will work, when ex- 

 posed to, 16, 24, 437 ; of day, 

 needed for operating on bees, 

 191; effect of sudden introduc- 

 tion of, into the hive, 192. 



Linden, American, preferable to 

 European, and yields much 

 honey, 383. 



Liriodendron, blossoms of, abound 

 in honey, 382. 



Locust, blossoms of, yield much 

 honey, 3S4. 



Lombard, his interesting anecdote 

 of swarming, 407. 



Longfellow, H. W., quotation from, 

 on the bee, 249. 



Loss of Queen, 277-299 ; signs 

 of, in early Spring, 279 ; occurs 

 oftenest when queen leaves hive 

 for impregnation, 285 ; often 

 caused by patent hives, and 

 sometimes by birds, or wind, 

 286 ; Author's experiments 

 prove, that it is caused by plac- 

 ing hives alike in shape, size 

 and color, too close together, 

 267 ; Judge Fishback's precau- 

 tions to prevent, 290. 



Lunenburg, bees of, more than 

 pay all the taxes, 396. 



M. 



Mahan, P. J., observations of, on 

 drones, 296, on secretion of 

 royal jelly, 470 ; transfers a 

 swarm, in December, 470. 



