524 



INDEX. 



Maple, Sugar, blossoms of, yield 

 much honey, 382. 



Maraldi, anecdote from, of bees 

 and snails, 88. 



Meal, an important substitute for 

 pollen, 94, 229. 



Medicine, poison of bee, used for, 

 423. 



Mice, ravages of, in hives, pre- 

 vented, 109, 202. 



Miller, see Bee-Moth. 



Mixing of bees, of different colo- 

 nies, precautions against, 310. 



Molasses, sour, a colony destroyed 

 by eating, 352. 



Months of the year, directions for 

 treating bees in, 458-467. 



Moonlight, bees sometimes gather 

 honey by, (note) 82. 



Bloth, see Bee- Moth. 



Bloth, Death-head, robs bees of 

 honey, 265. 



Mothers, unkind treatment of, re- 

 proved by bees, 411. 



Moth-proof hives, a delusion, 243. 



Moths, honey-eating, ravages of. 

 2(55. 



Movable Comb Hives, invention of, 

 13-25 ; enable each bee-keeper 

 to observe for himself, 24 ; dan- 

 gerous to reputation of superfi- 

 cial observers, 32; admit easy 

 removal of old combs, 66, 100 ; 

 advantages of, particularly enu- 

 merated, 98-113 ; size of, easily 

 varied, 99, 233 ; facilities of for 

 securing surplus honey, 104, 

 376-382 J advantages of, for pre- 

 venting after-swarming, 106, 

 152, 163, for catching queens, 

 107, for strengthening feeble 

 stocks, 107, 258, and for ease of 

 repair, 108 ; durability of, 108, 

 284 ; not liable to be blown 

 down, 109; may be secured 

 against thieves, 109 ; advantages 

 of their alighting-board, 109, 

 399; simplicity of, 110; perfec- 

 tion disclaimed for. 111 ; inven- 

 tion of, the result of experience 



in managing bees. 111; merits 

 of, submitted to those having 

 most experience in bee-keeping, 

 113, protect bees fiom heat, 

 cold and dampness, 121, 471- 

 476 ; how warmed up, in early 

 Spring, 122; may be made 

 cheap, 123, 471 ; easily ventilat- 

 ed, 135 ; admit of lop-ventila- 

 tion, 135, 321, 471-476; deser- 

 tion of, by swarms, easily pre- 

 vented, 142 ; proper arrange- 

 ment of frames in, 156, 483 ; 

 advantages of, for storing honey, 

 when bees refuse to swarm, 165 ; 

 directions for making artificial 

 swarms in, 187; bees easily 

 subdued in, with sugar-water, 

 192 ; directions for opening, 194, 

 and for taking out frames of, 

 195; manner of shutting up, 

 19S.; making artificial swarms 

 by slightly movingof, 198 ; reme- 

 dy injurious efl:ect of too much 

 honey in the hive, 201 ; ad- 

 vantages ol, for making artificial 

 swarms, 204 ; ease of experi- 

 menting with, 209, 476 ; how 

 to secure rapid increase of colo- 

 nies in, 214; several may be 

 built in one structure, 233 ; use 

 of, diminishes risk of being 

 stung, 240; useful to those who 

 '■ take up" bees, 240 ; protect 

 swarming stocks,from bee-moth, 

 261 ; entrance-blocks of, for ex- 

 cluding moth and trapping 

 worms, 268 485 ; easily clean- 

 ed, 284; should be examined 

 and cleaned in early Spring,284 ; 

 easy to ascertain in, if young 

 queens have been impregnated, 

 297 ; should be examined, in 

 Fall, 297 ; how to prepare, for 

 transportation of bees, 305; 

 how to unite and Winter small 

 •colonies, in, 317 ; how to get most 

 honey from non-swarming, 320 ; 

 how to prevent bees in, from 

 starving among empty combs 



