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INDEX. 



Norway, Government of, encour- 

 ages bee-keeping, 403. 



Narsery, for multiplying queens, 

 237. 



Natt, his list of bee-flowers, 405. 



Observing-Hive, mov. comb, in- 

 teresting experiments of Hon 

 Simon Brown with, 234; inter- 

 esting observations in, 427 ; cd- 

 vantages of Author's, 437-4'IO ; 

 disadvantages of common kinds 

 of, 438; Author's, for parlor or 

 sitting-room, 438, 487 ; may be 

 kept in cities, 439; how to stock, 

 with bees, 439. 



Odors, unpleasant, offensive to 

 bees, 414. 



Oetle, remarks of, on over-stock- 

 ing, 397 ; golden rule of, for bee- 

 keeping, 397, 468. 



©liver, H. K., observations of, on 

 Bee-Moth, 270. 



Oldstocks, prejudices against, often 

 foolish, 312. 



Onions, blossoms of, yield much 

 honey, 384. 



©varies, of queen-bee, wood-cut of, 

 PLATE XVIII ; of workers, are 

 undeveloped, 59. 



Over-stocking, remarks of Oetle, 

 on, 397; no immediate danger 

 of, in this country, 392-406 ; let- 

 ter from S. Wagner, on, 393-396. 



Paint, smell of, offensive to bees, 

 154; recipe for cheap and dur- 

 able, for hives, 436 ; for hives in 

 the shade, may be dark. 466. 



Pasturage for Bees, 382-392. 



Patent-hives, deceptions practised 

 by venders of, (note) 613 ; gene- 

 rally no improvement, 112; 

 often constructed, in defiance of 

 nature of bees, 112 ; promises of 

 their iuventors, often delusive, 



170 ; often increase the ravages 

 of bee-moth, 251, 254; often 

 cause loss of queens, 286. 



Peppermint, use ol, in uniting 

 colonies, 213. 



Perfection, folly of claiming, 112. 



Perseverance of bees, 220. 



Piping of Queens, an indication of 

 after-swarming, 149. 



Plantain, a remedy for bee-stings, 

 421. 



Poison of bees, smell of, similar to 

 odor of ripe banana, and irritates 

 bees, 413; remedies for, 419- 

 422 ; should not be taken into 

 the mouth, 421 ; human system 

 can be inured to, 422 ; medici- 

 nal effects of, 423. 



Poisonous Honey, 374. 



Polish Hives, thorough protection 

 of, against cold, 119; large size 

 of, 232. 



Pollen, 90-97 ; may be used for food 

 by mature bees, 78, 92 ; may 

 aid in secretion of wax, 78, 92 ; 

 found in stomach of immature 

 bees, 90 ; Author's experiments 

 on use of, 91 ; excess of, in old 

 slocks, may be given to others, 

 103; chief food of bees, in larva 

 state, 90, 92 ; Huber first proved 

 use of, in rearing brood, 91 ; 

 freshly gathered, preferred by 

 bees, 92 ; how gathered and 

 stored by bees, 93 ; bees gather- 

 ing, aid in impregnating plants, 

 93 ; meal (rye and wheat) a 

 good substitute for, 94 ; excess 

 of, may be caused by removing 

 queen, 201 ; importance ofDzier- 

 zon's substitute for, 229 ; ex- 

 periment to prevent exce.ssive 

 gathering of, 319 ; trees produc- 

 ing early, less important than 

 formerly, 382. 



Posel, discovery of, on use of 



spermalheca,(note) 38 ; on effect 



of hunger on queen-bees, 361. 



Proboscis,of a worker,(magnified,) 



wood-cut of, PI. XVI., Fig. 51. 



