INDEX. 



527 



Profits of bee-Ueeping, Dzierzon's 

 experience in, 22 ; sale esiimale 

 of, iO->. 



Propolis, 8(3-90 ; sources whence 

 bees obtain, 8l3 ; curious sources 

 of, in IMexico, 87 ; uses whicli 

 bees make of, 87 ; bee-niotti 

 lays her eggs in, 88 ; anecdotes 

 of curious use of, by bees, 8i(. 



Protection of hives, extra, cheapin 

 the long run, 435. 



Protector, failure of the otie recom- 

 mended by Author, 124. 



Prussia, bee-keeping encouraged 

 by Government of, 40 1. 



Pupa, or bee-nymph, 49 ; wood-cut 

 of, PI. XIII,' Fig. 43; ofqneen, 

 worker and drone, 48-50 ; time 

 required for development of, 50. 



Punk, smoke of, subdues bees, 29, 

 ISO ; use of, for preparing bees 

 to be moved, 303 ; how to use, 

 for subduing bees, 4(i5; use of, 

 removes chief objections to mov- 

 able bottom-boards, 471. 



Q. 



Queen-Bee, wood-cut of, (natural 

 and magnified size,) PI. XII, 

 Figs. 31 and 32; wood-cut of 

 ovaries and spermatheca of, PI. 

 XVIII ; description of, 32 ; the 

 mother of the whole colony, 32; 

 afii^clionate treatment of, by the 

 other bees, 33 ; effect of loss of, 

 on the colony, 33, 74 ; fertility 

 of, greatly under-estimated, 34 ; 

 how eggs of, are fecundated, 34- 

 38; Huber discovered impreg- 

 nation of, to take place out of 

 hive,-3t) ; dissection of sperma- 

 theca of, by Dr. Leidy, 37 ; eflect 

 of retarded impregnation on, 39 ; 

 account ofadrone-laying,4 1-44 ; 

 Dr. Leidy's dissection of a drone- 

 laying, 42 ; attempt of bees, to 

 rear, from a drone-egg, 43 ; ac- 

 count of a drone-laying, after- 

 wards laying worker eggs, 44 ; 

 43* 



a drone-laying, with shriveled 

 wings, 44 ; wings of young, 

 sometimes imperfect, 44, 285; 

 Italian, impregnated by common 

 drones, produces Italian drones, 

 45 ; mode of laying, of, 47 ; can 

 regulate development of eggs, 

 in her ovaries, 51 ; fertility of, 

 decreases with age, 53 ; lon- 

 gevity of, 53 ; when superannu- 

 ated, lays eggs of drones only, 

 53, 278; why impregnated out 

 of hive, 58 ; Italian, use of, to 

 show how long workers live, 

 (note) 64 ; office of, no sinecure, 

 64 ; manner of rearing of, 68 ; 

 larva of, effect of royal jelly on, 

 71 ; development of, an argu- 

 ment against infidelity, 75 ; old, 

 leads off first swarm, 139, 444; 

 often lost in swarming, 140; loss 

 of, in swarming, causes bees to 

 return to parent stock, 141 ; how 

 to prevent from deserting new 

 hive, 142; influence of, in caus- 

 ing bees to cluster, 144 ; hatred 

 of, towards a rival, 148; bees 

 prevent, from destroying in- 

 mates of royal cells, 149; more 

 than one, frequently, go with 

 after-swarms, 150 ; young, 

 more active on wing, than old 

 one, 151 ; young, often unwilling 

 to leave hive, 151 ; young, does 

 not leave for impregnation, until 

 her rivals are destroyed, 152 ; 

 precautions used by, to enable 

 her to regain her own hive, 153; 

 bees excited when young one 

 leaves for impregnation, 153, 

 293 ; usually begins to lay, two 

 days after impregnation, 153 ; 

 when unfertile, treated by bees, 

 with little respect, 153 ; how to 

 secure, in hiving swarms, 161 ; 

 when handled, does not sting, 

 161 ; loss of, remedied by mov. 

 comb hive, 164; when no ma- 

 ture one in hive, no worker- 

 comb is built, 173-176 ; swarm- 



