INDEX. 



529 



hives, 432 ; makes bees fill a 

 double tier of boxes, (note) 4B2. 



R. 



Radlekofl'er, Dr., on over-stocking, 

 393 ; Otto, Jr., experiments of, 

 with Italian bee, 453. 



Ra.-ipberry, one of the best bee- 

 plants, and very abundant in 

 hill towns of New England, 

 389 ; bees can gather from, in 

 moist weather, 389. 



Reaumur, )iis account of a snail 

 covered with propolis,by bees,88. 



Reid, Dr., on the shape of cells, 84. 



Religion, Revealed, appeal lo those 

 who reject, 57, 75, 76. 



Remedies, for bee-stings, 419-422. 



Riem, the first to notice fertile 

 workers, tiO. 



Robbers, highway, bees sometimes 

 act the part of, 338. 



Robbing, may be caused by using 

 honey-water to subdue bees, 191; 

 bees not inclined to, when honey 

 is plenty, 191, 3J2; queenless 

 hives much exposed to, 264; 

 danger of, when transferring 

 bees, 314 ; discussion of, 334- 

 345 ; bees verj' prone to, 334 ; 

 causes of, 335 ; strong stocks 

 often most inclined to, 335 ; how 

 prevented, 336 ; healthy colonies 

 less liable to suffer from, 336 ; 

 how to distinguish bees engaged 

 in, 337, 342 ; importance of pre- 

 venting commencement of, 340 ; 

 how prevented by blocks of mov. 

 comb-hive, 340 ; carried on, af- 

 ter regular working hours, 341 ; 

 bees engaged in, sometimes neg- 

 lect their own brood, 341 ; often 

 occasioned by imprudent expo- 

 sure of honey, 342; unskillful 

 attempts to prevent, may ruin 

 strong colonies, 343 ; prevented, 

 by contracting entrance, 343, 

 by wormwood, 343, and by cold 

 water*344 ; what to do, after it 



has begun, 3 14; singular instance 

 of, 344 ; stopped by giving fer- 

 tile queen to an assailed hive, 

 345, and by use of musk, 416; 

 Italian bee, not so liable to sufler 

 from, 446. 



Royal Cells, described, 68 ; wood- 

 cuts of, Plates XIV and XV, 

 Figs. 47, 49 and 50; why they 

 open downward, 69; number of, 

 in a hive, 69 ; attention paid to, 

 by workers, 69, 470 ; uncertain 

 whether queen lays in, 70 ; built 

 before swarming, 139; how to 

 decide, whether inmate of, has 

 hatched or been lolled, 149; 

 qneen prevented from destroying, 

 149; supernumerary, easily re- 

 moved, in mov. comb hive, 163 ; 

 how to transfer from one hive to 

 another, 190 ; maturity of in- 

 mates of, how ascertained, 460. 



Russian Hives, well protected 

 against cold, 119. 



S. 



Sagacity of bees, 53. 



Schirach, on artificial rearing of 

 queens, 172. 



Scouts, sent out by swarms to find 

 a new home, 145. 



Scraper, for cleaning bottom-board 

 of mov. comb hive, 327 ; wood- 

 cut of, PI. XI, Fig. 30. 



Scudamore, Dr., on many swarms 

 clustering together, (note) 160. 



Secret recipe, sham vendor of, 254. 



Selfish man, does not appreciate 

 advantages of liberahty, 415. 



Sermon, to the avaricious, 348. 



Sex, of bees, Aulhor's theory con- 

 cerning, 46. 



Sick persons, the care of, beneficial 

 to man, 412. 



Siebold, Professor, found Sperma- 

 tozoa i n worker,but not in drone- 

 eggs, 469. 



Sight of bees, acute, for distant 

 objects, 145. 



