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INDEX. 



Signs of swarming, 139. 



Size of hives, should admit of easy- 

 variation, ^99. 



Smell, of hives, in gathering sea- 

 son, (note) 207 ; the same, to be 

 given in uniting colonies, 212, 

 41b; sense of, bees distinguish 

 strange bees by, 213, 316, 415; 

 of bee-poison, like that of banana, 

 413 ; of their own poison, irri- 

 tates bees, 413; sense of, very 



- perfect In bee, 415. 



Smolie. importance of,for subduing 

 bees, 29, 193, 194, 471; use of, 

 may interfere with catching 

 queen, 192; drives clustered bees 

 from outside of hive, 303 ; efiect 

 ofjin causing bees to gorge them- 

 selves, noticed by Aristotle, 431. 



Smothering bees, cautions for pre- 

 venting, 305. 



Snails, sometimes covered by bees, 

 with propolis, 88. 



Snow, bees perish on, when carry- 

 ing oin their dead, 102 ; not so 

 fatal to bees, as many suppose, 

 327, 476 ; may sometimes re- 

 quire bees to be shut in, 328; 

 colonies buried in, have wintered 

 ■B'ell, 328, 473. 



Solidago, see Golden Rod. 



Sontag. F., on meal as a substitute 

 for pollen, 95. 



Spare Honey, see Honey, Surplus. 



Spence, on instinct, 425. 



Spermatheca, of the Queen Bee, 

 wood-cut of, PI. XVIIl, Fig. 55. 



Spermatozoa, found in spermatheca 

 of queen-bee, 37; found in work- 

 er, but not in drone-eggs, 469. 



Sphinx Atropos, see Moth, Death- 

 head. 



Spring, importance of sun-heat, in, 

 to hives, 122 ; colonies should 

 be well provisioned, in, 321, 346 ; 

 neglect to feed bees in, cruel and 

 wasteful, 346 ; feeding bees in, 

 to encourage early breeding, 

 should be moderate, 347. 



Sprinkling bees, should not be dons 

 to excess, 212. 



Starving of bees, often happens 

 when there is honey in hive, 

 323 ; how to prevent in mov. 

 comb hive, 323, 465, 470, 478.^ 



Sting, Bevan's description of, 61; 

 loss of, fatal to bees, 63 ; wood- 

 cut of, PI. XVII, Fig. 53; loss 

 of in stinging, a benefit to man, 

 63; sometimes ejected, when bees 

 do not attack, 413. 



Sting, Poison of, remedies for, 419- 

 422 ; most remedies for, good 

 for nothing, 419; instant extrac- 

 tion of sting, best remedy for, 

 419 ; rubbing the wound, aggra- 

 vates effect of, 420 ; Mr. Wag- 

 ner's remedy for, 420; different 

 remedies for, required by differ- 

 ent persons, 421 ; remedies for, 

 should be applied instantly, 421 ; 

 human system may be inured to, 

 422 ; amusing remedy for, 422. 



Stinging, bees when gorged, disin- 

 clined to, 27, 408 ; risk of dimin- 

 ished by use of mov, comb hive, 

 240; disinclinalian of gorged 

 bees for, foundation of Author's 

 system of management, 408; 

 di.'-eased bees inclined to, 409; 

 effect of, sometimes dangerous, 

 412 ; those suffering most from, 

 most liable to, 412 ; risk of, not 

 increased by very close proximi- 

 ty to hive, 419 ; Italian bee, less 

 inclined to, than common bee, 

 446, 449, 477. 



Stocks, feeble, waste of time on, 

 253, in danger from moth and 

 less vigilant in self-defense, 256, 

 and how to strengthen, in mov. 

 comb hive, 258 ; strong, their 

 own best defenders, 274 ; how 

 to select good ones, 302 ; 

 danger of moving, if comb is 

 new, 304 ; old, foolish preju- 

 dices against, 312; feeble, can- 

 not maintain heat enough to 

 winter well, 315 ; should not be 



