532 



INDEX. 



how to decide, from what hive 

 it issued, 461 ; issue of, in 

 September, 463. 



Swarming, indisposes bees to re- 

 turn to parent hive, 147, 224 ; 

 unseasonable, often caused by 

 famine, 143; causes bees to 

 mark position of their new 

 abode, 148, 479 ; may be indefi- 

 nitely postponed, on account of 

 unfavorable weather, 171; ap- 

 pearance of, how to imitate at 

 any time, 197 ; sometimes pre- 

 vented by clipping queen's wings 

 199 ; prevented by shutting in 

 queen, 201, 485; may be pre- 

 vented on Sunday,202 ; effect of, 

 in diminishing yield of honey, 

 206 ; natural, how to conduct, so 

 as to secure an annual increase 

 of one stock from lwo,213 ; early, 

 importance of, (note) 435. 



Swarming, artificial, see Artificial 

 Swarming. 



Swarming, Natural, see Natural 

 Swarming. 



Swarming Season, commencement 

 and ditration of, 138, 154. 



T. 



"Taking up bees," facilitated by 

 mov. comb hive, 240 ; mistakes 

 as to proper time for, (note) 401. 



Temperature, extremes of, injuri- 

 ous to bees,* 114; protection 

 against sudden variations of, 

 114; of bees, high, even in 

 Winter, 115. 



Theories, often fail when put to a 

 practical te.st, 238. 



Thistle, Canada, a good bee-plant, 

 389. 



Thompson, quotation from, on kill- 

 ing bees, 252. 



Time of bees, economized in mov. 

 comb hive, 99 ; importance of 

 saving, 399. 



Timid, persons, may safely remove 

 surplus honey, 381 ; females, 



need not fear a bee, away from 

 its hive, 410. 



Tin, for punching hole in Combs, 

 324, (note) 482. 



Toad, eats bees, 274. 



Tobacco, should not be used for 

 subduing bees, 193; a remedy 

 for bee-stings, 421. 



Transferring bees, from common, 

 to mov. comb hive, 307-314; 

 best season for, 307 ; manner of, 

 308, (note) 456; cautions re- 

 specting, 310, 313 ; how to man- 

 age, so as to prevent robbing, 

 314; may bedoneinWinler,470. 



Transportation of bees, easy in 

 mov. comb hive, 103. 



Trees, combs built on, by bees, 

 146; small ones desirable, near 

 hives, 151^ ; substitute for, to se- 

 cure swarms, 156 ; limbs of, 

 need not be cut, in hiving bees, 

 160 ; shade of, congenial to bees, 

 301; honey-producing, ought to 

 be planted, 390. 



Tulip-Tree, see TjirindenrlrnTi. 



V. 



Union of colonies, facilitated by 

 giving them the same smell, 

 213, 416, 417; manner of effect- 

 ing, particularly described, 314- 

 321 ; how effected in common 

 hives, 316, and in mov. comb 

 hive, 317 ; how most safely to 

 effect, 417. 



V. 



Varnish, used by bees, in place of 

 propolis, 87, 90. 



Ventilation, furnished to larva, by 

 shape of cells, 85; more required 

 in thin hives in Winter, even 

 than in Summer, 117; of hives, 

 how effected by bees, 124 ; Hu- 

 ber's experiments on, 125; bees 

 cannot live without, 126; shame- 

 fully neglected, 128; skill of 

 bees iUj a reproof to man, 128 ; 



