INDEX. 



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needed most in houses, in North- 

 ern climates, 129, 132 ; laborious 

 to bees, 129 j of houses, well se- 

 cured by open fires, 131; neglect 

 of, tends to degeneracy in hu- 

 man beings, and impairs health 

 and beauty of women, 132; 

 close stoves deficient in, 133 ; 

 Downing, on neglect of, (note) 

 134 ; easily controlled in mov. 

 comb hiv.e, 135 ; should be liberal, 

 in very hot weather, 4B3 ; from 

 above, needed in Winter, to car- 

 ry off dampness, 471-478. 



Vice, effect of, on man, compared 

 to ravages of moth, 244. 



Virgil, ascribes something of Di- 

 vine intelligence to the bee, 94; 

 describes Italian bee, 440. 



"W. 



Wagner, Samuel, letter of, on mov. 

 comb hive, 17-19; on power of 

 queen over development of eggs, 

 52 ; theory of, on how queen 

 determines sex of egg, 41 ; his 

 account of bees building combs 

 on a tree, 146 ; letter of, on over- 

 stocking, 393-396 ; on profits of 

 bee-keeping, 401 ; remedy of, for 

 sting of bee, 420; letter of, on 

 Italian bee, 441-453; attempt of, 

 to import Italian bee, 454. 



War, how waged by different 

 colonies, 339. 



Wasps, fecundation of, 37; why 

 they do not live over Winter, in 

 a colony state, 68 ; injure fruit, 

 and how to repress increase of, 

 97; torpid in Winter, 114; not 

 killed by cold, 137; curious 

 anecdote of, 426. 



Water, should be given to bees, 

 when confined, 222 ; soaking 

 comb in, destroys eggs and larvae 

 of moth, 260 ; indispensable to 

 bees, when working, 357; how 

 gathered by them, 357; deficien- 

 cy of, may check breeding, 357 ; 



how to supply, in hive, 358 ; 

 cold, a remedy for bee-stings, 

 421 ; hives with upward ventila- 

 tion may need supply of,in Win- 

 ter, 478. 

 Wax, scales of, wood-cuts of, PI. 

 XIH, Figs. 37 and 38 ; secreted 

 from honey, 77 ; pouches for, 77, 

 wood-cut of, PI. XIII, Fig. 38; 

 Huber, on secretion of, 78 ; pol- 

 len may aid in secretion of, 78 ; 

 analysis of, 79 ; large amount of 

 honey consumed in secretion of, 

 79 ; high temperature necessary, 

 for working of, 79 ; beautiful 

 adaptation shown in secretion of, 

 79 ; bees will use old, in comb- 

 building, (note) 82 ; advantages 

 of its being a bad conductor of 

 heat, 83 ; how to render, from 

 comb, 375. 

 Wells, A., experience of, in culti- 

 vating buckwheat, 388. 

 Wetherell, Dr. C. M., his Analysis 



of royal jelly, 70. 

 White Clover, see Clover, white. 

 Wiegal, Rev. Mr., first recommend- 

 ed candy, as a bee-feed, 358. 

 Wild Colonies, circumstances un- 

 der which they flourish, 118. 

 Willow, varieties of, abound in 



honey and pollen, .382. 

 Wildman, Mr., feats of, in hand- 



hng bees, 407. 

 Winds, bees should be protected 

 against, 300 ; strong, very inju- 

 rious to bees in Winter, 322,473. 

 Winter, wasps and hornets but not 

 bees, torpid in, 114 ; hives in, 

 should be sheltered from strong 

 winds, 322 ; in cold climates, 

 often fatal to bees, 322 ; bees 

 often starve in, though having 

 honey, 323 ; how to prevent this, 

 in mov. comb hive, 324, 465,478 ; 

 temporary removal of colonies 

 in, to a warm room, 326 ; hives 

 in, should not be entirely shut 

 up, 327 ; how to concentrate 

 honey of hive, for use of bees in, 



