INDEX. 



561 



Bee-bread, see Pollen 



Bee-dress 197 



Bee escape 465 



Bee-hat 107 



Bee-keepers' calendar 545 



Bee- louse 506 



Bee-moth 489 



description of ...489, 490 



food of 493 



galleries of 492, 493 



how they act 490, 491 



how to destroy. . .498, 499 

 " in queenlees colonies 



498, 499 



Italian bees and 499 



killed by cold 495, 496 



" lays eggs in propolis.. Ill 



" not to be feared 501 



" preserving comb, 



against. 498 

 temperature required 



for their growth. 495 



worm of the 492, 493 



" their disgusting work. 497 



Bees, and flowers 127, 128. 543 



" and fruits 19. 540 



angered 202 



by bad odors 206 



" " by the odor of their 



poison ..207 

 " " by the jarring of 



the hive. 202 



" as means of defense 210 



" bewildered by light 201 



" building combs 93 



" building few store cells... 1*17 

 " building third store cells.. 109 

 building store cells here 



and there. 109 



" Carniolan 292 



" Caucasian 299 



" climbing on polished sur- 

 faces. 22 



" clustering in winter 340 



clustering outside ...162, 182 



Cyprian 298 



■*' deprived of their antennae, 15 



" deserting 211, 365, 372 



discharge in flight 33 



" do not make honey.. 116, 336 



** dwindling in spring ^68 



" eating to keep warm 341 



eyes of 3, 4 



feeding the queen 9, 17 



" filled with honey 191 



*' first introduced in this 



country 292 

 " first noticed in Florida. . .289 

 " for honey production in 



the North. 327 



" going Westward 291 



" handling 189 



*' hatching 75 



" hearing organs of 10 



" Holy Land and Syrian. . . .299 



Bees how far they fly 421 



how many in a pound.... 326 

 " in California ...423, 424, 425 



in Germany 424 



injured by fruit juice. 344, 542 

 Italian, see Italian 



" killing their drones 90 



" memory of 14 



" mouth of 19 



noticing their new location 



308, 328 

 not indigenous to America. 289 



" on boats 321, 322 



peaceable when filled with 



honey. 191 

 " peaceable when swarming. 191 

 " preparing to swarm ....211 



procuring 309 



propolizing small holes... Ill 



quiet at mid-day 198 



" races of 293 



rebuilding store cells 108 



removing from the cellar 



365. 366 

 " return to their location 



274, 328. 366 



" sending scouts 216 



smelling organs o^ 11 



" smelling honey 13 



" starving in Spring 317 



" suffocated 181 



swarming 211 



swarming with introduced 



queen. 287 



transferring 309 



unable to take wing 32 



understand each other. ... 80 



" varieties . 292 



" ventilating 179 



Bee-smokers, see Smokers. 



Beeswax (see also Wax) 531 



adulteration of 387 



" for comb-foundation . . .387 



" melting 531 



pressing 533, 534 



residues 534, 535 



spoiled 536 



uses of 536 



Bee-veil 196. 197 



Beginners' mistakes 553 



Beginning on a small scale.... 301 



Benton, apis dorsata 30'> 



" Caucasian bees 299 



" divisible frame 273 



" mailing queens 324 



trip to Cyprus 29S 



trip around the world. . .297 

 Berlepsch, on comb building. . . .105 

 " on drone-laying 



queens. 60 

 '* on Italian bees.-. .. .296 



on refrigerating 



queens . 64 

 " on water in Winter 



129, 370, 371 



