562 



INDEX. 



Berlepsch, hive 144 



" defects of 146 



Bernard, on the brain of birds. 15 

 Bertrand, description of foul- 

 brood. 476. 477, 485 

 on Hilbert's cure... 479 

 honey as cure 



for warts. 530 

 " honey plants ...420 

 " Langstroth hive . 146 

 " queens dying of 



bacillus alvei.474 



Bevan, cure for bee stings 20S 



on bee-moths . . . .492, 49.3 



" " honey-dew 120 



" larvae 71, 73, 74 



" propolis 110, 112 



" salt 131 



quotations of Huber....291 

 " " Reaumur. 1S5 

 Bickford, first use of the oil- 

 cloth ■. . . .172 



Bingham, knife 46S 



on honey vinegar ... .529 



smoker 191, 194 



Birds and bees 503 



should not be killed 501: 



" injuring fru.it 541 



Bi-sulphide of carbon 498 



Bledsoe, on the sting 38 



Blocks for the entrance 166 



Blood of bees 29 



Boerhaave on Swammerdam. ... 40 



Bohemia honey production 424 



Boiling honey against foul brood 



479, 480, 484 



wax 532, 533 



Boissier, on honey-dew 118 



Bonnier, on Darwin 6 



" " honey-dew 121 



" nectaries . . . .118, 121 



Bottom-boards 160-164-107 



Bottom-boards, encased 165 



Box-hives 133, 134 



Brace-combs, see Bridges. 



Brain of bees 15 



Braula Cffica 5rt6 



Breathing upon bees 200 



Breeding in and in 91 



Bridges 159, 203, 204 



Bridal trip 54 



Brimstoning bees 133, 428 



honey comb to keep 



out the moth. 498 



Brood accidentally killed 487 



" ca.sting the skin 73 



" chamber' in two stories 



objectionable. 152 

 duration of development. . 92 



" how fed 71 



pure air for 181 



sealed by bees 73 



" transformation of the. . 7 t 

 Buckwheat honey ...406, 423. 508 

 Buera, on water for brood 



rearing. 371 



Burmeister, names the stomach- 

 mouth . 28'. 

 discovers different sounds 

 in the humming of bees 34 



Burnens as an observer 77 



helped Huber 8. 9 



Butler anecdote from 505 



" on drones 89 



on drone traps 89 



on handling bees.. 198, 199 



on the bee-sting 207 



" on sectional hives.... 135 



on sense of smell 206 



saw the queen deposit 

 eggs 40 



Cages, introducing 283 



" shipping 32& 



Cakes 528 



California, crop of 425 



first bees 291 



Candied honey 515 



" how bees dissolve. 129 



" melting 517 



Candy, for feeding 334, 335 



for shipping 324 



making 334 



" Scholz 335 



" shops, killing bees 338 



Cans, for honey 521 



Cap of the hive 174 



Capping can 466 



Cappings 467, 531 



Cappings of honey cells, air- 

 tight? 122 



Carbolic acid for foul-brood. . . .481 



Carbolized sheet 195, 378 



Carniolan bees 292 



Cary, on uniting colonies 349' 



witnessed the mating of 



a queen 55 



Castellaz. on preserving combs 



from the moth 499' 



Catalogue of bee plants 40'^ 



Catching the queen of a swarm. 225 

 queens for shipment or 



introduction 281 



Causes of swarming 211, 2;-;6 



Cellar blinds 363. 36 t 



" damp 362, 36.o 



" dark 365 



" dry 360 



" removing bees from 366 



temperature 363 



" ventilation 365 



" wintering bees in 360' 



Cells, accommodation 103, 104 



" bottom of 100 



" diameter of 103 



" drone 103, 107 



natural explanation of the 



shape of loi 



not horizontal 102 



" opposed preference of queen 



and worker 107' 



