564 



Comb guides for frames. 157,158 



Comb boney, best selling 



capping of 



" care in sbippingSll, 



difficult to produce. 



leaking 510, 



" moths in 



production 



by reversing. 

 " " Improve- 



ments in .431, 

 " '* in wide 



frames . . 

 " " in large 



frames. . 

 " " in lower 



story. . 

 " " in sections. . . 



" *' in sballow up- 



per stories. . 

 " " in supers. 448; 



" " remarks 



on. .450. 

 " *' witb fences, . . 



" " with separa- 



tors . . 

 " with swarm- 

 ing. . 



sealed 443, 



" sweating 



" unsalable 



without propolis442, 



Combs 



,221 

 '430 

 122 

 512 

 434 

 511 

 498 

 430 

 435 



432 



448 



431 



433 



431 



433 

 449 



451 

 439 



439 



445. 

 444 

 510 

 445 

 443 

 93 

 229 

 182 



age of 74 



breaking down 



brimstoning to keep out 



moths 408 



built upwards 93 



care in returning after in- 

 spection 204 



care of in Winter 471 



economy of bees in build- 

 ing 104 



empty, furnishing to bees. 461 

 given to prevent 



swarming 238 



extracting from 463 



guides for straight 



157, 158, 382 



made of wax 93 



melting 532 



moths in 497 



pruning 133 



returned to the bees after 



extracting 471 



straight 157. 383. 385 



surface occupied by brood. 155 



transferring 313 



washing dark 531 



Comparative table of transfor- 

 mations 92 



Compari.son of the eyes of 



queens, drones, and workers 4 

 Confectioners annoyed by bees.. 338 



Confining bees unsafe 181 



Confining colonies 320, 353 



Confining queens 323 



Confinement, fertilization in.... 55 



, Confinement, in cellar 360* 



out of doors 353: 



Constipation 369, 472 



Cgnsumption of honey 520 



by bees in 

 Winter. .341, 342 



of pollen 125 



Contagious di.'^eases 472-487 



Contraction of brood cham- 

 ber 369, 370, 437 



Cook, his praise of the Langs- 

 troth hive. . . .142 



" Lubbock's experiment 6 



on enemies of bees 507 



on Neighbour's opinion.... 54 

 on the broods of the moth. 490 



" on the ears of bees 11 



on production of wax 



scales in old bees. , 96 

 " quotation of Doolittle. . . . 260 



Cowan, apifuge 195 



automatic extractors . . . .469 



■' hive 35^ 



" in Italy 146 



microscopical studies .... 12 



on foul-brood 479 



on the prevention of 



swarming. . 239' 

 on the treatment of foul- 

 brood. .479, 487 

 Cracks, closed with propolis by 



bees. .111 

 how to close when bees rob380' 

 Crates, see Section-crates 

 Cutting, H. D., on the introduc- 

 tion of virgin queens. . .286 



Cyprian bees 293, 298, 299 



" difficult to subdue.. 198 

 " " rearing queen-cells. 46 



Debeauvoys 142 



Decoy hives 310 



Deep frames 153 



De Gelieu hive 136 



on weight of bees. . . .326 

 De Layens counted the eggs 



dropped by queens. . 66 

 " experiments on cost of 



wax. .106 

 " " the use of 



water. .130 



** on feeding bees 335 



" report of weight of a 



swarm. .239- 



Delia Rocca comb-guide 157 



" on age of colonies... 81 



" on attracting swarms. 220- 



" on bees as means of 



defense. .210 

 " on floating apiaries. .321 



De Planta, experiments on food 



of larvfe. .259 

 " " on honey. .397 



Desertion 211, 369, 372 



Diarrhoea 343, 472 



Digesting apparatus 26 



Digestion, process of 28, 29' 



