568 



INDEX. 



poisonous 



" production 



" sack 26 



" shipping cases 



" storing and evaporating . 



" strained . 



" uses of 



" vinegar 528, 



Hornets damaging fruit. . . .19, 



Horse killed by bees 



Hour of the fecundation of 



queens . 



" of swarming 



House apiary 



Hruschka 



Huber, apiary ^ 



" experiments on comb 



building. . 104, 

 pollen ... .123, 



" " propolis 



" " the antennae 



8, 9. 10, 

 " " the memory of 



bees. . 

 " " the sense of 



smell 

 " " ventilation . . 



" " virgin queens 



50, 



*' hive 



" imported Melipones 



" on artificial swarming. . . 

 " bees transporting eggs, 



drone reared in queen 

 cell. . 



" fertile workers 



" how bees build their 



combs 

 ^* location 



,509 

 .42S 

 , 27 

 .509 

 .122 

 ,452 

 ,525 

 529 

 128 

 206 



54 

 ,214 

 ,306 

 ,454 

 301 



105 

 124 

 ,110 



14 



14 



206 

 180 



1 

 141 



300 

 244 



47 



50 



77 



394 

 301 



Huber, on the impregnation of 



queens. .55, 57, 84 

 the introduction of 



queens. . 282 

 the talents of Burnens 



74, 77 



" tribute to 8, 9 



was blind 8 



" wife of 9 



Humming 26, 33 



Hutchinson, on connb building.. 97 

 " comb honey pro- 



duction. .442, 451 

 packing comb 



honey. .511 

 " prevention of 



after-swarms. .242 

 queen rearing 



279, 280, 282 

 " shipping honey. 511 

 " use of comb. . .221 

 use of founda- 

 tion. .396 

 Hymenoptera 1 



Implements, see Tools. 



Importing bees.. 297, 298, 323, 324 



Impregnation of the queen 53 



" in confinement. ... 55 



" in the open air. . . 53 



Increasing too fast 487 



Inhabitants of a hive 2 



Insects and bees 506 



Introducing queens 282 



Irving, quotation from.... 289. 290 



Italian bees 59, 293 



color 295 



description of . . . .295 

 " destroy moths . . . .499 

 " first importa- 

 tion in America. .297 

 qualities of. .293, 294 

 vary even in Italy. 296 

 Italian cakes 528 



Jarring combs, anger bees 202 



Jaws of bees 19 



Jefferson, quotation of 289 



Jelly fed to larvip 71 



Johnson, J. E., on feeding bees. 330 



Jones, cure of foul brood 4'^9 



" importer of bees 298 



" on number of queen cells. 46 



Kirby and Spence 119 



Knives for uncapping. ... 465, 468 



Labial palpi and maxillse 20 



Labrum 19 



Landois on the humming. ... 26, 34 



Language of bees 34 



