INDEX. 



573 



^tahala on the language of bees 34 



.Stanley extractor 469 



Standard Langstroth frame. .. .147 



Starvation 329, 331 



Statistics 424, 425 



Sting 34, 37 



" bees living without 37 



" can wound after removal. 38 

 " effects of the. .. .38, 207, 208 



" fear of the 200 



" left in the wound 37 



of queen 49 



" not easily withdrawn by 



the bee. . 37 

 " remedies for the wounds 



of the.. 207 



Stomach 28 



mouth 28 



Stone on safe wintering 348 



Store cells 107 



" bees building few . 



■ 107, 108 

 Stories, defects of full upper. . 



448, 4 58 

 " half, for extracting. .. .458 

 surplus equalizing in 



upper. .463 



Straight combs 157, 221,229, 385 



Strained honey 453, 454 



.Straw hives 132, 177 



" for protection 350, 352 



" mat 173, 352 



" " frame for making 173 



Stupefying bees 286 



Sturtevant 351 



Suffocation 181, 182 



Sugar candy 334 



" for wintering 344 



" loaf 335 



syrup 334 



Sulphur for moths 498, 499 



Supers 174 



" for comb honey. . . .448, 449 

 " for extracted honey.... 458 



Superstition 113 



.Swammerdam 40, 185 



" on the moth .... 



489, 492 

 " " ovaries. . 57 



" tribute to 15 



Swarming, artificial, see Artificial. 



fever 237 



natural 211 



" " causes of. . . .236 



" " excessive ....235 



*' " preparations 



for. .214 

 ** " out of season. 211 



" " prevention of.23i 



" " stimulated 



236, 237 

 by 

 small hives, 



156, 457 

 ■•• " when raising 



comb honey. 



240, 241, 442 



Swarming, with a virgin queen . 



230, 232 



" without a queen 214 



with several queens.. 232 



Swarms absconding 233 



catching the queen of.. 225 



" comb guides for 221 



" easily handled 191 



feeding 229 



first 213 



" hived on worker comb. 



220, 221 

 " " on comb-foundation 



221 



" hiving 219 



mixing 226 



on a trunk 224 



" primary 213 



" " with a young 



queen. .230 



" sack for 223 



" secondary 230 



" selecting an alighting 



place. .218 

 " several hived together. . 



226, 227 



third 233 



transporting 328 



waiting for scouts 216 



" weight of 239 



with several queens. ... 232 



" two queens 227 



Syrian bees 46, 293, 299 



Syrup 331, 336 



T Super 449 



Taming bees 191 



Tanging 215 



Tarsus 22 



Telling the bees 114, 115 



Thickness of cells 101 



Thomson, quotations from . . 403, 429 



Thorax 22 



Thorley on stupefying bees.... 286 



Tidd on the moth 490,495,497 



Tin cans for feeding 332 



Tin vessels for honey 521 



" roofs « . .175 



Toads 505 



Tongue 20, 21 



length of 22, 400 



Tools to extract honey... 463, 465 



*' to handle bees 



193, 197, 202,203,318 



" to transfer bees 313 



Top and bottom bars of frames.. 15 9 

 Townley on mailing queens. .. .324 



Trachea 31, 32 



Traps 89, 240 



" for moths 502 



Transferring colonies 309 



" " Heddon method 



of 315 



" queen cells 269 



Transporting bees 306, 327 



Triangular guide 157 



