574 



INDEX. 



Tulip trees 7, 398 



Uncapping 467 



knives 468 



Uniting colonies ....254, 255, 34S 

 Upper stories, see Supers. 



Vandervort mill 386 



spur 393, 394 



Van Deusen clamp 160 



Veil 196, 197 



Ventilation 162, 179 



in cellar : 365 



in winter 181. 350 



" to prevent swarming. 239 



when shipping 320 



Viallon experiments on comb- 

 building. .106 



" on laying workers 77 



Virgil description of the Italian 



bee. .292, 293 

 mentions the bee-moth. . .489 

 " on clipping wings of 



queens .... 225 

 on material for hives.... 3 77 



Virgin queens 50 



introducing 286 



rivalry of 50 



" voice of 51 



Wagner incident of swarming. ,217 



on age of comb 229 



*' on egg laying 47, 62 



on robbing 377 



" on success 140 



on the Italian bee. 296, 297 

 " patent on comb- founda- 

 tion. .384 



*' on sex of eggs 62 



" on translation of 



Berlepsch. .371 

 " Donhoff 



71, 496 

 Warm absorbents for Winter.. 351 



Warping boards 179 



Water for bees 129, 370 



as a remedy for stings.. 208 



needed in Spring 370 



" injurious in shipping 



bees 130 



Wax 93 



" adulteration of 387 



" bleaching 536 



" candles 537 



" chemical composition of. . .105 



" cleaning 535 



" extractors 533-534 



" from cappings .,471. 531, 535 



" how produced 94 



" " many pounds of honey 



to produce. . . .106 



" made by young bees 94 



" melting point of 387 



" not made of pollen 104 



" old bees can make 95, 96 



" pollen necessary to make 



104, 105 



Wax produced by eating 94, 95 



■ resmues of 535 



" scales 94 



" " who discovered the. ... 99 

 " " on the bottom-board... 99 



" uses of 530 



Weigel recommends candy 334 



Weight of bees 326 



" '* drones 326 



swarms 239 



Weiss, first manufacturer of 



foundation in America. .384 



Wide frames for sections 448 



Wide top bars for brood frames. 159 

 Wildman oa comb-building.... 99 



" feeding 329 



" " the scent of the 



queen 288 



" " uniting 255 



Wilson, Miss 301, 447, 4 4S 



Window screens 31S 



Winds protection from 350 



Wings 25. 2S 



" used in ventilation 180 



" of queens 42 



" of queens, clipping. 225, 226 



Winter flight 355. 356, 367 



passages 345, 346 



" protection 349 



Wintering bees 340 



best conditions for. 360 



cellar for 361 



chaff hives for. . .357 



clamps for 368 



cold repositories 



for. . .368 

 experiment on . . .342 



food for 344 



in-doors 360 



mistakes in 342 



narrowing the 



sp^ce for. . . .345 

 on full combs. . . .341 

 outer boxes for 



359, 360 



Workers 67 



agitated when the queen 



is removed. . 265 



" balling queens 284 



building 94, 96 



cells, see Cells. 



" crippled 82 



discharges of 29 



" Donhoff experiment on . 68 

 duration of transforma- 

 tion of. . 92 



duties of 68 



" eat eggs 66 



" eggs in drone ppIIs. ... 63 

 " to raise queens. 47, 259 



" feeding the young 15 



queen 18 



fertile 77 



how discovered. . . 79 



" use of 77 



first flight of 68, 76 



functions of 67 



