INDEX 



A. 



Page Par, 

 Abdomen of worker . . 17 31 

 Absconding swarms, pre- 

 vention of . . . . 48 88 

 Adjunct to farming and 



gardening . . . . 5 10 



Advantages of bee-keep- ( i 2 



ing (3 



Aid to health, bee-keep- 

 ing as an . , . . 3 7 



Albino bee 921 



Animal Icingdom, place 



of honey beein the 6 13 



Ants 95 149 



Aphides 95 151 



Apiculture I I 



Apidse 713 



Apifuge 34 55* 



Apis 7 13 



Appliances 22 



Artificial pollen . . • ■ I ts jm 



Swarming . . . . 43 79 

 Assistance to the work- 

 ing man . . . . 4 9 

 Autumn feeding .. .. 59 105 



Management . . . . 64 1 1 1 



B. 



Balling 70 119 



Bar-frame hive for pre- 

 paring reception 



of swaiin . . . . 45 84 



Page 



Bar-frame hives . . . . 22 



Hive super . . . . 28 



Bee, albino g 



Black 8 



Camiolan, or lady's 



Cyprian 9 



Honey 6 



Houses 40 



Italian Alp . . . . 8 



Lady's 9 



Ligurian 8 



Queen 10 



Syrian 9 



Varieties of . . . . 8 



Bee-keeping, advantages ( i 



of I 3 



Modem 21 



Persons suited to . . 2 



Persons unsuited to 3 



Spread of .... i 



When to commence 22 



Bees, diseases of . . . . 88 



Enemies of . . . . 93 



Moving 60 



Packing 66 



Products of . . . . 17 

 Quieting and Handling 49 



Birds 93 



Black Bee 8 



Bottle-feeder 36 



Broad section-frames . . 27 

 Bromine, disinfection of 



hives with . , . . 92 



Use of 93 



Par, 



43 



SI 



21 



16 



9 IS 



19 



69 



17 

 18 



17 

 24 

 20 



15 

 2 



6 



4 

 S 

 I 



42 



108 

 112 



143 

 16 



59 



141 

 142 



