N. 



Natural habitat 



History of bee, ob- 

 ject of knowing . . 



Swarming; 



Nectar 17 



Nuclei, feeding 

 Nucleus colonies . . 



Colonies, uniting . . 



Nutritious food, honey 



as a 



Page Par. 



6 12 



(42 78 



144 83 



30 



60 106 



74 123 



55 97 



O. 



Object of knowing natu- 

 ral history of bee 

 Of this book . . . . 



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12 

 3 



P. 



Packing a bar-frame hive 67 114 



A straw skep . . . . 66 1 1 3 



Bees for travelKng . . 66 1 1 2 



Honey for travelling 88 137 



Queens for travelling 68 1 1 6 

 Swarms and driven 



bees 68 115 



Treatment of honey 



before 87 136 



Persons suited to bee- 

 keeping . , . . 2 4 

 Unsuited to bee- 

 keeping . . . . 3 5 

 Physiology of the honey 



bee 10 23 



Place of honey bee in the 



animal kingdom . . 6 13 



Pollen 18 32 



Artificial.. .. f'^^ ""^ 

 ( 58 103 



Preventive of ants . . . . 95 149 



Of aphides . . . . 95 151 



Of mice 94 145 



Of wasps 94 146 



Products of bees . . . . 17 



Profit to the working man 4 9 



• Propolis 18 33 



Purchasing hives . . . . 21 39 



Stocks 21 40 



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Q- 



Queen and drone -ex- 

 cluder 36 58 



Bee 10 24 



Bee, functions of . . 11 25 



Bee, loss of . . . . 70 118 



Cage 77 124 



Cells 20 37 



Introduction . . . . 76, 77 

 Packing for travel- 

 ling 68 116 



Rearing 72 122 



Travelling-box for . . 39 67 

 Queenless colony, obtain- 

 ing a knowledge of a 71 120 

 Stock, what to do 



with a 71121 



Quieting and handling 



bees 49 89 



Quilts 26 45 



R. 



Rack, skep 27 



Rearing queens . . . . 72 

 Recipe for medicated 



syrup 41 



For syrup in autumn 

 For syrup in spring 



Removing comb from 



hive, method of . . 



Supers from hives . . 



Robbing 



Section-frames, broad 



Sections 



Separator, slotted . . 

 Shallow-frame supers 



"Working vvith 

 Skep, packing 



Rack 



Straw 



Super 



Uniting, with 

 frame hive 

 Smoker . , 

 Spacing frames 

 Spiders . . 



50 

 122 



7J 

 71 



72 



84 131 

 79 127 

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bar 



52 

 126 



27 



29 



79 



29 51* 



82 130 



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55 98 

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