INDEX. 



&b!ioondtnz swarms 22 8 



Adobe for hives 171 



AduUeration , of beeswax 372 



" of honey 484 



Afters-wnrming 226 



Aflerswarms, prevention of 237 



" siijieriorlty of 228 



" objections to 228-229 



Age of the qneen when fecundated. , 51 



'' sign of old, In bees 79 



Ail-, see Ventilation 176 



Alley, drone trap 84 



" mailing queens 311 



'* method of queen-rearing. 265-270 



•' on impregnation 51 



Alighting- bOMrd, see Apron 



Alluring swarms 213 



Alsike clover 383 



American frames, dimensions of 



147-152 



Ammonia for stings 203 



Anger of bees 185 



Antennae 6 



" bees Cimnot live withont 14 



• * cutting of the 14 



" as organs of hearing 10 



** as organs of smelling 11 



" experiments of Huber on the, 9 



Ants about the hive 476 



" fondness fbr honey 478 



" their fecundity 39 



Aphides, Parthenogenesis of the 59 



*' causfs of honey dew 114 



Apiaries , covered 293 



" ont of doors 295 



' ' sheds for 295 



Apiary 291 



" siowmotions around the 193 



Apifuge 189 



Apis dorsata 289 



Apis fasclata 288 



Apis lignsiica 283 



Apis mellifica 282 



Apron, or alighting-board Iti5 



Aristotle, on drones 84 



• * on eggs 58 



" on foul-brood 458 



" on frnit 18 



" onltalianbees 281 



" on pollen 122 



" on robber-bees 3,50 



«« on scent of the queen 279 



• • on strong odors 201 



Artificial swarming 233 



I J advices on !'.247 



,, caution about.... 250 



,, hy dividing 239 



,, l)y driving bees.. 241 



by removing the 

 • I . ,, hive.. 240 



,, in cold weather. .248 



,_ improved 243 



,, nucleus method. .245 



with queens .il- 

 ,, ready reined 244 



,, with queen cells.. 246 



increasing too 



Atoms, their size .fast. ...250 



Australian bees 289 



Austria, yield of honey!.' 403 



Automatic extractor 440 



Axioms, bee-keepers'. 520 



Bacillus alvpi, see foul-brood 



Bait, in sections 4ig 



Balrtenstein, on Italian ijees 286 



Bal led queens 275 



Bur-hives. l.'y.isi,' 137, 2.39 



Barnyard fowls 474 



Barrels for honey 48Q 



Basswood, see Linden 



Butchelder g4 



Beard, on comb honey.... .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'417 



' ' on wintering !.'!.".'.'.'.'. 336 



Bears and bees ' '475 



Bcaunier on the production of wax" 94 

 Bee-bread, see pollen 



Bee dress iqq 192 



gee-hat '. .■.'.V.'.igo' 191 



Bee-keepers' calendar 510 



Bee moth 453 



" description of. .!.".'.'.'!'.'.'." 459 



" food of 462 



' ' galleries of 460, 461 



■ how they net 459, 462 



" in queenless colonies 468 



" Italian bees and 467 



" killed by cold 464 



" not to be feared 470 



" preserving comb, agninet. .466 

 " temperature required for 



their growth.. 464 



" wormofthe 461 



'• their disgusting work 465 



Bees, and flowers 124,125, 609 



" and fruitB , 18,605 



