n 



Bees angered 196 



" " by bad odors 201 



" " by the odor of their 



poison 202 



" " by the jarring of the 



hive 196 



' ' as means of defense 205 



' * bewildered by light 195 



*' building combs y9 



" biiildingfew store cells 103 



" building a third store cells 104 



** build'g store cells here and 



there.. 104 

 " climbing on polished surfaces. . 21 



** clustering in winter 326 



" clustering outside 160, 179 



" deprived of their antennss 14 



• ' deserting 207, 349, 355 



' ' discharge in flight 31 



** do not make honey 111,322 



" dwindling in spring 352 



" eating to keep warm 327 



' * eves of 4 



" fllledwith honey 186 



* * first introduced in this country282 



' ' first noticed in Florida 280 



** for honey production in the 



North.. 313 



" going Westward 280 



" guided by instinct in building. 102 



' ' handling 185 



' ' hearing organs of 9 



" Holy Land and Syrian 289 



" how farlhey fly 400 



*' how many in a pound 312 



" in California 403 



" in Germany 403 



' ' injui'ed by fruit juice 568 



*' killing their drones 85 



'* memory of 13 



" motions in Winter 326 



' ' mouih of 15 



** noticing their new location 314 



" not indigenous to America 280 



" on boats 308 



*' our models 179 



" peaceable when filled with 



honey. .186 



" peaceable when swarming 186 



' ' preparing to swarm 206 



* ' procuring 296 



" propolizing small holes 107 



" quiet at mid-day 191 



' ' races of 280 



" rebuilding store cells 104 



** removing from Ihe cellar 3.50 



' ' return to their location 268, 314. 350 



' • sending .fcouts 212 



' ' sent to better pastures 309 



" smelling organs of 11 



■' ' starving in Spring 317 



" suffocated 178 



" swarming 211 



' ' swarming with introduced 



queen. .278 



' ' transferring 297 



' ' unable to take wing 30 



Bees understand each other 76 



' ' varieties 281 



" working as soon as hived 224 



Bee'wax 498 



' ' for comb-foundation 371 



' ' melting 499 



" pressing .499 



' residues '. . .500 



'* uses of 501 



Bee- vei 1 190 



Beginners' mistakes 619 



' ' should be careful. . .250, 



251, 406 



Beginning on a small scale 291 



Bellemey on honey-dew 114 



Benton, mailing queens 311 



" trip 10 Cyprus 288 



" to India 289 



Berlepsch experiments, note on .251 



" on comb building 100 



" on parthenogenesis 68 



" on refrigerating queens. . . 63 

 " on water in Winter.. 126, 354 



" hive 142,143 



" " defects of 144 



Bernard, on the brain of birds 14 



Bertrand, description of foul-brood 



443-449 



'• on Hubert's cure 451,454 



* * " honey as cure for 



warts.. 497 



' " Langstroth's hive 145 



" " queens dying of 



bacillus alvei.. 443 



" slzeofhives 162 



Bevan, cure for beestings 203 



" on bee-moths 460,161 



' ' honey-dew 116 



■' larvae 69, 71, 72 



' ' propolis 106 



" salt 128 



' ' quotations of Huber 291 



" " E^anmur. .108, 182 



Bickford, flrst use of the oil-cloth 170 



Bingham, importation of meli- 



pones..290 



" knife 441 



' ' on iioney vinegar 495 



" smoker 188, 189 



'* uses a closed-end frame. .148 



Birds and bees 472 



" should not be killed 473 



" injuring fruit 507 



Bledsoe, on the sting 36-37 



Blocks for the entrance 161-165 



Blood of bees 29 



Boards, warping of 175 



Boerhasve on Swarmmerdam 38-39 



Bohemia honey production 403 



Boiling honey 478 



" " against foal brood 449 



" wax 499 



Boissler, on honey-dew 114 



Bonnier, onDarwln 6 



" " honey-dew 117 



" " Nectaries 117 



Bottom-boards 168 



