VI 



INDEX. 



Eggs not better than larvse to rear 



queens 253 



" of the bee-moth 460 



" number of, laid by queens 39 



" shallow frames hludering the 



laying of 148 



* * shape of 69 



Empty combs to prevent swarming. .234 



" removed for Winter 331 



Enamel cloth 170 



Enemies of bees 458 



Entrance 169 



" blocts 160,165 



' ' contracted against robbing 



361, 364 

 " enlarged to hive swarms... 218 



'* •* in Summer 159 



" left open in Winter 338 



Epitaph on bees 407 



Ether 276 



Evans, quotations from 77,78, 80,95 



106, 108, 116, 206, 316, 379 



Excessive swarming 231 



Excrements, see fteces 



Extracted honey , 426 



" barrels for 480 



' ' granul ation of 481 



" sale of 490 



Extracting 441 



' ' advantages of 429 



'* conclusions on 444 



' ' from brood combs 440 



" halfstories for 432 



* * how to proceed 437 



" implements for 4:fl' 



*■ lessenb the worfe 431 



' ' prevents swarming 432 



Extractor 428 



Eyes ofbees 3 



' * comparison of 4 



Facets of the eye 4 



" why so many 5 



Famine, desertion by 207, 355 



Fear of stings 195 



Fecundation delayed, its results 59 



' ' of flowers by bees 123 



' * of the queen 51 



Feeble colonies, feeding 317 



" uniting 335 



" unprofitable 408 



Fecundity not equal in every season. 40 



" ofthequeen 39 



Feeders 319 



Feeding bees 316 



' ' larv« compared with mam- 

 mal feeding 27 



" IntheFall 318 



" in Spring 317 



•' loaf sugar 321 



', not to be encouraged 322 



'' Scholz candy 321 



*' sugar candy 320 



" sjTup 320 



" swarms 224 



Fermentation of honey 483 



Fertility of the queen, see fecundity 39 

 Filing Sfi\ys , , 175 



Flight during Winter S50 



Flight of bees, range of 400 



'f '• speedof 25 



Floating apiaries 309 



Flour given to bees 122 



Flowers, bees not injurious to,. 123, 5(i9 



" list of honey 385 



Foeces of bees, dischiirge of the 28 



" discharge in tlie hive 329 



" unhealthy 445 



*' ofthequeen 17 



" of young bees 69 



Food, bee's Ill 



' ' for wintering 329, 330 



" how much for Winter 327 



" its elTecls on queen larvse 45 



* * " on worker larvae, ... 74 

 " best to ship bees 310 



Forcing box 297 



Foster case 424 



* ' open side sections 423-425 



'* shipping directions 479 



Foul-brood 446 



'* care and perseverance 



needed 454 



' ' detected in Spring 448 



' ' dCBoription of 447 



" Dupont experiments 447 



" from infected queens 445 



" fumigating 451 



" method of Bertrand 451 



" «' of Cheshire 453 



" " ofJones 449 



" " ofMnih 450 



Foundation, see comb foundation 



Frame of the bodies of insects 3 



Frames 147, 155, 163 



* * comi)ari8an of divers sizes 151, 152 



* * considerations on the size of. . .148 



** distance between 153 



' ' divisible 266 



** first attempts at movable 140 



'■ Langstroth 155 



" " simplicity 166 



* * number per hive 1.51 



•* perpendicular to the entrance. 1.57 

 ' * regularity of the outside meas- 

 ure of 156 



' * removing from the hives 197 



• ' space around 168 



" spacing wire for 168 



" success with every kind of 152 



" tin corners for 156 



* ' t:op and bottom bars of .155 



* * triangular edge 154 



" width ofthe top bar We 



Fruits and bees 18, 605 



" blooms benefited by bees.. .123-125 



'* damaged by birds 507 



" juices of, injurious to bees,830, 508 



Fumigations against foul-brood 451 



" " moths 466, 467 



" " to tame bees 187 



Gallup frame 148, 149 



" dimensions of the 147 



Gelieu vertical, divisible hive 132 



German hive, Inferiority of 14^ 



