INDEX. 



Pollen used "when bees make combs. 99 



Portico 160,344 



Pound, how many bees in one 313 



Prevention of atV 1*8 warms 237 



" moths in combs. ..46(). 471 



" robbing 36.'i 



" swarming 229 



Production of honey 407 



** '' improved 



methods. .408 



Propolis 1' 5 



" hardin Winter 107 



* * ho w to clean from the 



hands.. 111? 



•' on sections 419 



** soils the comb 107 



' ' uses for bees 106 



** " in commerce 109 



Pulvilli 52, 63 



Queen, ag-^ at fecundation 51 



" bulled 222-275 



" beginning to lay 63 



** best conditions to raise 2fi5 



" cages 274 



" oJipping wings of 221 



" contents of spermatheca of. , . 54 

 " dejections, licked by 



workers.. 16, 17 



" description of 40 



** destitute of nursing glands.. 15 

 *• difl'erence in prolificness of. ,. 64 



*' does not govern 39 



** duration of development of. . . 47 

 *' ** " transformations 



of.. 88 



* * DzierzonB' discovery on 55 



" entering the wrong hive .. .257 



" fecundity of 39 



** fed by the workers... t 16 



" fighting of 49 



** growth of. delayed 2.54 



** how raised 253 



" how her eggs are fecundated. ,53 



" " shelays 63 



" " to flnda 278 



** " tocuge 275 



' ' importation 310 



" impregnation of eggs ,58 



" " " the queen. 51 



*' impregnation of the queen 



delayed. . 69 

 ' * impregnation of the queen 



for life.. 53 



* * impregnation of the queen 



in confinement. . 53 

 " lutrodnction of impregnaied,27+ 



" " " virgin 277 



** knowing the sex of her eggs. . 60 



" la^-t to die 311 



*' laying drones in worker 



cells. .66, 62 



" " in queen cells 44 



" " worker eggs In drone 



cells.. 61 



' ■ lays more in Spring 40 



" longevitv of e'l 



" loss otthe 41, 266 



Queen lost in her wedding trip 357 



' ' love of bees for the 41 



" mailing 311 



■ * nia iug 61 



" missing 210, 2.59 



' ' odor of the 278 



" old 65 



* • ovaries of 55 



' " a drone-laying 55 



' ' parthenogenesis of the 56, 58 



' * preference for worker cells 



61, 103 



*' prisoner in the hive 275 



* ' reared from eggs 45, 263 



" " old larvae 47,2.54 



" " in the South 313 



" rearing 43, 253 



' ' refrigerated 62 



" shipping 310 



" " bymail 311 



" trnps 236 



" unable to fly 266 



" virgin 47 



* ' why not impregnated in the 



hive. . 86 

 " young, confined by Huber ... 55 



Queen-cells, destroyed 48 



* ' for artiticial swarm- 



ing. .246 



" how reared 43 



" "to transfer 264 



** large number of ...44,264 



' ' preparing for 263 



Queenless colonies destroyed by 



moths 468 

 '* " do not kill their 



drones. .361 



'• " howdetected 260 



Queens several in a swarm 228 



" two in a hive 50 



*' '* in a sw.4rm 222 



Quinby closed end^ hive 139 



' ' frames, si/e of. ..147, 152, 157, 163 



" " number of 152 



" " suiieriority of 150-151 



" on bees damaged by moths. ..471 

 ** " distances between frames. 1.53 



" " robbing 363 



" " shape of frames 150 



" smoker 189 



Rabbet 166, 167 



*• enlargement of top edge 170 



Races of bees 280 



Racine on old combs 224 



" " swarming 2-11 



Radonan hive 132 



Rapping 299 



Raynor, carbolized sheet 190 



Reaiing queens 43,253 



" " fromeggs 263 



' " •' improved races 262 



" " in moderate colo- 



nies.. 263 



Reid on the shape of the cells 95-96 



Remedies for foul-brood 449 



for stings 202 



Eemoviug frame; i , 19? 



