INDEX. 



xni 



Ventilation in winter 177, S37 



*' to pvovent swarming -SXt 



■>' when shipping 307 



Vertically dividcil hives 132 



Viallon experimi'iits on oonib-biiild- 



Ing. .101 



on laying workers 7S 



' ' on mailing queens 312 



Virgil description of the Italian beo.2H-2 



" mentions tlie bee-moth 458 



' on clipping the wings of 



qneens,.221 



** on material for hives 173 



Virgin qneons 47 



*' inti-oiUicing 277 



" rivalry of 4H 



" voice of 49 



Wagner incident of swarming 213 



' ' on age of comb 224 



" on Dzierzon 137,138 



" on egg-laying 44, 60 



" on robbing mi 



** on success 136 



" on the Italian bee 286,287 



" on the moth 468 



* * patent on comb-founda- 

 tion.. 367 



• ' translation of Beriepsch Sas 



•' " " Donhoff 



69, 464, 466 



Warm absorbents for Winter 8.37 



Warping boards 175 



Water for bees 126 



" as a remedy for sti ngs 203 



' ' needed in Spring 354 



Wax 89 



" adulteration of 372 



'* bleaching 501 



" candles 502 



' • chem ical composition of 101 



' ' cleaning 500 



' ' extractors 499 



* ' how produced 90 



* * ' * many pounds of honey to 



produce. .101 

 ** made by young bees 90 



* * melting point of 371 



*' not made of pollen 99 



' ' old bees can make wax 91 



* • pollen necessary to make IdO 



** produced by eating 89, 91 



** residues of 5"0 



'■ scales 89,911 



** '' who discovered the 93 



** " on the bottom-board 94 



" uses of 501 



Weigel recommends candy 320 



Weiss, nrst manufacturer of founda- 

 tion in America 368 



Wildmanon feeding 316 



Widmnn on the Foent of the queen. 279 



" on uniting 249 



" on yield 434 



Winds prolee.tion from 336, 337 



Wings 25 



" of queens, clipping 221 



Winler Hitcht 339, 3.'io 



' ' iiaisages 332 



' * protection 3,36 



Wintering bce.s 326 



' ' best conditions for. . .344 



" cellar for 346 



" chall' hives for 841 



' ' clumps for 360, 351 



' ' cold repositories for. .352 



" experiment on 828 



" food for 329,330 



" in-doors 345 



" mistakesin 328 



* * narrowing the space 



for.. 331 

 ' ' outer boxes for. .343, 314 



Workers 66 



' ' agitated when the queen is 



removed. .259 



" balling queens 275 



" building 92 



' ' crippieil 79 



" dischargesof 28-31 



** DonhoU' experiment on.. .66,67 

 *' duration of transformation 



of.. 88 



" eggs ill drone cells 61 



'* to raise queens 45,253 



* * feeding the young 15 



*' " " queen 17 



" fertile 74,76 



*' " how discovered 76 



" " nse of 76 



" first flight of 67,73 



" functions of 66 



" iarvse of 70 



" life 77 



*' losing their queen 41 



** love of. for theirqueen.41, 311 



'* newly hatched 73 



'* number of in a hive 66 



*' sexual orgiins not de- 

 veloped.. 74 



" signs of old age 79 



* ' trying to raise queens with 



drone eggs.. 57, 76 



" understand each other ICi 



'* ventilating 176 



" young, build combs 68,90 



" " feed the brood W 



Worms, see Moth. 



Yield, large 434, 435 



Zollickofl'er accoitnt of a colony on a 



tree.. 21 3 

 ZoubaretF, uses of propolis 110 



