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GLOSSARY. 



Hive Cramp.— A machine for press- 

 ing tiie four parts of a hive firmly 

 together while nailing them. 



Honey Board.— A board or frame- 

 work placed between the frames of 

 the lower hive and super to prevent 

 the bees building comb from the 

 lower to the upper frames and so 

 fastening them together. (See pages 

 141 to 141.) 



Hybrid. — A mule or mongrel pro- 

 duced by parents of different species 

 or varieties. In the latter case, 

 where both parents belong to the 

 same species, the progeny is more 

 correctly termed a cross ; but it is 

 the custom of apiarists to call all 

 crosses between varieties of the 

 Apis melliflca hybrids. 



Hymenoptera.— The order of insects 

 with four membranous wings, to 

 which the family Apidas and the 

 genus Apis belong. 



Imago.— The last form assumed by 

 insects in their transformation from 

 the larva before emerging as a com- 

 plete insect. 



Insecta.— Insects. The class of arti- 

 culated animals which includes the 

 sub-class Hexapoda, the order Hy- 

 menoptera, family Apidee, and the 

 genus Apis. 



Introducing a Queen. — Giving a 

 strange queen to a colony of bees 

 which has become queenless. 



Introducing Cage.— A small cage in 

 which the queen is placed for pro- 

 tection when introducing her. (See 

 page 223 ) 



Jelly, Royal. -Thefood prepared by 

 bees for the larvse which are in- 

 tended to be developed into queens. 

 (See page 73.) 



Larva (pi. Larvae).— The maggot or 

 grub hatched from the egg, which 

 is afterwards developed into the 

 pupa or nymph, and ultimately into 

 the imago and perfect insect. 



Manipulation. — Handling. In a 

 more general sense,- the process of 

 treating or dealing with things even 

 where actual manual contact is 

 avoided. Bees and honey may be 

 manipulated without being touched 

 by the hand. 



Marriage Plight, or Wedding 

 Flight.— (See Flight.) 



Metal Supports. — Uusually, but 

 wrongly, termed tin rabbets ; strips 

 of metal (generally tin), about an 

 inch wide, tacked on each end of 

 the hive inside for the purpose of 

 supporting the frames. (See Chap. 



Metamorphosis. — Transformation, 

 as from the larva to the complete 

 insect. 



Micropyle.— The minute opening in 

 the egg of the bee through which 

 the spermetozoon is introduced. 

 (See page 69.) 



Nectar.— The liquid saccharine mat- 

 ter secreted and exuded by plants 

 in their blossoms or flowers. 



Nectary.— That portion of the flower 

 in which the nectar is exuded for 

 the purpose of attracting insects. 



Normal. — According to a general 

 rule. 



Nucleus (pi., Nuclei).— Literally, the 

 kernel or a nut; figuratively, the 

 source from which something is to 

 be developed. Used by apiarists to 

 signify a small colony of bees in- 

 tended for queen rearing. 



Nursing Bees.— Those which attend 

 to the feeding of the larvae; gene- 

 rally young Sees so employed for 

 about two weeks before leaving the 

 hive to gather honey. 



Nymph (also called Pupa or Chrysalis)* 

 — The second form in the transform' 

 ation of insects, between the larva 

 and imago stages. 



Observatory Hive.— A hive con- 

 structed so that the operations in 

 progress within it may be observed. 

 (See page 128.) 



Ovary.— The organ of a female insect 

 or other animal in which the eggs 

 are formed and developed. 



Oviduct.— The passage which con- 

 veys the egg from the ovary when 

 about to be deposited. 



Ovule. — In botany, the "egg" or 

 rudimentary seed. 



Pabulum.— Food, or aliment. 



Parent Stock. — The stock from 

 which a swarm issues. 



Parthenogenesis.— The production 

 of young by a virgin. (See page 64.) 



Pasturage, Bee.— (See Bee Forage.) 



Pistil. — In botany, the central organ 

 of a female flower which receives 

 the pollen and contains the ovules 

 from which the seeds are developed. 



Pollen.— The fecundating dust of 

 male plants, obtained from the an- 

 thers of flowers, and used by the 

 bees to make bee bread. 



Propolis. — A resinous matter used 

 by bees for fastening movable parts 

 of a hive, stopping fissures, and 

 sometimes in covering foreign sub- 

 stances found in their hives. (See 

 page 98.) 



Pupa.— (See Nymph.) 



