332 



INDEX. 



PAGE 



Causes of swarming . . . . 191 



Caution to importers of bees . . 276 

 Cells, advantages of hexagonal 



form 96 



Centrifugal extractor, invention 



of 146 



Chaffhives 248 



Briokell's 249 



Characteristics of structure of the 



honeybee 45 



Characteristic structure of honey 83 

 Cheshire, Mr. Fr., investigations 



of Bacillus alvei . . . . 259 

 Cure for Bacillus alvei .. 262 



Choice of a hive 112 



Clarke's cold blast smoker . . 174 

 Classification of species of the bee 44 

 Climate, Influence of, on Apicul- 

 ture 17 



Clipping the queen's wing . . 201 



Process of 202 



Comb-foundation 158 



Advantages of its use . . 159 



Board 165 



Gauge for trimming .. .. 164 

 History of the invention of . 158 

 Machines, Boot's roller 161 



Mode of fastening in frame . . 165 

 Principal points of good .. 159 

 Process of manufacture of . . 163 

 The Given press . . . . 162 



To fasten in sections . . 166 



Wired 167 



Comb honey, packing for market 242 



Shipping crate for . . . . 243 



Comb, how constructed . . 93 



Baskets 240 



Holder 176 



Stand 216 



Combs, Damage to 273 



Destroyedby bee-moth larvae 275 



Fumigating 112 



Co-operation, Benefits of . . . . 243 



Cover (of hive) 123 



Covering for frames (winter) . . 246 



Covers, securing 247 



Cowan s automatic basket . . 151 



Cures for stings 177 



Cyprian bee .. .. ..34 



Dadant's uncapping can . . . . 153 



Dalmatian bees 37 



Damage to combs . . . . . 273 



Deleterious honey 310 



Development from egg to bee . . 69 

 Deviceforsecuringstraightcombs 170 

 Difference in character of winter 



seasons .. .. .. 244 



Diseases of bees 256 



Distribution (geographical) of the 



honeybee 25 



Dividing 206 



Division boards 232 



Domesticcookfery.Useof honeyfor 309 

 Drinks made from honey . 311-316 



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Driving 184 



Open 187 



Drones, A word concerning . . 209 



Drone (bee), The 42 



And queen trap, Alley's . . 210 



Cell foundation 163 



Duration of the honey season . . 294 



Dysentery 256 



Dzierzon, Dr., his discoveries . . 64 



Theory 65 



Easterday's wire embedder . . 169 



Enemies of bees 269 



Entrance guard, Jones' . . . . 209 



Beducing 246 



Exemptions (from bee enemies) 



Australasian 269 



Extract cdhoney, Manipulation of 145 



Packing for market .. .. 241 



Extracting house and honey store 104 



Arrangement of 155 



Eucalypti in New Zealand .. 284 

 European plants and trees . . 285 



Eyes (of the honey bee) . . 52 



Farming, Bee-keeping as a branch 



of 307 



Feeding 178 



For winter 179 



Stimulative 179 



Feeder, Grey's entrance . . . . 182 



Simplicity 181 



Fermented drinks from honey 311-316 



Fertile workers 75 



Fixing combs in frames . . . . 185 



Flight of bees .. .... ..296 



Flora, native (see Native Flora). 

 Food, Providing for winter . . 246 



Forage, Bee 278 



American linden, or bass- 

 wood 288 



Eucalypti and acacias in New 



Zealand 284 



European plants and trees . . 287 

 , In New South Wales .. ..282 



In Queensland 283 



In South Australia . . . . 282 

 In Victoria.. .. _ .. 283 



In Tasmania 284 



Native flora of Australia as . . 281 



,. „ New Zealand as 279 



Ordinary sources of ..278 



Forming nuclei 215 



My method 218 



Foul-brood (see Bacillus alvei). 

 Frames, broad or section . . . . 131 



Half -story 132 



Narrow, or brood . . . . 130 



Number of to a hive . . . . 133 



Frame form, or gauge . . . . 133 



Fruit wine, made with honey . . 317 



Fuel for smokers . . . . 175 



Fumigating combs 277 



House 105 



Gauge for trimming foundation 164 

 General arrangement of apiary. . 99 



