INDEX. 



335 



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Saccharine matter derived from 

 the atmosphere and rain 



water 301 



Not derived from the soil . . 300 

 Salicylic acid, remedy for bacillus 



alvei 261 



Salvia officinalis . . 77-78 



Seasons, Variability of . . . . 320 



Section boxes 131 



Cramp and form for . . .136 

 Dovetailed, To put together . . 136 

 One piece 136 



Requisites of good . . 135 



To make . . .135 



Section case, Heddon's . . 110 



Section racks and cases . . . . 139 



Securing covers 247 



Senses of hearing and smelling 



of the honey bee . . 55 



Separators . . . . .119 



Shade for apiary 100 



Shipping cage 227 



For two queens 227 



Shipping crate for comb honey 243 



Shipping queens 226 



Whole colonies . . . . 229 



Silken tube of bee moth larva 273 



In comb 271 



Simplicity feeder 181 



Single comb extractor . . 149 



Six comb extractor 119 



Smelling, Sense of, in honey bee 55 



Smokers 173 



Bingham's direct draught .. 171 

 Clarke's cold blast . . 174 



Fuel for 175 



Soil, can it be injured by bees? .. 299 

 Saccharine matter not de- 

 rived from 300 



Sources, Ordinary, of bee forage 279 

 South Australia, Native flora of 282 



Spiders 269 



Spray diffuser .... 268 



Spreading brood .. 234 



Spring management 231 



State aid to apiculture . . 21 



Stimulative feeding . . . . 179 



Sting of honey bee .. 59 



Stings, Cure for .. 177 



Stocking the apiary .. .. 105 



Straight combs, To secure . . 170 



Suitability of New Zealand and 



Australia for apiculture . . 16 

 Sun evaporator, Bliss' . . 239 



Supplying old stock with fertile 



queens 205 



Surplus boxes, Putting in . . . . 234 

 Surplus honey, Mode of securing 



and marketing .. ..231 



Taking 238 



Swarm, Issue of the 192 



Swarm box 196 



Swarms, Absconding . . . . 200 

 Taking and hiving .. ..196 



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Swarms, Absconding, To unite . . 251 

 Swarming, Causes of . . 191 



Preparing for . . 192 



Symptoms of 198 



Swarming season .. .. 192 



Symptoms of bacillus alvei 257 



Syrian bee 34 



Syrup, How to feed 181 



Taking and hiving swarms 196 



Taking surplus honey . . . . 238 

 Tasmania, Native flora of 284 



Tents (bee) 254 



Timber for making hives . . 129 



Tinea cereana 272 



Transferring 183 



Board 184 



Wires and clasps . . 183 



Uncapping can, Dad ant's . . . . 153 

 Knife, Bingham and Hether- 



ington's 152 



Boot's 152 



Uniting 244 



Swarms 251 



Weak and queenless colonies 250 

 Use of honey, Antiquity of . . 1 

 For food, drinks, manufac- 

 tures, and medicines . . 308 

 Use of meteorological observa- 

 tions 320 



Variability of seasons . . . . 320 



Ventilation .. .. ..218 



Victoria, Native flora of . . . . 283 



Waste of wax 90 



Water for apiary .. ..101 



Wax, Analysis of . . 89 



Bees wasting 90 



Extractor, the Gerster 91 



Extractor, Jones's . . . . 92 



Extravagant waste of . . 91 



Method of rendering . . 91 



Nature of 87 



Smelter 166 



Weak colonies, To unite . . 250 



What and when to feed . . 180 

 What bees collect, and what they 



produce 80 



Wings of the honey bee . . 55 

 Winters, Australasian . . 245 

 Winter forage, Providing.. .. 247 

 Winter seasons, Difference in cha- 

 racter of 244 



Wintering 244 



Precautions for 245 



Wire embedder, Easterday's 169 



Wired foundation .. .. 167 



Wiring board 169 



Wiring the frames 168 



Women, Adaptation of bee-keep- 

 ing to 20 



Worker bee, The 42 



Fertile 75 



Workshop and hive store . . . . 105 



Young queens, Mating . . . . 218 



