INDEX. 347 



CHAPTER XL 



WAX. 



Honey and pollen the only substance that bees gather, 103. Apia- 

 rians contend Ihat wax is made of pollen, 104. Pollen admitted to be 

 a component part of ordinary bees-wax, 105. Bees when swarming, 

 go laden with honey, 106. A few bees join the swarm with pellets of 

 farina, 107. No pollen gathered the first day or two after swarming, 

 107. Chemical change of honey to wax, ] 07. Experiment showing 

 further proof that wax is produced from honey, 109, The experiments 

 of Huber, showing that bees work in wax when confined, and fed on 

 honey or sugar only, 110. 



PART SECOND. 



CHAPTER XII. 



REMARKS. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



HIVES. 



Size of hives, 119. Space necessary for swarms, 120. Number of 

 workers advantageously employed, 120. A lack of workers disastrous 

 to the family, 121. Effects of too small and too large hives, 123. The 

 instinct and nature of the bee unchangeable, 125. Result of the Au- 

 thor's experience in large hives, 126. Hives diminished in length, 

 128. Small hives not appropriate for small swarms, 130. Change 

 from large to small hives, deceptive appearances of swarms, etc., 135. 

 Dr. Bevan's opinion on the size of hives, 137. Sevan's cross-bar hive, 

 138. Subtended hive, 141. Hobby of a portion of tlie itinerant bee- 

 hive venders, 142. Two kinds of subtended hives, 143. Rules for 

 management in subtended hives, 143. Case in which two or more 

 boxes may be used, 150. Remarks on super and nadir hiving, 151. 

 Box-hive and super, 153. Chamber hive, 158. Suspended cham- 

 ber hives, 161. Roof for suspended hives, 163. Side view of a 

 chamber hive, 167. Second plan of suspended hives, 170. Townly's 

 hive, '172. Colton's do. 178. Gaylord & Tucker's do. 178. Week's 

 Vermont do. 175. View of do. 176. Straw hives, 180. Log do. ISO. 

 Miner's equilateral hive, (first style,) 181. Collateral hiving, etc. 185. 

 Relative merits of supering, etc., 187. Collateral hives joined, 188. 

 Bees remaining in collateral hives, how got rid of, etc. .189. Case in 

 which a transfer from old to new combs may be effected, 190. Only 

 one super to be put on at a time, 190. Boxes in chambers not likely 

 to be filled twice, 191. Time to take away supers, 191. How to drive 

 bees from the boxes, etc., 192. Observatory hive, 193. Huber's Obser- 

 vatory , do. 1 98. European hives, 203. Polish hives, 204, Directions 



