xiv ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 



Bee's Tongue "° 



Bee Veil 44, 84 



Bees, Three Classes, 19— Worker, 22— Queen, 21— Her Fertilization, 32— Her 



Loss, 35 — Signs of . 



56 



Bees, Killing with Brimstone to Obtain Honey 201 



Bees, Natural Swarming, 25— Hiving, 21— How to Prevent them from Leaving 



the Hive, 32— Wintering : 146 



Bees Wild, How to Hunt Them, 130— How to Trap Robbers or Wild Bees 



Without Finding the Tree . 133 



Bees, Italian, 107— Superiority of, 109— How to Change Stocks of Common 



Black Bees to Italians ■ H4 



Bees, Monthly Managent of, 181— Quieting and Handling, 42— Moving, 135 



— Transferring Bees and Combs into Frame Hives 136, 138 



Beeswax Extractor GO, 89 



Bellows Smoker 43 



Borage 175 



Boneset or Thoroughwort 176 



Biography of Bee Keepers 212, 229 



Boxes for Surplus Honey, 03 — How to Induce the Bees to Commence and 



Continue Working in them G6 



Breeding 23 



Buckwheat a Valuable Pasturage, 47 — Tim* of Sowing 50 



Buying Bees, How to Select Valuable Stock 127 



Cage for Queen, 122 



Candy as Food for Bees in Winter, 153 



Catnip as a Honey Crop, 46 — 51 



Catnip, Motherwort and Hoarhound, 175 



Caution to the Beginner, 84 



Cells, different size of Drone and Worker, 24 — Royal Cells 102 



Cocoon spun by Young Bee as left in the Cell, 56 



Colony, if Prosperous, consists of, 19 



Color of Hives, 205 



Comb Foundation, Gl — How to Fasten in Frame, 87 — Advantage of Using it, 88 



Comb, Composition of, 52 — To secure it Built True in Frames, 54 



Comb, Drone and Worker, 24, 100 — To Preserve from Moth, 144 



Comb, only Defective to be Removed, 56 — Melting into Wax 57 



City Bee Keeping, 71 



Consumption of Honey, 74 



Cultivating Honey Crops, 49 



Dampness Injurious to Bees, 56, 151 



December Management, 198 



Defective Combs, 56 



Dedication, 3 



Deformed Cells, , v 77 



