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April, how to manage bees In, 121, et feq. See B 
Management, &c. 
Ariflomachus, an admirer of bees, 1. 
Artificial Queens, two hundred reared by the author, 63; 
See Queen. 
Artificial (warming of bees, 168, et feq.; fee Swarming. 
Auguft, hives cheap in, 89; fometimes become lighter 
after, 260; and fometimes he avier, 20. 
Author of this work, an admirer of bees from his infancy, 
_ iil. iv. purchafed three hives early, v.; made bees ever 
fince his chief ftudy, 7d. ; publithed his firft treatife fix 
years ago, vill.; and having met with much encourage- 
ment, 76. ix.; and made many new difcoveries fince, ix ; 
he now prefents his new plan to the public, ib. : encour- 
aged alfo as a honey-dealer, 75.3 his firft interview with 
Sir John Sinclair, x.; who defires him to draw up his 
plan, 7.; and prefents it to the Highland Society, xi.; 
who grant the author their higheft premium, 74.; his con- 
fidence inthe fuccefs of his plan, xii.. which is eee on 
experience, 7/.; he compares himfelf to a bee, 8; rejoices 
in the profperity of thefe infects, z2.; but is vexed by 
their wars and robberies, 74. 120; never faw any honey 
dew on oak leaves, 19; but on wild runches, 75.; and 
white thorn, 75.; experiments made by him, 20, 213 his 
apology for not entering deep into certain difquifitions, 26 ; 
his chief defign in this treatife, 27, 28.3 his refleétions in 
a garden, 33, 343 prices paid by him for honey, wax and 
‘hives, 38, 393 could rifk four fifths of his property upon 
a voyage to Dantzick for bees, 49, 503 his experiments 
refpecting little drones, 71, 723 which proves their non- 
exiftence, 733 his offer for feven of them, zb.; affifts the 
common bees in killing the drones, 74; fubftance of his 
conyerfation with two gentlemen, refpeCting the ufe of 
them, 7. 753 one of whom propofes an experiment, 77 5 
and offers his hives to try figs 785 which the author means 
to accept, and communicate the refult to the public, 74. ; 
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