weather, 303 fhould be taken care of, 75.3 no danger of 
overftocking a field with bees, 35 ; profit from bees almoft 
clear, 39; they put their owner to little or no expence for 
food, 40; fhould be guarded againft cold, famine, and rob- 
beries, 443 they fometimes travel far for food, 1b. 45; ac- 
count of the Queen bee, 50 ; (see Queen;) great order among 
bees, 533 diftrefs of the bees for the lofs of their Queen, 
56; advice of an old fage to rear another Queen, 7b. 57; 
followed, 72.; the bees kill their fupernumerary ones, 66, 
67; defcription of the drones, 67; (see Drones,) {warms 
thrive without them, 73 ; account of the working bees, 78 ; 
(see Working,) are extremely irritable, 82 ; how to change 
their temper, 833 direCtions to guard againft their flings, 
82; bees fhould never be difturbed in cold weather, 100; 
when frozen, may be reftored by warmth, 101; are much 
hurt by long confinement, 102; eat little in winter, 103 ; 
breed in all feafons, roqg ; {warm early in good feafons, 
1053 how to fupply them with food, 110; (see Food,) of 
their wars and robberies, 116 ; (see Wars, Robberies,) they 
confume their honey faft when they lofe their Queen in 
Spring, 128 ; cannot always be prevented from fighting, 
1373 will put up with any habitation, 148; time when 
they kill the drones, 181; lift of their enemies, 216, &S°_/eg. ; 
see Enemies, Hives, Swarming, &c. i 
Benty ground, not proper for bees, 35. 
Berwick/bire, the author went from, to London, to confult 
Mr Wildman on bees, v. 
Birds, enemies to bees, 221; method to guard againft them, 
252, 
Blofoms of muftard and honey, when they appear, the air 
{mells of honey, 1315 see Flowers. ean’ 
Board of Agriculture ; see Agriculture. 
Beards, or {tools for hives, defcribed, 96; sce Stools. 
Boiling of honey, no advantage to it, 215; but rather the 
contrary, 216; see Honey. 
Boldnefs and gentlenefs equaily neceffary in handling bees, 135. 
Bonner, 
