252 oo Sierey ee 
Sauvages, Abbe Boiffier de, his teftimony that ants fp honey _ 
dew, 10. 
Scales, fall white, of wax, defcribed, 192 3 Mr Thorley’s ac- 
count of them, 725. 193 ; very feldom feen, 193, 1943 his 
inferences as to the formation of wax, controverted, 2. ; 
and refuted, 194, 195.« 
Schirach, Mr, refutes fome old errors refpeCting the Queen bee 
and drones, 53, 54; his experiments fatisfactory, 54. 
Scotand, conjecture refpecting the quantity of honey and wax 
it might produce, 23, 24; reafons why there are fo few 
bee-hives in it, 28, 29 3 probability that bees were former- 
ly more plentiful in it, 2+.; abundantly fupplied with pro- 
per food for bees, 32, 33, 34- 
Screens, in exceflive hot weather, fhould be ufed to keep off the 
fun’s rays, 155. 
Seafons, the worft, a tolerable quantity of honey produced in, 
Vill. 
September, how to choofe ftock hives in, 88; the Bee-mafter’s 
feed time and harveft, 89; hives cheapeft then, 2. see Hives. 
Siberia, the cold in Scotland for one week, laft winter, as great 
as in, 106. 
Sinclair, Sir Joha, the author’s firft meeting with, x. the for- 
tunate confequences, 2. xi. xii. see Author. 
Sztwattons, unfavourable for bees, 35 ; fuch as are proper for 
bee-hives, numerous in Scotland; 40 ; early, recommended, 
124; advantages of changing them, to better pafturage, 
185, & seq. the only danger, 186; dire€tions how to 
change them, #.; how long to keep the bees prifoners, 
2b.; and how to treat them, 137; the removal fhould be to 
fome diftance, 2b. 3 bad confequences if too near, 198, 
189. 
Snails, the whole genus of, faid to be hermaphrodites, 66 ; of- 
ten creep into hives, 97; but feldom do much hurt ib 
Society, the Highland, the author receives a Premium from, *i. 
See Highland. 
Soliloquy in a garden, 33, 34. 
Seng of the bees, a fign of their health, 12. 
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