Brood, can the heat of sun assist in rearing 27 
“ Building u]) weak colonies by combs of. .4*2, 64 
44 And pollen. 
Broodcombs. shall wo extract from. 
Candy, for winter food 
How to make from honey.. 
Can our bees be improved 
Chromos 
Cider, is it injurious to bees 
“ Mills to avoid trouble with. . . 
Coaxing bees from combs.. 
..(>4 I 
, 32. 
, 9*2 
94 
34 
92 
32 
74, 80 
.24, 52 
Conservatory for queen cells, or plants, how to 
make, bow to keep warm for 2c. per day 
Covers and bottom boards alike, why 53 
Conventions, do they pay generally ! 
Combs, emptv, how to keep 38 
44 Mouldy 38 
44 Cappings for extracting, how to care tor — 42 
44 Building |3 
44 Worker wanted 48 
44 Drone, removing — 67 
“ Value of frames of empty worker 78, 1)3 
“ Breaking down from heat of sun, pre- 
vention 65 
44 Built true in frames, how to have 4/ 
Drones, value of pure ••••45 
Eggs, for hatching^ 26, 85, 44, 53, 1 1). 
How ninny does a queen lay, and 
how many of them produce bees BO 
Evergreens for windbreaks 71) 
Extractors, how to make at an expense not. to ex- 
ceeding $5.00 .13, 10, 22. 38, 39, 5(5 
“ Gearing and inside work for • .39 
44 Don’t injure b.ood 13, 77 
44 Are they dangerous 23 
Extracting, how to do it easiest 49, 50, 52, (53 
Feeding meal in spring .24, 81 I 
44 Does it pay in s])i*ing when colonies have _ i 
sufficient stores 79 
“ For winter, when, how, how much, how to 
make the syrup 14, 65, 66 
“ On sweet apples 84 
“ IIow to give 100 colonies all they require tor 
winter in one day 
“ Stimulative, does it pay 
44 Foulbrood, preventative, etc 
Feeder, teakettle 
“ 4 * llow to make 
44 Tin pan for 
Frames, common and metal cornered 
•• Small for Nuclei and comb honey. . . 
“ flaking 
u Closed tops or closed ends 
“ Building upper and lower together 
“ Uniformity and size of 
Fumigator, is one needed 
Grape viues for shading hives 
44 Trellises 
“ Easily propagated 
Heads of grain . . .'.5, 14, 21, 29, 37, 45, 53, (5:1. 72, 77, 88, 95 
Hives, Simplicity, hinges cover and handles for,. 40, 48.(4 
•• ' Complete expense of 18 
44 41 Quinby and Uazen 37 
“ American, to make 51 
44 Selling, a novel way of >6 
44 Gallup, to make 18 
44 Cheap. ---Si , 
44 Deserting in spring, why 21, 3i 
44 Hinges for 82,88 , 
4 * Cover of as bottom boards for winter 81 ( 
44 patent 1 j Wintering, Nuclei 
44 Form of *3 
44 Simplicity t* 
» i-*of box honey, a la Quinby and Ha/en 5 
4 * Handles for, substitute '. 6 
44 space between frames 9, 47 
44 Dol'ar. where credit of belongs 13 
44 Shallow versus tall, for rapid broodrearing. li» 
44 Making ■•. }l 
44 How lumber should be used in w 
44 ! 1 ow to saw bevels 
44 llow to nail, and what to paint them with.. 18 
»• Children can assist in making.. 20 
“ 8m ill, for wintering and shipping queens.. 20 
41 Painl mg, color important 
Honey, Ambrosial 85 
4 * ' Column 8, 13, 24, 27, 40, 5(5, (50, 71, 80, 80, 9j- 
44 Dew, deleterious to bees — — 22 
44 44 4 * Not always 62 
44 Plants * 30 
44 44 Swamp, groat yield of 30.31 
44 Comb and extracted which now sells best.. 87 
44 Extracted, ripening 94 
Implements, home-made — *78 
Index scales 52 
Italians, how they winter 1(» 
44 Queens for 25c 2(5 
Linden harvest, duration of 15 
Maple sugar for bees 37 
Moth, habits of 2/ 
Moving bees to take advantage of fall pasturage 64 
Our fall dilemma 75 
Periodicals devoted to bee-culture ••••••6 
Photograph of Apiary 16, 3(5, 61 
Pollen, is it absolutely necessary for brood-rearing. .45 
44 For wintering 32 
44 From hemp 95 
44 Spring feeding 9(> 
Propolis, glueing hives with, how to prevent — • 
*• Answers to 6,7,27 
Pumpkin blossoms for honey 7 8 
Problems 3, 24, 27, 40, 62, 80, 84, 88 
Queen nurseries 28, 69, 70, 71 
Queens 
.83 I 
50 
....84 
....14 
.... 16 
.23, 30 
. . . .35 
....4(5 
. . . .53 
9 
. . . .31 
. .62 
42 
Testing comparative value of 43 
Keeping caged../. 38 
44 Recording age of 67 
44 Rearing •••58 
44 Introduction of -59 
44 Two In hive 60 
44 Dollar 60,09 
44 Cells 02, 09 
“ Cages •••69 
44 .Just hatched, well received anywhere. . .71, 76 
44 Registering cards 68, 95 
44 Hatching by artificial heat 74 
44 Not laying, why 95 
Quilts, newspapers for *i 
Railroad to the bee house 
44 Plan for an Apiary 
Report from Adam Grimm 82 
Receipts, selling, etc •]} 
Robbing •• • JJ 
• 4 How you may defy °8 
Rubber gloves, hot an advantage 24 
Sawdust paths for the Apiary 26 
4 * Objections to ‘-4 
Saws, buzz or circular for hive making 9 
Shipping bees by wagon 76, 78, 80 
*• 4 * Expense of, etc., 29 
Spring balance lor testing daily yield of Apiary 78 
spreading combs, advantages of, and caution 33 
Stings, remedies for -8 
’ Stupefying bees, don’t J? 
surplus from single stories ■ • • ■ ■ 
Su"ar syrup , • J" 
Sw indies pertaining t o bee-culture 80,93 
Swarming out in spring ‘J** 
Swarms, to bring down 
44 A good way to hive 
Obliging bees to 
i>3 
Transferring 
. . .33 
Woman’s work, almost 64 
W ax e xtractor • • J- 
19, .5i) 
Wind as a motive power. 
.88 
Wintering. 
Artificial heat for 88 
Without a queen S< J 
W ithout comb 
Losses in 
5 (» 
Shelves for 26,82 
In clamps 
IIow best to winter one colony, ditto 
five, ditto twelve 73 
Double walls for. 
Fastening bees in hire H 
Straw mats l'or 
Wire gnaze over frames 
'pi ion on cover a disadvantage (Akaninos, for 1873, furnished at any time for 75c.; 
'aheing bottom boards or mm, v,,l. I and H together for 91.50, including 
.13.41 
40 
44 I 
Hone)*, extract' . 
44 Straining, simplest way oi.. 
44 Adulterating 
44 Artificial or bee food ,( > 
• 4 ('yyslalization of 01 
44 C omb less wholesome than extracted 96 
44 jiow to sell and avoid irresponsible par- 
lies 72, 8(5 
Photo of Apiary. , 
To enable our friends to economize time and m one) . 
wr enclose an envelope addressed to ourselves. 14 
you care for our ‘-Journal,” write your address across 
the end of Hie envelope, put the 7f>c. inside, and von 
»re under no notwitji oi writing ns u letter unless 
Med Ins, O. 
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