INDEX. 
303 
Boe-gluo, 8oo Propolis. 
Bee-hat, author’s, how made, 316 (PI. 
XL, Fig. 25.) 
Bco-journal, much neodcd in this coun- 
try, 2*2. 
Bce-kecping, depressed condition of, in 
America, 13, 145 ; a fascinating pur- 
suit, 144, 146 ; estimate of prollt of, 
146 (note) ; better understood by the 
aujieuts thau the moderns. 147 (note); 
with feeble stocks, unprofitable, 177 ; 
no “ royal road” to. 211 ; demands care 
and experience, 211 ; in Spain, exten- 
sive, 222 (note 2); on a large scale, 
unprofitable to beginners, 282. 
Bee-moth, permanent bottom boards, a 
security against, 97 ; easily dislodged 
from mov. comb hive, 141 ; has more 
sins to bear than she commits, 21C, 
246 ; habits, &c., of, described, 228- 
252 ; mentioned by ancient authors, 
228 ; pest of modern apiaries, 228, 251 ; 
when a moth-proof hive will be ob- 
tained, 228 ; l)r. Harris’s account of, 
228 ; to distinguish female of, from 
male, 229 ; cut of female and male, 
230 ; nocturnal 230 ; interesting exper- 
iment with female, 230 (note 2); agility 
of, 230 (and note 3) ; eggs of, laid in 
the cracks of the hive, &c., 231, 235 ; 
cut of gallery of, 232 ; cocoons of, in 
empty combs, 233 (and PI. XIX., Fig. 
66) ; female will deposit eggs on pres- 
sure, 234 (note 2): condition of a hive 
destroyed by, 235 (and l’l. XX., Fig. 
67) ; did not appear simultaneously in 
this country with the bee, 236 ; multi- 
plied by the use of patent hives, 237, 
241 ; movable frames a remedy for 
the evils of, 239, 241 ; first appearance 
noted, 240; rapid spread of, in Ohio, 
241 ; commonly infest old stocks, 251 
(note) ; eggs of, deposited on un- 
covered combs in weak stocks, 242 ; 
signs of presence of, in hives, 242 ; not 
developed in low temperature, 243 ; 
sulphur fumes will kill the eggs and 
larvio of, in combs, 243 ; will certainly 
destroy quccnlcss slocks, 244 (ami 
note) ; fertility of, 244 ; instinct of, in 
discovering queenless stocks, 245 ; 
easily conquer stocks suffering from 
hunger, 246 (and note) ; mission of, 
247 (and note) ; keeping stocks strong 
the surest delence against, 247 ; in- 
security of other contrivances, 247 ; 
placing hives so as not to endanger 
the loss of their queens, an important 
protection against, 248 ; adaptation of 
irov. comb hive to protect stocks 
from, 249 ; facilities of destroying, of 
no use to careless bee-keepers, 250 ; 
protection from, by an upper entrance, 
250 (note); caught by sweets and sour 
milk, 261 ; destroyed by fire, 251 (not© 
2 ). 
Bee-moth, Larvre of (with cuts 220); 
how it secures itself from the attacks 
of tho bees, 231 ; representation of its 
gallery, 232 ; food of, 233, 247 ; ap- 
pearance' of their cocoons in empty 
combs, 233 (and I'l. XIX., Fig. 50); 
activity of, 233 ; transformation of, to 
the winged form, aud effect of cold 
on, 234 (and note), 243; movablo 
frames a remedy against, 239, 241 ; 
signs of presence of, in hives, 242 : 
sulphur fumes fatal to, 243 ; should 
be destroyed early in the season, 248 ; 
extent of their ravages 249 (and 
note) ; how to eutrap them, *j 49 ; 
traps for, of no use to the careless, 
250. 
Bee-palaces, objections to, 61, 242. 
Bees, honey, will work in tho light, 16; 
23,332; may be tamed, 24, 28,308 ; 
intended for man’s comfort, 24 ; never 
attack when gorgod with honey, 25, 
132, 169 ; when swarming, peaceable. 
25, 132 ; always accept of offered 
sweets, 25, 168, 169, 170; sometimes 
attracted from other hives by sprink- 
ling sugar water, 7 ; gorge themselves 
when frightened, 27, 154, 169 ; sub- 
dued by smoke or drumming on tho 
hive, 27, 154 ; and chloroform or ether, 
210 ; the most timid may manage, 
28 ; can llourish only in colonies, *^9 ; 
liow affected by loss of queen, 31 ; in- 
telligence of, 48 ; breod in Winter, 48, 
339 ; number of, in a colony, 54 ; honey- 
bag of, 56 (I'l. XVII., Fig. 54) ; pol- 
len-basket, 56 ; proboscis of, 56 (PI. 
XVI., Fig. 51, PI. XIII., Fig. 63); 
sting, 56 (PI. XVII., Fig. 63); loss of 
sting fatal, 57 ; age of, 58 ; industry of, 
instructive, 69 ; number of, in a colo- 
ny, why limited, 61 ; advantages of 
their being able to Winter in a colony 
state, 62 ; despair of, when without 
queen or brood-comb, 67 , 245; work 
night and day. 73 ; sagacity of, in tho 
structure of tneir cells, 74 ; supersti- 
tions connected with, 80 ; not injur* 
ous to fruit. 85 ; need little air in Win 
ter, if comfortable, 89 ; when disturb- 
ed or confined, require much air, 
90 ; become diseased iu impure air, 
90 ; annoyed by thin hives in hot 
weather, 90 ; superior to man in ven- 
tilation, 91 : why they do not cluster 
on sealed noney in hot weather, 91 ; 
averse to jarring, 96 ; not torpid in 
Winter, 110, 335 ; chilled by cold, 
110 ; must live in communities, 110; 
conduct of, when queen is lost iu 
swarming, 113; sometimes ubuudou 
hives to avoid starvation, 116 ; why 
they do not select new homes before 
abandoning tho old, 116; intercom- 
municate quickly on tho wing, 117 ; 
send scouts to seek new abodes, 117 
