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sight of, for distant objects, acute, 
117 ; commotion of, during abseuco of 
queen for impregnation, 125, 217 ; na- 
tive of Lot climate, 128 (note); detest 
6inell of fresh paint, 129 ; often per- 
spire while swarming, and reluctant 
to enter heated hives, 130; pleased to 
find comb in hive. 131 ; modes of se- 
curing swarms in difficult places, 135 ; 
acute of hearing, 138 ; refusing 
to swarm, should have plenty of 
Storage-room, 139; may be advanta- 
geously kept iu cities, 144 ; often re- 
fuse to swarm, 145 ; seldom colonize 
unless blossoms abound in honey, 147 ; 
ability of, to rear queens from worker- 
brood, when discovered, 148 ; with- 
out mature queens, build combs 
with large cells, 149, 150 (and note); 
diminish rapidly in number after 
swarming, 151 (and note); will not 
form independent colonies in inter- 
communicating hives, 152; work bet- 
ter in new swarms than in old colo- 
louies, 153 ; laden with stores, welcom- 
ed by strange swarms, 155 ; without 
stores, expelled, 165 ; frightened by 
rappings on the hive, 155 ; disposition 
of, when moved, to return to old lo- 
cation, 156 ; effect on, of temporary 
loss of home, 157 ; how to make ad- 
here to old home, wherever put, 157 ; 
losing their queens, will accept of 
others, 159 (note); more irasciblo at 
night, 167 ; confounded by sudden in- 
troduction of light into their hives, 
168, 169 ; difficult to subdue when 
once thoroughly excited, 170; use all 
available space for honey, 172 (note 
2 ); tenacious adherence of, to their 
combs, 172 ; losing their queou when 
swarming, return to parent stock, 
174 ; their mode of communication, 
174 (note 1); storing surplus honey 
to be unmolested, 180 (and note 1); 
amusing conduct of. on finding a 
strange hive where their own should 
be, 181 (noto 1) ; emboldened to soil- 
defence by presence of queen, 182; 
judicious renewal of, for swarms, not 
injurious to mother-stocks. 183 ; their 
instinct to becomo ovor-ricli, 183 (note 
2); their passion for forage, 186 (note 
1) ; when destitute of queen, will rear 
young ones, if they have brood-comb, 
188 ; need water when confined, 189 
(noto); how encouraged to work in 
an upper hive, 189 ; do not always 
cluster on brood comb in nuclei, 192 
(nolo) ; sometimes start queen-cells 
that fail, 193 ; young do inside, ami 
old, outside work, 194 ; young are 
wax- workers, 196 ; their occasional 
refusal to make royal cells explained, 
197 (note) ; a worthy trait of, 197 ; 
their treatment of strange queons, 
200 ; to cause, to receive strangs 
queens kindly, 201 ; of different colo- 
nies may be united, 203 ; distinguish 
their hive companions by smell and 
actions, 203 ; conduct of, when fright- 
ened, 203 ; when disturbed and scent- 
ed, will readily minglo,203 (and note); 
iu too large hives, become dispirited, 
208 ; in large apiaries, if the hives aro 
alike, liable to mistake them, 214 ; 
effect on, of loss of queen, 217 ; ene- 
mies of, 228-255 ; vigilance against 
the moth. 231 ; not a native of the 
New World, 235; a harbinger of civ- 
ilization, 236 (note); can learn to do- 
feud themselves against new enemies, 
24U ; destroyed by mice anti by birds, 
252 ; by toads and bears, 254 ; dis- 
eases of, 255-260 ; propensities of, to 
rob, and appearance of thioving bees, 
261 ; habitual robbers become black, 
262 (and note) ; sometimes rob tbo 
humble bee, 262 ; grand battles of, 
263 ; of conquered colonies, incorpor- 
ate themselves with the victors, 263: 
frantic fury of robbers, when deprived 
of their spoil, 265 ; how to cool them 
into temporary honesty, 265 ; feeding 
of, 267-278 ; are fond of salt, 272 ; in- 
fatuation of, for confectionery, 277 ; 
compared to intemperate men, 278 ; 
the avaricious, folly of. 278 ; fond of 
shado, 280 ; procuring for an apiary, 
280 ; transferring from common to 
mov. comb hives, 282 ; get supplies 
from honey-dews, 287 ; fiight of, its 
extent, 305 ; pacific tomper of, 308 ; 
incident illustrating good nature of, 
while swarming, 308 ; readily taught 
by ill treatment to bo vindictive, 310 ; 
human breath offensive to, 311 ; at a 
distance from their hives, never sting 
unless hurt, 312; kindness of, at home, 
a lesson for man, 312 ; their treat- 
ment of the sick, 312; their sense of 
sinell, 313; dead, medicinal qualities 
of, 316 (note); will more surely sting 
hairy than bare parts, 317 ; maintain 
a high temperature in Winter, 335 ; 
cat less in Winter when kept quiet, 
335, 355 : wintering of, 335-361 ; unit- 
ing small colonics of, for wintering, 
336 ; do not store honey so as always 
to bo accessible in Winter, 336 ; call- 
uofc be relied on to make Winter pas- 
sages iu combs, 336 ; should be pro- 
tected from Winter winds, 337, 348 , 
if out of doors in Winter should bo 
allowed to lly,337 ; sometimes perish 
in snow, 338 (note 1) ; experiments 
on wintering, by author. 339 ; need 
water in cold weather, 342-346 : need 
wator to cat candied noncy. 342-344 ; 
injured by beiug disturbed iu Winter, 
347.355 | sc.ldom disclmrgo their fujeos 
iu tlio luvo, 347 ; ou wintering iu dry 
