INDEX, 
395 
cellars, 348 ; in special depositories, 
349-360 ; eat less and fewer die in 
damps than in other special Winter 
depositories, 355, 368. 
Bee keepers, common hives do not teach 
the laws of bee-breeding, 104 ; if 
timid, should use bee-dress, 209 ; 
ignorance of, the greatest obstacle to 
Gpeedy introduction of mow comb 
liivo, 209 ; often captivated by shal- 
low devices, 211 ; scepticism of many, 
in regard to the wonders of tho bee- 
hive, 211 j often mistake tho cause of 
tl»e loss ol their queens, 216 ; careless, 
will be unsuccessful, 226, 250 ; should 
not encourage the destruction of birds, 
253 ; specimen of, opposed to improve- 
ments, 357. 
Bee-quack’s secret, 238 (note). 
Bees, queen of, see Queen Bees. 
Beginners, should bo cautious in experi- 
menting, 179, 307. 
Berg, Rev. I)r., first informed author of 
Dzierzou’s discoveries, 16. 
Berlepsch, Baron of, his stocks injured 
by scientific experiments, 179 (note); 
uses frames similar to tho author’s, 321 
(note 2); experiments on impregna- 
tion of queens, 126 (note) ; Italian 
hoc, 323 ; his experiments on the effect 
of cold on queens, 327 : shows that 
bees need wator in winter, 342. 
Bovan, on eggs, and larva* of bees 44- 
47 ; on “ driving,” or forced swarming 
(note), 154 ; an experiment of, iu re- 
moving a quoen, 218 (note); feeds salt 
to bees, 2" 2 ; his description of honey - 
dew, 280. 
Birds, hoc devouring, 252 ; why they 
should Del bo destroyed, 253 (and 
note). 
Blocks, enhance regulating (Plato III., 
Figs. 11, *2); useful to prevent swarm- 
ing, 17 4 (and note); security against 
mice, 175, 252 ; against robber-bees, 
264. 
Bodwoll, .1. C., experiments of, in winter- 
ing bees 345. 
Boerhavo's account of Swammerdam’s 
labors, 66 (uote). 
Bohemia, its production of honey, 304. 
Boiliug honey improves it, 287. 
Borage, valuable for bees, 298. 
Bottom -boc rds should bo permanently 
Uxod to hive, 97 ; should slant towards 
cutrunoii, 97 : cleaning of, 98 ; dangers 
of movable, from tho moth, 231 ; 
Spring Heauiug of, 243 ; Winter clean- 
ing of, 3«7. 
Boxes for spare honey, 289, 290. 
Braum, Y~. A., his experiment to ascer- 
tain tho increase of honey iu a hive, 
303. 
Breath, human, offensive to bees, 170, 
311 
Brooding “ in-and-in,” irgurious, 64 ; 
early, oncouragcd by spring-feeding, 
268. 
Brood, temperature necessary for its 
development, 46, 48 : attended to by 
young bees, 197 ; production of, check- 
ed by over-feeding, 268 ; found in 
hives iu Winter. 48, 339. 
Brood-comb, see Comb. 
Brown, lion. Simon, his description of a 
combat between two queens, 2u5. 
Buckwheat, valuable for late bee-pos- 
ture, 296; its yield, and quality of 
honey variable, 296 (and notes 1 and 
2); its cultivation recommended, 296 
(and noto 3) ; blossoming of, may 
cause swarming, 366. 
Bucra,ou tho need of water for bees, 344. 
Burueus, great merits of, as an observer, 
33 ; laborious experiment of, 33 (note); 
Huber’s tribute to, 194 (note). 
Busch, his description of the Italian bco, 
324. 
Butler’s description of the drone, 224 ; 
his droue-pot, 225 ; his anecdote of a 
honey-hunting swain, 254 ; his direc 
tions for procuring the favor of bees, 
311, 317. 
C. 
Cage, see Queen Cage. 
Calendar, bee-keeper’s, 362-370. 
Candied honey, bees need water to dis- 
solve, 342-344. 
Candy, sugar, recommended for beo- 
feed, 272; recipe for making, 272 
(noto). 
Cary, Wm. W., his mode of uniting colo- 
nies, 204 ; of fastening comb iu frames, 
283 (note) ; bis mode of making winter 
passages in combs, 337 (note); on wiu- 
teriug bees, 346 (note 2). 
Casts, soo After-Swarms. 
Catalogue of bee-plants, 298. 
Cellars, dry, good for wintering bees, 
345, 348. 
Colls, of bees, their contents, 29 ; covers 
of, 44 ; for breeding, become too small, 
60- wood-cuts of, Plates XIII., XIV., 
ami XV. ; royal 62, 218 ; thinness of 
their sides. 71 (note) ; sizes of, 74, PI. 
XV., Fig. 48 • demonstrate tho exist- 
ence of Cod, 75. 
Cherry-tree yields honoy, 292. 
Chickens, curious use of, 248. 
Children of tho rich, compared to pam- 
pered hoes, 208 ; may learn from beea 
how to treat their mothers, 312, 
Chloride of lime, useful as a disinfectant 
of foul hives, 267. 
Chloroform, subdues bees by stupefac- 
tion, 216. 
Clamps, for wintering boos, 348-360. 
Clover, white, most important sourco of 
honoy, 294 ; Mr. Holbrook, on the 
valuo of, for stock, 294 ; Swedish, 294. 
