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INDEX. 
Clustering of swarms, 113, 116. 
Jocoon, complete one, spuu by drono 
and worker-larvae, 46 ; imperfect one, 
by queen-larva?, 46 ; of lurvae, never 
removed from cells, 60 : of the moth, 
•231, (PI. XIX.) 
Cold, moderate, makes bees almost dor- 
mant, 89 ; chills bees, 110 ; water, use- 
ful in subduing robbers, 265. 
Colonies, of bees (soo also Stocks of 
bees ; rapid increase of, in Australia. 
61 (note) ; ago of, 69 ; new, composed 
of young and old bees, 119 ; impossible 
to multiply rapidly, by natural swarm- 
ing, 147 ; folly of attempting to mul- 
tiply, by dividing-hives, 149; to re- 
move, from old locations, 156. 157 ; 
artificial, not to be formed till drones 
appear, 158 ; artificial, time necessary 
to form, 173 ; cautions against too 
rapid increase of, 175 (note), 176-178 : 
weak, easily strengthened by use of 
mov. comb hive, 178 ; possible extent 
of multiplication of, 178 ; most profit- 
able rute of increase, 179 ; to form one 
new colony from two old ones, 180 ; 
mother, easily supplied with young 
fertile queens, in mov. comb hive, 
182 ; sometimes over-stored with hon- 
ey, 183 (notes 1 and 2) ; table illustrat- 
ing rapid increase of, 185 ; new, must 
remain where first put, 186 ; many 
bees may bo removed from, when the 
quoens are fertile, ISO ; new, formed 
by reversing position of hives. 187 ; 
piling mode of forming, 188 ; should, 
when moved, be supplied with water, 
189 (note) ; to supply queens for 
rapid increase of, 190-193 ; how they 
may be safely mingled, 203, 336; if 
small, should bo confined by movable 
partition, to suitable limits, 298 ; en- 
dangered by loss of queou, 217, 246 ; 
having young queens should bo watch- 
ed, 218, 222 ; signs that, have no 
queen, 219 ; Spring care of, 221 ; 
queeuless in October, to be united with 
other colonies, 223 ; old, moro liable 
than young, to the ravages of worms, 
933, 251 (note) ; queenless, will be de- 
stroyed by the moth, 2*14 (and note) ; 
when hopelessly queenless, their de- 
struction cortaiu, 246; how to be 
treated when infected with dysentery. 
256 ; how, when attacked with foul 
brood, 257-260 ; suspected, used by 
Uzierzon to rear surplus quoens for 
artificial stocks, 260 ; strong, can. in 
a season, supply materials for four 
swarms, 260 ; feeding of, 267-278 ; 
should be strong when honey harvest 
closes, 269 ; weak, in the Fall, should 
be addod to other stocks, 270, 336 ; 
location of, how to change, 280 ; re- 
moval of, to new apiaries, 281 ; weak, 
ill-success of, has led to tho belief 
that wo are over-stacked , 299 ; only 
strong, profitable, 299, 303 (and not*); 
itinerating, 305 (note 2); when broken 
up for their honey, the queens should 
be removed beforehand, 306 (note); of 
common bees, readily converted into 
Italian, 322. 
Color, aids in recognizing their hive, 214 
216. 
Columella, notico of his Trcatiso on 
hcc-Kceping, 147 (note) ; his remedy 
against the over-storing of hives, 183 
(note 2) ; advice of, concerning Spring 
examination of stocks, 221 (note 1) ; 
recommended that weak stoeks bo 
strengthened from strong ones, 221 
(note 2); his suggestion as to tho 
proper time to remove surplus honey, 
224 (note) ; his mode of feeding bees, 
271 (note 1) ; his directions bow to 
gain the favor of bees, 311. 
Colvin, his method of securing straight 
comb, 373 ; manner of making tho 
mov. comb hive 383. 
Comb, 69-76 ; too old, can bo easily re- 
moved in mov. comb hives, 60, 209 , 
materials of, 69 ; wood-cuts of, repre- 
senting various kinds of cells, Plates 
XIII., XIV., and XV.; empty, great 
value of, to bee-keeper, 71 ; should 
not bo melted into wax. 71 ; rapidly 
refillod by bees, 71 ; easily supplied to 
bees in mov. comb hive, 71 ; bow at- 
tached to frames, 72, 283 (and note) ; 
drone-comb, not to be put in breed- 
ing apartments, 72, 130 ; artificial, sug- 
gestion concerning, 72 ; author’s ex- 
periments to induce bees to make it 
from old wax, 72 ; building of, carried 
on most actively by night, 72 ; coinb- 
building and honey-gathering simul- 
taneous, 73 ; danger to, in liot weather. 
91 ; caution respecting, in artificial 
swarming from common hives, 156 
(and note) ; generally built somewhat 
waving, 171 ; how to examine ; when in 
mov. comb liivo, 172 ; brood, used for 
nuclei, 189 ; worker, used to rear 
queens, 191 ; building of, by young 
bees, 196 ; worker, should never bo 
destroyed, 207 (and note 2); prefer- 
able to artificial comb-guides, 207, 
20H ; control of, essential to u system 
Of management, adapted to the wunts 
of all beo-koepors, 208 ; safely taken 
from hi vo when boes arc filled with 
honey or sugar-water, 210; old, most 
liable to bo infested with worms, 233, 
251 (note); empty, should sometimes 
bo removed from feeble stoeks, 243; 
new, unsafe to move in warm wouthcr, 
281; containing bee-bread, has in- 
ferior honey, 288; very old brood, not 
worth rendering into wax, 288; to 
make Winter bee-passages in, 337 (and 
no to 1). 
