INDEX. 
393 
Bee-glue, see Propolis. 
Bee-bat, author’s, how mado, 316 (PI. 
XI., Fig. 26.) 
Bee-journal, much needed in this coun- 
try, 22. 
Bee-keeping, depressed condition of, in 
America, 13, 145 ; a fascinating pur- 
suit, 144, 146 ; estimate of prollt of, 
146 (note) ; better understood by the 
an bents than the moderns, 147 (note); 
with feeble stocks, unprofitable, 177 ; 
nc “ royal road” to. 211 ; demands caro 
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, 216, 
246; habits, &c., of, described, 228- 
262 ; mentioned by ancient authors, 
228 ; pest of modem apiaries, 228, 261 ; 
when a moth-proof hive will be ob- 
tained, 228 ; l)r. Harris’s account of, 
228 ; to distinguish female of, from 
mule, 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 1*1. XIX., Fig. 
66) ; female will deposit eggs on pres- 
sure, 234 (note 2); condition of a hive 
destroyed by, 235 (and PI. XX., Fig. 
67) ; did not appear simultaneously in 
this country with the bco, 236 ; multi- 
plied by the use of patent hives, 237, 
241 ; movable frames a remedy lor 
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 kdl the eggs and 
larvie of, in combs, 243 ; will certainly 
destroy queenless stocks, 244 (ami 
note); fertility of, 244 ; instinct of, in 
discovering quoeuless stocks, 245 ; 
easily conquer stocks suffering from 
hunger, 246 (and note) ; mission of, 
247 (and note)- keeping stocks strong 
the surest defeuce 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 
nr >v. comb hive to protect stocks 
from, 249 ; facilities of destroying, of 
no use to careless bee-keepers, .50 ; 
protection from, by an uppor entrance, 
260 ( uoto) ; caught by sweets and sour 
milk, 251 ; destroyed by fire, 251 (note 
Bee-moth, Iarvte of (with cuts 229); 
how it secures itself from the attacks 
of the bees, 231 ; representation of its 
gallery, 232 ; food of, 233, 247 ; up- 
pearance of their cocoons in empty 
combs, 233 (and PI. XIX., Fig. 66); 
activity of. 233 ; transformation of, to 
the winged form, and effect of cold 
on, 234 (and note), 243; movable 
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 entrap them, 249 ; 
traps for, of no use to the careless, 
250. 
Bee-palaces, objections to, 61, 242. 
Bees, honey, will work in the 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 
swoets, 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 the 
hive, 27, 154 ; and chloroform or ether, 
210 ; the most timid may manage, 
28 ; can llourish only in colonics, 29 ; 
how affected by loss of queen, 31 ; in- 
telligence of, 48 ; breed in Winter, 48, 
339 ; number of, in a colony, 54 ; honey- 
bag of, 56 (PI. XVII., Fig. 54) ; pol- 
len-basket, 56 ; proboscis of, 66 (PI. 
XVI., Fig. 51, PI. XIII., Fig. 63); 
sting, 56 (PI. XVII., Fig. 53); loss of 
sting fatal, 57 ; ago of, 68 ; 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 the 
structure of tlieir cells, 74 ; supersti- 
tions connected with, 80 ; not injuri 
ous to fruit, 85 ; need little air in Win 
ter, if comfortable, 89 ; when disturb- 
ed or confined, require much air, 
90 ; become diseased in impuro air, 
90 ; annoyed by thin hives in hot 
weather, 90 ; superior to man in ven- 
tilation, 91 • why they do not cluster 
on sealed honey in hot weather. 91 ; 
averse to jarring, 96 ; not torpid iu 
Winter, 110, 335 ; chilled by cold, 
110; must live iu communities, 110 ; 
conduct of, when queen is lost in 
swarming, 113 ; sometimes ubntulon 
hives to avoid starvation, 116 ; why 
they do not select new homes before 
abandoning tho old, 116; intercom- 
municate quickly on the wing, 117 ; 
Bend scouts to seek new abodes, 117 ; 
