INDEX 
395 
cellars, 348 ; in special depositories, 
349-360 ; eat less and fewer die in 
damps than in other special Wiuter 
depositories, 355, 358. 
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 
speedy introduction of mov. comb 
hive, 209 ; often captivated by shal- 
low devices, 211 ; scepticism of many, 
in regard to the wonders of the bee- 
hive, 211 j often mistake the cause of 
the loss of their queens, 216 ; careless, 
will bo unsuccessful, 220, 250 ; should 
not encourage the destruction of birds, 
253 ; specimen of, opposed to improve- 
ments, 357. 
Bee-quack’s secret, 238 (noto). 
Bees, queen of, seo Queen Bees. 
Beginners, should be cautious in experi- 
menting, 179, 307. 
Berg, Rev. Dr., first informed author of 
Dzierzon’s discoveries, 16. 
Berlepsch, Baron of, his stocks injured 
by scientific experiments, 179 (note); 
uses frames similar to the author’s, 321 
(noto 2); experiments on impregna- 
tion of queens, 126 (note) ; Italian 
bee, 323 ; his experiments on the effect 
of cold on queens, 327 : shows that 
bees need wuter in wiuter, 342. 
Be van, on eggs, and larvie of bees 44- 
47 ; on “ driving,” or forced swarming 
(noto), 154; an experiment of, in re- 
moving a queen, 218 (note) ; feeds salt 
to bees, 272 ; his description of honey - 
dew, 286. 
Birds, bee devouring, 262 ; why they 
should not bo destroyed, 253 (and 
note) . 
Blocks, entrance regulating (Plate III., 
Figs. 11, 12); useful to prevent swarm- 
ing, 174 (aud note); security against 
mice, 175, 252 ; against robber-bees, 
264. 
Bod well, J. C., experiments of, in winter- 
ing bees 345. 
Boorhave’s account of Swammerdam’s 
labors, 65 (uote). 
Bohemia, its production of honey, 304. 
Boiling honey improves it, 287. 
Borage, valuable for bees, 298. 
Bottom-boards should be permanently 
fixed to hi vo, 97 ; should slant towards 
entrance, 97 : cleaning of, 98 ; dangers 
of movable, from tho moth, 231 ; 
Spring cleaning of, 243 ; Wiuter clean- 
ing of, 347. 
Boxes for spare honoy, 289, 290. 
Braum, Mr. A., his experiment to ascer- 
tain tho increase of honey iu a hive, 
303. 
Breath, human, offensive to bees, 170, 
311. 
Breeding “ in-and-in,” injurious, 64 ; 
early, oncouraged 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 in Wiuter. 48, 339. 
Brood-comb, see Comb. 
Brown, Hon. Simon, his description of a 
combat between two queens, 205. 
Buckwheat, valuable for late bee-pas- 
ture,' 296 ; its yield, and quality of 
honey variable, 296 (and notes 1 and 
2); its cultivation recommended, 296 
(aud note 3) ; blossoming of, may 
cause swarming, 366. , 
Buera,ou the need of water for bees, 344. 
Burueus, great merits of, as an observer, 
33 ; laborious experiment of, 33 (uote); 
Huber’s tribute to, 194 (uote). 
Busch, his description of tue Italian bee, 
324. 
Butler's description of tho drone, 224; 
his drone-pot, 225 ; his anecdote of a 
honey-hunting swain, 254 ; his direc 
tious for procuring the favor of bees, 
311, 317. 
C. 
Cage, seo Queen Cage. 
Calendar, bee-keeper’s, 362-370. 
Candied honey, bees need water to dis- 
solve, 342-344. 
Candy, sugar, recommended for bee- 
feed, 272 ; recipe tor making, 272 
(note). 
Cary, wm. W., his mode of uniting colo- 
nies, 204 ; of fastening comb iu frames, 
283 (note) ; his mode of making winter 
passages in combs, 337 (note); on win- 
tering bees, 346 (note 2). 
Casts, see After-Swarms. 
Catalogue of bee-plants, 298. 
Cellars, dry, good for wiuteriug hoes, 
345, 348. 
Cells, of bees, their contents, 29 ; covers 
of, 44 ; for breeding, become too small, 
60 • wood-cuts of, Plates XIII., XIV., 
and XV. ; royal 62, 213 ; thinness or 
their sides, 71 (note) ; sizes of, 74, PI. 
XV. , Fig. 48 ; demonstrate tho exist- 
ence of God, 75. 
Chorry-troe yields honey, 292. 
Chickens, curious use of, 248. 
Children of the rich, compared to pam- 
pered bees, 268 ; may learn from bees 
liow to treat their mothers, 312, 
Chloride of lime, useful as a disinfectant 
of foul hives, 257. 
Chloroform, subdues bees by stupefac- 
tion, 219. 
Clamps, for wintering bees, 348-360. 
Clover, white, most important source of 
honoy, 294 ; Mr. Holbrook, on tho 
value of, for stock, 294 ; Swedish, 294. 
