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INDEX. 
Clustering of swarms, 113, 116. 
Cocoon, complete one, spun by drone 
and worker-larvae, 4G ; imperfect one, 
by queen-larva-, 40 ; of larvae, never 
removed from cells, 00 ; of the moth, 
231, (1*1. XIX.) 
Cold, moderate, makes bees almost dor- 
mant, 89 ; chills bees, 110 ; water, use- 
ful in subduing robbers, 265. 
Colonies, of bees (seo also Stocks of 
bees ; rapid increase of, in Australia, 
51 (note) ; age of, 59 ; new, composed 
of young and old bees, 119 ; impossible 
to multiply rapidly, by natural swarm- 
ing, 147 ; folly ol attempting to mul- 
tiply, by dividing-hives, 149; to re- 
move, from old locations, 156. 157 ; 
artificial, not to bo 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 rate of increase, 179 ; to form ono 
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 rapia increase of, 185 ; new, must 
remain where first put, 1S5 ; many 
boos may be removed front, when the 
queens are fertile, 186 ; new, formed 
by reversing position of hives. 187 ; 
piling mode of forming, 188 ; should, 
when moved, bo supplied with water, 
189 (note) ; to supply queens for 
rapid increase of, 190-193 ; bow they 
may bo safely mingled, 203, 336 ; if 
small, should be confined by movable 
partition, to suitable limits, 208 ; en- 
dangered by loss of queen. 217, 246 ; 
having young queens should be watch- 
ed, 218, 222 ; signs that, have no 
queen. 219 ; Spring care of, 221 ; 
queenless in October, to be united with 
other colonies, 223 ; old, more liable 
than young, to the ravages of worms, 
233, 251 (note) ; queenless, will be de- 
stroyed by the moth, 244 (and note) ; 
when hopelessly queonlcss, their de- 
struction certain, 246 ; how to be 
treated when infected with dysentery. 
256 ; how, when attacked with foul 
brood, 257-260 ; suspected, used by 
Dziorzon to rear surplus queens for 
artificial stocks, 260 ; strong, can, In 
a season, supply materials for four 
swarms, 260 ; feeding of, 207-278 ; 
should be strong when honey harvest 
closes, 269 ; weak, in tho Fall, should 
be added to other stocks, 2 0, 336; 
location of, how to chango, 280 ; re- 
moval of, to new apiaries, 281 ; weak, 
Ill-success of, lias led to tho belief 
that wo are over-stocked, 299; only 
strong, profitable, 299, 803 (and note); 
itinerating, 805 (uote 2) ; when broken 
up for their honey, tho queens should 
be removed beforehand, 806 (note); of 
common bees, readily converted into 
Italian. 522. 
Color, aius in recognizing their hive, 214 
216. 
Columella, notice of bis Treatise on 
Bee-Keeping, 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 stocks bo 
strengthened from strong ones, 221 
(uote 2); bis suggestion as to the 
proper time to remove surplus honey, 
224 (note) ; his mode of feeding bees, 
271 (note 1) ; his directions how to 
gain the favor of bees, 311. 
Colvin, his method of securing straight 
comb, 373 ; manner of making the 
mov. comb hive 383. 
Comb, 69-76 ; too old, can bo easily re- 
moved in mov. comb hives, CO, 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 be melted into wax, 71 ; rapidly 
refilled 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, 180 ; artificial, sug- 
gestion concerning, 72; author's ex- 
periments to induce bees to mako it 
from old wax, 72 ; building of, carried 
on most actively by night, 72 ; comb- 
building and honey-gathering simul- 
taneous, 73 ; danger to, in hot weather. 
91 ; caution respecting, in artificial 
swarming from common bives, 155 
(and note) ; generally built somewhat 
waving, 171 ; how to examine ; when in 
mov. comb Live, 172 ; brood, used for 
nuclei, 189; worker, used to rear 
queens, 191 ; building of, by young 
bees, 196 ; worker, should never be 
destroyed, 207 (and note 2); prefer- 
able to artificial comb-guides, 207, 
20S ; control of, essential to a system 
of management, udapted to tho wants 
of all bee-keepers, 208 ; safely taken 
from Live when bees are filled with 
honey or sugar- water, 210; old, most 
liable to bo infested with worms, 233, 
251 (note); empty, should sometimes 
bo removed from locblo stocks, 243; 
new, unsafe to movo in warm weather, 
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 
note 1). 
