INDEX, 
399 
Fumigation of hives with puff-ball, ob- 
jcctiouablo, 210 . 
G. 
Gardeners might manage their employ- 
ers’ bees, in mow comb hive, 226. 
Garden plants iusuilleieut to furnish bee- 
pasture, 297. 
Glass, vessels of, for spare honey, should 
have guidc-couibs, 290 ; objections to, 
290 (note). 
Gloves, india-rubber, to protect the 
hands, 317 (PI. XI., Fig. 27); woollen, 
objectionable, 317. 
Goldsmith, on spontaneous and fashion- 
able joys, 334. 
“ Good old way” of corn-raising, 237. 
Golden-rod, some varieties ol', furnish 
food for bees, 298. 
Governments, of Europe, interest of some 
in disseminating knowledge of bee cul- 
ture, 32u (uote). 
Grape-sugar, as food for bees, 273. 
Guide for combs, artificial, secure regu- 
larity in building comb. 130,207 ; can- 
not be invariably relied on, 208 ; Ger- 
man invention of, (PI. VI., Fig. 72). 
Gundelach, on the necessity of pollen for 
rearing brood, 81. 
H. 
Hairy objects, why 
317. 
offensive to bees, 
Harris, Dr., his account of the 
228. 
bee-moth, 
Hart.-horu, spirits of, remedy for bee- 
stings, 316. 
Health, bad ventilation of houses impairs. 
? 2 . 
Hearing, in bees, acute, 138. 
Heat, degreo required to hatch the eggs 
of bees and develop the pupa, 46 ; 
great, attendant on comb-building, 71. 
Hens, too much crowded, mistake thoir 
nests, 215; not good teuders of moth- 
traps, 248. 
Heyne, on over-stocking, 301. 
Hiver, basket for, 133. 
Hives (see Mov. Comb Hive), Huber’s, 
author’s experiments with, 14 ; made 
with slats, 15, 210 (note) ; should be 
made of sound lumbor, 78 ; mixture 
for scaling corners of, 78; thin, an- 
noying to bees iu hot weather, 90 ; 
sixty-one requisites for complete, 95- 
108 ; size of, should admit of variation, 
90 ; “ improved,” often bad, 107; quali- 
ties of best, 107 : paint on, should bo 
very dry beloro hiving, 129 ; heated in 
the sun, should not bo used for new 
swarms, 129 ; should incline forward, 
but stand level from side to side, 130 ; 
If cloan, need no washing or rubbiug 
with herbs, 131 ; flvo stocks in one, 
137 ; should be placed where it is to 
stand, as soon as swarm is secured 
138 ; if not ready to swarm, bow to 
proceed, 139; difficult to rid of bee- 
moth, 141 ; common, diOlcult to removo 
unfertile queen from. 141 ; Huber’s 
148; “dividing,” and objections to! 
149; self-colonizing, ineffectual, 151 * 
thorough inspection of, necessarv r or ’ 
success, 152 ; non-swarmmg, likely to 
exterminate the bee, if generally used 
153'; decoy when to be used, 155; for 
surplus honey, should be undisturbed, 
180 , (and note) ; like Dzierzon’s, even 
with movable frames, give inadequate 
control of bees, 187 (note) ; should bo 
opened before or after sun-light, when 
forage is scarce. 199; royal combat 
witnessed in author’s observing, 205 • 
with poor arrangements, educate bees 
to regard their keeper us an enemy, 
210 (note) ; wonders of, unknown by 
many bee-keepers, 211 ; in crowded 
apiary, 214-216 ; condition of, should bo 
ascertained, 221 ; patent, evil results 
of, 237 , 241 ; should be cleaned in early 
Spring, 243; common, furnish no re- 
liable remedy for loss of queen, 245 • 
infected with foul-brood, to Uisinfect* 
257 ; common, how prepared for re-* 
moval when occupied by stocks, 281 • 
to transfer bees from common to mov. 
comb, 282 ; size, shape, and materials 
for, 329-332 ; size of author’s can bo 
varied at pleasuro, 329 ; tall, advan- 
tages and disadvantages of, 529 ; most 
advantageous form of, 330 ; Dzierzon’s, 
disadvantages of, 331 ; double and 
triple, 331 (note) ; proper materials 
for , 331 ; suggestions as to making mov. 
comb. 332. 
Hives, mov. comb, seo movable Comb 
Hives. 
Hives, patent, see Patent Hives. 
Hiving bees, directions for, 129 ; expert- 
ness in. makes pleasant, 129 ; should 
bo conducted in shade, 130 ; should 
be attended to soon after swarm set- 
tles, 132 ; process of, 133 ; basket for, 
133 ; sheet for, how arranged, 133; 
how to expedite, 133 ; process of, must 
be repeated when queen not secured, 
134 ; when settled out of reach, how 
to secure the swarm, 134 ; when swarm 
alights iu difficult place, or two swarms 
cluster together, 135 ; how to secure 
the queen, 136 ; old-fashioned way 
of, bad, 136 ; so as to prevent swarms 
uniting, 138 ; when done, remove 
swarms to proper stands, 138 ; dangor 
of delaying, 138 • what to do if no hive 
is ready, 139. 
Holbrook, Hon. I«\, on cultivation of 
white clover, 294. 
Home, should be made attractive, 220. 
Honey, 285-292 ; Us elements, 70 ; quan. 
