INDEX. 
407 
arc an easy prey to tho moth, 246 (and 
note). 
Stocks, union of, see Union of colonies. 
Stomach of worker, wood-cut of, PI. 
XVII., Fig. 54. 
Stoves, air-tight, deficient in ventilation, 
92; Franklin, a good kind of, 92 (note). 
Straw, use of, for protecting hives, 537. 
Stupefaction of bees, by smoke, chloro- 
form, and ether, 210. 
Sturtevaut, E. T., on wintering bees, 340. 
Suffocation of bees, symptoms, 90. 
Sugar, its elements 70. 
Sugar -candy, see Candy: 
Sugar- water, use of to pacify bees, 26 ; 
164, 168-170 j how to apply it, 170 ; 
used in mingling stocks, 203. 
Sulphur , use of, in killing eggs and worms 
of bee moth, 243. 
Sun, heat of, important to bees in Spring, 
101,368. 
Superstitions about bees, 79. 
Surplus honey, see Honey, surplus. 
Swallow, address of Grecian poet, to a 
bee-eating, 253. 
Swammerdam, his drawing of queen’s 
ovaries described, 35 ; great merits of, 
as an observer, 65 (note).: his drawing 
of queen’s ovaries, I’l. XVIII. ; how 
he learned the internal economy of the 
hive, and his revoronce in studying 
the works of Nature, 164 (note) ; spoke 
of two Bpecies of bee-moth, 228. 
Swarms, now, often construct drone- 
comb to store honey, 51 ; number of 
bees in a good one, 54 ; first ones led 
by old queens, 111 ; no sure indica- 
tions at first, 111 ; will settle without 
ringing of bolls, sc., 113; more in- 
clined to elope, if bees are neglected, 
114 ; how to arrest a fugitive, 114 ; 
how to prevont, from deserting a new 
hive, 115 ; indications of intended de- 
sertion, 116 7 clustering of, before de- 
parture, of special benefit to man, 116; 
Bend out scouts, 117 ; sometimes build 
comb of fence-rails, &c., 118 ; how 
parent hive is re-populated, after de- 
parture of, 119 ; composed of young 
and old bees, 119 ; none of tho bees of 
now, return to parent hive, 120 ; signs 
and time of second, 122 ; sometimes 
settlo in several clusters, 122 ; singular 
instance of plurality of queens (in 
Mexico), 122 ; signs and time of third, 
1*23 ; first, sometimes swarms again, 
128 ; new, reluctant, to enter heated 
hives, 130; often take possession of 
desertod hives stored with comb, but 
seldom of empty hives, 131 ; trees con- 
venient for clustering of, 131 ; can bo 
made to alight on a selected spot, 131 ; 
hiving of, should not be delayed, 132 ; 
several, clustering together, 137 ; may 
be separated by liiviug in large hive, 
187 ; hissing sound of bees while 
swarming, causes other stocks to 
swarm, 137 ; how to prevent their 
mingling, 138 ; should be placed where 
intended to stand, as soon as hived, 
138 ; how to proceed when hive is not 
ready to receive, 139 ; feeble aftor- 
swarms,of little value, 110, 141; strong, 
tempted to evil courses, 141 ; many, 
annually lost, 143 ; danger of losing, in 
swarming season, 144 ; decrease of 
in bees, after swarming, 151 (aud 
note) ; new, have greater energy than 
old, 153 ; forced, 154; will enter hives 
without the queen, 159 (note) ; when 
forced, how to induce to adhere to 
new locations, 163 (and note) ; to 
avoid risk of losing, in swarming-timo, 
173 ; too rapid multiplication of, un- 
profitable, 176; second, usually val- 
ueless, unless early, and season good ; 
177 ; weak, may be strengthened by 
use of mov. comb hive, 178 ; one new, 
made from two old ones, 181 (note 3) ; 
artificial, rapid increase of with mov. 
comb hive, 183; dangers attending, 
in largo apiaric3 where the hives are 
uniform in appearance, and near to- 
gether, 216 ; how to avoid the danger, 
2L7 ; Washington Irving's account of. 
in tho West, 236 (note) ; new, need 
more air than old, 281 ; precautions in 
moving, 281 ; a late one, 366. 
Swarming, sigus of, 111 ; indisposes bees 
to return to parent hive, I2i); unsea- 
sonable, often caused by famine, 110 ; 
causes bees to mark the place of their 
new abode, 120; incident in, in Mex- 
ico, 123 ; after, caro needed to pro- 
servo young brood in parent hive, 
124; in tropical climates, at all sea- 
sons, 128 : season of, 128 ; inconve- 
niences or, 139-147 ; artificial, mode 
of for common hives, 154 ; best pre- 
vented by use of authors hive, 153: 
for the soason, can bo accomplished 
in few days with author’s hive, 173 ; 
time of natural, easily determined in 
author’s hive, 173 (note) ; prevented by 
clipping wings of queen, 173, 223 ; pre- 
vented by contracting the entrance 
of hive, 174 ; last plan not thoroughly 
tested, 174 (note 3) ; frequent, unpro- 
fitable, 176 ; best mode of artificial, 
181; how to obtain extra queens in na- 
tural, 190 (note); interesting anecdote 
of, 308. 
Swarming, artificial, see Artificial 
Swarming. 
Swarming, natural, see Natural Swarm- 
Swarming season, commencement and 
duration of, 111, 12S, 
Sweaty horses, detested aud often killed 
l>y bees, 313 
SydserlPs calculation of profits of bee 
culture, 110 (note). 
