INDEX 
Abandoning of hive, 81. 
Abdomen, 140. 
Achroia grissella, 414. 
Acid, formic, in honey, 84. 
Acid in cleaning wax, 338. 
Activity in winter cluster, 90, 347. 
Adult bee diseases, 409. 
Adulteration of comb-foundation, 341. 
of wax, 339. 
Advantages of comb-honey, 304. 
of extracted-honey, 287. 
Advertising honey, 332. 
African bees, 202. 
After-swarms, 71. 
After-swarming prevented, 275. 
Age, method of determining, 107. 
Alfalfa, 206. 
region, 208. 
Alley method of queen-rearing, 420. 
Alley traps, 32. 
Amateur beekeepers, 2. 
American appliances, advantage of, 
11 . 
American foul brood, 81, 398. 
Anatomical symbols, 439. 
Anatomy, 132. 
Antennse, two pairs in embryo, 99. 
Antennal sense organs, 174. 
Ants, enemies, 416. 
comparison of colony, 106. 
Aphids, source of honey-dew, 371. 
Apiary grounds, 228. 
house, 23. 
size, 232. 
Apis, genus, 193. 
Apparatus, evolution of, 23. 
requirements in, 23. 
Arrangement of hives, 231. 
Artificial queen-cells, 422. 
swarming, effects of, 58. 
swarms, 283. 
Asiatic bees, 203. 
Aspinwall hive, 78. 
Associations of beekeepers, 431. 
Bacillus larvce, 401. 
plitlon, 402. 
Bait sections, 317. 
Barrels for honey, 320. 
Beerescape, 24, 32. 
-glue, 50. 
-house, 9, 10. 
-journals, 431. 
Beekeeping a minor industry, 3. 
now undeveloped, 5. 
Bee-space, 26, 27. 
-stings sometimes serious, 13. 
Beeswax production, 334. 
source, 109. 
Bee-tree, transferring from, 248. 
Bee-way sections, 308. 
Beginner’s outfit, 226. 
Beginning beekeeping, 222. 
on small scale, 2. 
Behavior, knowledge of, necessary, 
13, 34. 
nature of, 180. 
of swarming bees, 74. 
source of data, 35. 
Bellringing in swarming, 66. 
Berlepsch, Baron v., 67. 
Bibliography, 430. 
Black bees, 200. 
brood, 401. 
Bleaching wax, 338. 
Blending honeys, 322. 
Note : The names of honey-plants given in the Annotated List of Honey- 
Plants (pp. 372 to 390) are not included in this alphabetical index since 
they are given in alphabetical order in the list. 
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