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INDEX. 
ArwtoHo, noticcj similarity of drone 
and worker-eggs, 42; observed that 
bees collect pollen from one kind of 
flower at a time, 83; observation of, 
concerning (In- flight and feeding of 
drones, 221 (note;; on the dimonItic.s 
which perplex the Apiarian, 270 
(note); described the Italian bee, 318. 
Arliflcial honey, recipe for, 270 (note). 
Artificial rearing of ijneen.s, 188; the 
process to lie performed late in the 
day, 188; honey ami water to bo sup¬ 
plied to liee.s in, 189; wtien to confine 
bees in, 189. 
Artificial swarming. 143,211; not per¬ 
formed by Columella, 147 (note); ill 
success of ancient method of, 148; 
Huber’s planof.objectionable, 148; by 
dividing liive.s, unsatisfaetory, 149; l»y 
removing full hives and snhstituling 
emiity ones, worse, loO, 1.51; by self- 
colonizing hivo.s, jneflectual,' 151; 
causes of failura of. 152; has received 
great attention from author, 153; 
)m»Io of, adapteil to common hives, 
154; cautions liandling of combs in, 
needful, 1.55 (and note); how to pni- 
vent bees in, from returning to old 
stand, 1.50, 167; not to be performed 
till drones appear, 158 ; tokens of thy 
ahsenee or presence of the queen in, 
158; how to proceed if the queen Is 
absent, 159; if done in morning or lute 
in afternoon, how to proceed to secure 
bees for the old stock, 100; proportion 
of bees nece.'^sary for obi storks in, 
169; new and decoy-hive should rc- 
semlile that of parent stock, or adjoin¬ 
ing hives be e<ivered, 169; mode of, by 
exchanging hive.s 169; byjuxtaposi- 
tioii, 161; l»y confining bees in parent 
stock, 161; preferalile plan when to bo 
done on u large scale, 162 ; rapidity of 
this plan, 162 (note); its advantage.^, 
16^3; Dr. Donhoff’s method of, 163; 
how to attach bees to new jilaces, in, 
163 (note); difliciilt for jiersons igno¬ 
rant of tlie laws which control the 
breeiling of bcfp.s, 164; ea.sily jier- 
forineil with inov. comb hive, 104' 
mode of performing it, 165; quern to 
be sought for, 100; supply of .sealed 
queens provided for, 166; great care 
necesnary in transferring scaleil 
queens. 167 ; .should not bo attempted 
ill cool weather, or when dark, 107; 
early morning best time for, 107; 
little danger attending, 167, 168; per¬ 
fectly safe even at mid-day, IfiS; sugar- 
water often lietti*!’tlian smoke, useful 
in. 168; hom-y-water objeetiomible, 
109 (note); caution in, eidoiiied, 179; 
liow to apply sugar-water in. 179; how 
to remove frames hi, 179; rapidly 
performed, 173; liesi mode of. 189,181; 
supply of queens to mother-storks, in, 
182; obviates the riskof afler-.swarm- 
ing, 184; capalilo of safe ex()ansion, 
18.); how to doubly stocks liv, 185; 
Dzierzon’s mode of, 186; author’s mode 
of, for single apiaries, 186; mode of, 
resembling natural swarming, 186; 
mode of, by reversing position ol hives, 
187; how to provide a full snjiply of 
queens for, 188; nucleus for rearing 
queens for, 18J; rapiil increase of 
slocks by, 190 ; how to indiico bees, 
in, to rear queens on convenient parts 
of the comb, 191; liow to secure ad- 
iHM-ing bees for the nuclei in, 192 (ami 
note 2); queens, in, made to supply 
several stocks with eggs, 193; inotli- 
er-stocks, in, should be kept strong, 
199; most sijcce.ssful when forage is 
ubmiflant, 199; hazardous in a crowd¬ 
ed ivjiiary, 299; how to siijiply stocks, 
in. with stranger-queens, 299; queen- 
cage for, 291; union of bees of ilitfer- 
ent stocks in. 203: practiced in an¬ 
cient tims.s, 210. 
Artificial swarms, where should be put, 
158; bow to know whcdlier they have 
tt «|ueen, 158; will accept u strange 
queen, 159 (note); cautions to be ob¬ 
served in locating. li>9; how to make, 
by slightly changing position of par¬ 
ent slock, IGl; liow to form several 
with one natural swarm, 103; quickly 
made in niov. comb hive, 164, 173; 
M'lien to force, in case.s of retarded 
swarming. 174; cannot ho formed by 
merely transferring combs an<l bees 
into an empty hive, 175; caution 
against too rapid multiplication of, 
175 (note); tlie iiiling inode of form¬ 
ing, its advantages, 188; not to bo in¬ 
creased sons to reduce the streiigtli 
of the niother-stock. 199; attempts at 
rajiid increase of, in vicinity of sugar- 
houses, Ac., 199; ditlicull to form 
when forage is scarce, 199. 
Asters, furnish valuable pasturage for 
bees, 298. 
Attica, its yl<*ld of wax and hone.v, 304. 
Austi'ia, value of its honey cro]), 304. 
Axioms, hee-keeper’s, 369. 
II. 
llaldenstoin, Capt., on Kalian bee, 318; 
ill success of, ill iiroiiagating iniro 
breed, 3l<». 
Ilar-hivos, ancient, 210 (note); author’s 
exjieriments with, 14. 
Basket, used as a hiver, J33. 
Bass-wood, see Linden. 
Bears, destroyers of bees, 254. 
Bee-bob, to attract swarms, 132. 
Bee-bread, see l^ullen. 
Bee-dross, use of, recommended, 132. 
299, 316. ’ 
