INDEX. 
393 
licp-glue, SCO Propolia. 
Def'liitt, uuthor’tj, how niado, ol6 (IM. 
XI., Fig. 25). 
IJcf jouniiil, much uecdtHl in tliis conn* 
try, 22. 
Bt*c-kiH'ping, <lpi>rcsse<l conditiiin of. iti 
Aiiicricu. 155, 145; a fasciimtiiig pur¬ 
suit, 144, IIG; ♦•stimate (*l' of, 
14G(iM*te); licttcr umhT.stooil ky tlio 
nncicnts than tlic moderns, 147 (note); 
with fcchk* stocks, uniudtitaldo, 177 ; 
no ‘‘royal road’’ to, 211; dcniaiuls 
care and cxpcrieiicp, 211; in Spiiin, 
extynsiv»‘, 222 (note 2); on a large 
scale, unjirotltable to beginners. 282. 
Bee-moth, permanent liollom-l*oards, a 
security against, 1*7 ; easily «Uslodged 
from inov. comb hive, 141; has more 
sins to bear than she commits, 210. 
246; habits, &c., of. describeil, 228- 
252; mentioned by ancient authors, 
228; pest of modern apiaries, 22.S, ‘251; 
when a moth-proof hive will be <*b- 
talned, 2*28; l)i‘. Harris’s account of, 
228; to distinguish fejnale of. from 
male, 229; cut of female ami male, 
230; nocturnal, *2.30; interesting ex¬ 
periment with female, *230 (note 2); 
agility of, 2.30 (and note 3); eggs of, 
laid in the cracks of the hive, &c., 231, 
235; out of gallery of, 232; cocoons of, 
in ojnpty cotnbs, 233 (and IM. XIX., 
Fig. 56); female will deposit eggs on 
pressure, *234 (note *2); c«mdition of a 
hive destroyt'd by, 235 ( ami l‘l. XX., 
Fig. 57); did not appear simultane¬ 
ously in this country with the bee, 
230; multiplied by the use of patent 
hives, *237, 211; movable frames a 
remedy for the evils of, *239, 2H ; first 
appearance noted, 2ht; rapid spread 
of, in Ohio, 211; commonly infest old 
stocks, 251 (note); eggs of, dejiosited 
on uncovered combs in weak sltu-ks, 
242; signs of presence of, in hive.s, 
242; not developed in low tempera¬ 
ture, 213; sulphur fumes will kill the 
eggs and larvju of, in combs, 243; will 
certainly destroy queenless stocks, 
244 (and note); fertility of, 244; in¬ 
stinct of, in discovering quoenless 
stocks, 245; easily conquer stocks 
suffering from hunger, *246(ami note); 
mission <d, 247 (and note^; keeping 
stocks strong the surest defence 
against, 247 ; insecurity of other con¬ 
trivances, *247 ; placing hives so as not 
to cmlangcr the loss of their queens, 
an Important protection against,248; 
adaptation of mov. comb hive to pro¬ 
tect stocks from, 249; facilities of de¬ 
stroying, of no use to careless hue- 
keepers, *250; protection from, by an 
upper entrance, 250(note); caught by 
sweets and som* milk, 251: destroyed 
by flro, 251 (note 2). 
Bee-moth, larvoJ of (with cuts), 229; 
lutw it secures itself from the attacks 
of the bees, 2^11 ; n-pre.scutatiou of it.s 
gallery. *232 ; footl «*f, 2JW, 247; ajqiear- 
auce of their cin-oons iit emptycombs, 
23:1 (and 1*1. XIX., Fig. 56); activity 
of, 23:$; transftH-mation of, to tlio 
winged form, and etfect ol cold <*n, 
*234 (ami note), 243; movable frames 
a remeily against, 2.39, 241; signs nf 
presencu of, in hives, “242; sulphur 
fumes fatal to, 2i:i; should be de¬ 
stroyed early iu the season, 248; 
extent of their ravages, *249 (and 
note); how to entrap them, *249; 
traps foi*, of no use to the carcle.ss, 
* 2 .'»n. 
Bee-palaces, objections to, fd. 24*2. 
Bees, bojiey, will work in the light. 16, 
23, :W2; may bo tamed, 24, 28, 368; 
intende<l Ibr’man’s comfort, 24; never 
attack when gorged with honey, 25, 
132,169; when ewarming. peaceable, 
25, 132; always accept of oflered 
swfiets, 25. 168, lOU, 17t): sometimes 
attracted from other hives by sprink¬ 
ling .sugar-walor.7 ; gorge themselves 
when frightimeil, 27, 154, 169; sub¬ 
dued by smoke or drumming on tho 
hive, *27, Fol; and chloroform or ether, 
216 ; tho most timiil may manage, ‘28 ; 
can nourish only in colonies, 2‘9; how 
ulTected by loss of queen, 31; intelli¬ 
gence of, 48; hreeil in Winter, 48, 339; 
number of, in a cohmy, 54 ; honey-bag 
of, 56 (1*1. XVII.. Fig. 54); pidlen- 
basket, 56; proboscis of, 56 (1*1. XVI., 
Fig. .51, 1*1. Xlll., Fig. 63); sting, 56 
(1*1. XVII., Fig. 53); loss of sting 
fatal. 57; age of, 58; industry of, in¬ 
structive, 59 ; number of, in a cohuiy, 
why limited, 61; advantages of their 
beiiig able to Winter iu a colony state, 
62; despair of. when without queen or 
brood-comb, 67, 245; work night and 
(lav. 73 ; sagacity of, iu tho structuro 
of their cells, 74; superstitions con¬ 
nected with, 80; not injurious to fruit, 
85; need little air in Winter, if com¬ 
fortable, 89; when disturbed or con- 
lined, require much air, 90; become 
diseased lu impure air, 96; annoyed 
by thin hives in luit weather, 90; su¬ 
perior to man in ventilation, 91; why 
they do not cluster on sealed honey in 
hot wea1her,91; averse to jarring.96; 
not torpid in Winter. 116, 335; chilled 
by cold, 116; must live iu coinmunl- 
ties, 110; conduct of. when queen is 
lost in swarming, 113; sometimes 
abandon hives to avoid starvation, 
116; why they do not select new 
homes before abandoning the old, 
116; interoommuuicatoquicklyon the 
wing, 117; send scouts to .sei*k new 
abode.'*, 117 ; .sight of, for distant ob- 
