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INDEX. 
jpcts, acute, 117; commotion of, fluring 
ubsciico of (im*en for imprf'ginition, 
‘J17; native of hot climale, 3:^8 
(note); dote.st smell of fre.sh paint, 
120; often piM-spiro while .swarming, 
and reluctant tf» enter heated hives, 
13U; pleasoil to funl comh in hive,131 ; 
modo.s of securing swarms in diffloult 
jilaoe-s, 135; acute of hearing, 13'<; re¬ 
fusing to .swarm, .should have plenty 
ot 8tonige-r<iom, 130; may he advan¬ 
tageously kept in cities, 14t; often 
refuse tff swarm, 145 ; sehiom cohinizo 
nnle.ss hlossoius nhonn l in honey, 
117; aldlity of, to rear (pieens fnuu 
worker-hrofMl, when discovered, 148; 
without mature queens, huild c(unbs 
with largo cells, 140, 150 (and note); 
diminish rapidly in number after 
swarming, 151 (and note); will not 
ff>rni imlepeiident colonies in intor- 
coinmunicating hives, 152; work bet¬ 
ter in new swarm.s than in old colo¬ 
nies, 153; laden with .stores, welcomefi 
by stntnge swarms, 155; without 
Btore.s, expelled, 155; frightened by 
rajipiiigs on tiu* hive, 155; ilisposititj'n 
of. when moveil. to return to oM lo¬ 
cation, 153; elTect on. of tempfu’ary 
lo.ss of home. 157; how to make lul- 
Iiere to olil hf»me, wherever jnit, 157 ; 
lo.sing their queens, will acc.f*pt of 
others, 153 (note); more irascible at 
night, 107; cunfoundial hy smhieii in- 
tnjdnetion of light into their hives, 
108, 163; flilHcult to subdue when 
once thorouglily excited, 17«); use all 
available space for honey, 172 (note 
2); tenacious adherence of, to their 
combs, 172; losing their queen when 
Bwarniing, return to parent stock, 
174; their mode of communication, 
174 (note 1); storing surplus honey 
to ho unmolested, 180 (and note 1)‘; 
amusing comluct of, on flailing a 
slrungo hive wlierc* their own should 
lie, 181 (note 1); emboldened to .self- 
defence by presence of queen, 182; 
judicious renewal of, for swarms, not 
injurious to mother-stock'<, 183; their 
instinct to become over-rich, 183 
(note 2); their passimi for forjjge. 180 
(nolo 1); when destimte <»f queen, 
will rear young ones, if tliey have 
hrooil-comh, 1S8; need water when 
conniM'd. 189 (note); how encourageil 
to work in an upper hive, 189; do not 
always cluster on hrood-comh in nu¬ 
clei, 192 (note); sometimes start 
queen-cells that fail, 193; young «lo 
inside, am] old, outsidf* worh, 19t; 
young are wax-w(»rkeis, 1%; their 
occasional refu.sul to make ifiyalcells 
e.vplaincfl, 197 (note); a worthy trait 
of, 197; their treattmutt of slrungo 
qui*en8, 200; to cause, to receive 
strange queens kindly, 201; of differ¬ 
ent colonies may be united, 203; dis¬ 
tinguish their hive cmupaiiions by 
smell ami actions. 203; conduct of, 
when frightened, 203; when disturhecl 
and scented, will reailily mingle, 203 
(and note); in loo large hives, becomo 
uispirited, 208; in lai'ge ai*iaries, if 
the hive.s are alike, liable to mistako 
them, 214; effect on, of loss of queen, 
217; encmi(‘S of, 228-255; vigdanco 
of, against the moth, 231; not a native 
of the New World, 235; a Inirbinger 
of civilization, 236 (note); can learn 
to defeml themselves against new 
encmie.s, 240; destroyed by mice Jiiol 
by birds, 2.52 ; by toailsaml bears, 254; 
fliseases of, 255-200; propensities of, 
to rob, anil appearance of thieving 
bees, 261 ; haliitual rubbers beci>me 
black, 202 (ami note); sometimes rob 
the humble-bee, 262; grand battles 
(»f, 20;{; of coniiuored colonie.s, incor¬ 
porate themselves with the victors, 
263; frantic fury of robbers, when de¬ 
prived of tlieir s[)oil, 205 ; how to cool 
them into temporary Inmesty, 205; 
feeling of, 207-278; are fond c»f salt, 
272; inOitnation of, for confectionery, 
277; compareil to intemperate tnen, 
278; tlie aviiricious, folly of, 278; foml 
of shuflc*, 280; jirocuring for an aphir}', 
280; transferring from common to 
niov. comb hives, 282; get supplies 
from honey-dews, 287; lllght of, its 
extent, 306; pacific temper of, 308; 
inciilent illustrating good natun* of, 
while swarming, 308 ; readily taught 
by ill treatment to be vindictive, 31(»; 
human breath offensive to, 311 ; at a 
ilisfancc* from their hives, never sting 
imb‘.s.s hurt, 312; kindness of, at 
home, a lesson for nuiii, 312; their 
treatment of the sick, 312; their 
sense of smell. 313; deail, im*dicinal 
qualities of, 315 (note); will more 
surely sting hairy than bare parts, 
317 : maintain a high temperaturo in 
Winter, 335; eat less in Winter when 
kept quiet, 3:t.>, 355; wintering of, 
335-361 : uniting small colonies of, for 
wintering, 3.36; dt) not store honey so 
ns alw.'iys to he accessible in Winter, 
330; cannot bo relied on to make 
M'inter passages in combs, 336; slionbl 
be jirotecleil from Winter wimls, 3:J7, 
34S ; if out of doors in IVinter, shoubl 
be allowefl to fly,{J37; sometimes per¬ 
ish in snow, 338 (note 1) ; experiments 
on wintering, by author, 339; need 
water in cobl weather, 312-346; iuM*d 
water to oat camlioil honey, J}42-;U4 ; 
injjirefl by being disturbed'in Winter, 
347,355 ; seblom discharge I heir fieces 
in the hive, 347; on wintering in ilry 
collars, 348; in special depositories 
