INDEX 
395 
340-300; cat loss anil fewer die in 
tlinn in otlier siiuciiil Winter 
(lepusitoriesi. 355, 358. 
Bee-keepers, coinmim liives do not teach 
tiie laws of liee-hrcedin*', 101; if 
timid, should use hee-dress, *2(rj; ip- 
noranee of, the greatest obstacle to 
speedy introduction of mov. comb 
hive, 209; often captivated by shallow 
ilevices, 211; scepticism of many, in 
regard to the wonders of the bee¬ 
hive, 211; often mistake the cause of 
the loss of their <iueeii.s.2l0; careless, 
will be unsuccessful, 22(3, 250; should 
not encourage the destruction of binls, 
253; s[)ecimen of, opposcil to improve¬ 
ments, 357. 
lhH-(iinu k‘8 secret, 238 (note). 
Ih*es, (jneen of, sco Queen Bees. 
Beginners, should ho cautious in ex¬ 
perimenting, 179, 307. 
Berg. llev. l)r., lirst informed autlnirof 
D/ierzon's discoveries, 16. 
Berlepsch, Baron J>f, his stocks injured 
hv scientitic extieriments, 179 (note); 
uses frames similar to tho author’s, 
321 (note 2); experiments on impreg¬ 
nation of ijiiuens, 126 (note); Italian 
bee. 323; his experiments on the el- 
feet of cold on queens, 327 ; shows 
that bees need water in winter, 3*12. 
Bevan, on eggs, and larva' of hoes, 44- 
47 ; ou “driving” or forced swarming 
(note) 15-1; an experiment of, in re- 
nioviiig a queen, 218(note); feeds salt 
to bees, 272; his description of lioney- 
dew, 286. 
Birds, hee-ilevouring, 252; why they 
should not be destroyed, 253 (and 
imte). 
Blocks, entrance regulating (Plato III., 
Figs. 11, 123; useful to prevent 
swarming, 174 (and note); security 
against mice, 175, 252; against rob¬ 
ber-bees, 264. 
Bodwell, .1. C., experiments of, in win¬ 
tering hoes, 345. 
Boerhave's account of Swammerdam's 
labors, 65 (mde). 
Bohemia, its prmluction of honey, 304. 
Boiling honey irujiroves it, 287. 
Ihuiige, valuatile for bees, 29S. 
Bottom-boards should he permanently 
fixed to hive, 07; should slant to¬ 
wards entrance. 97; clejinlng of, 98; 
dangers of movable, from the moth, 
231; Spring cleaning of, 243; Winter 
cleaning i»f, 347. 
Boxes for spare honey. 280. 290. 
Brtium, Mr. his experiment to as¬ 
certain the increaso of honey in a 
liive, 303. 
Breath, human, offensive to bees, 170, 
311. 
Breeding, “ in-and-in,” injurious, 54; 
early, encouraged by Rpring-fceiling, 
268. 
Brood, temperature necessary for its 
development 40, 48; attended to by 
young bees, 197; production of, 
cheeked by over-feeding, 268; fouml 
in hives ill Wint<T, 48, 339. 
Brood-coinh, see Coinli. 
Brown, Hon. Simon, his descriptionof a 
combat between two queens, 205. 
Buckwheat, valuable for late hee-pas- 
ture, 296; its yield and «|uality of 
iioney varialde, 290 (and imtes 1 ainl 
2); its cultivation recommended, 296 
(and ntUe 3); hlossoming of, may 
cause swarming, 366. 
Biiera, on the need of water for bees, 
314. 
Burnens, groat merits of, as an ob¬ 
server, 33; laboi’i«ms experiment of, 
;43 (note); Huber’s tribute to, 194 
(note). 
Busch, his description of tho Italian 
bee, 324. 
Butler’s description of tho drone, 224; 
his drone-put, 225; aiiecdoto of a 
honey-hunting swain, 254; his direc¬ 
tions for procuring tho favor of bees, 
311, 317. 
C. 
Cage, SCO Queen Cage. 
Calendar, bee-keeper's, 362-370. 
Candied in>n«'V, bees need water to dis¬ 
solve, 342-344. 
Candy, sugar, recommended for bee- 
fecjl, 272; recipe for making, 272 
(note). 
Cary, Wm. W., his mode of uniting 
Cidonies, 204; of fastening comb in 
frames, 283 (note); his mode of mak¬ 
ing Winter passages in combs, 337 
(note); on wintering bees, 346 (note 
2 ). 
Casts, see After-Swarms. 
Catalogue of hee-plants, 298. 
Cellars, dry, good for wintering bees, 
345, 348. 
Cells, of bees, their contents, 29; covers 
of, 44; for breeding, become too 
Hinall, CO; wood-cuts of. Plates Xlll., 
XIV., and XV.; royal. 62,218; thin¬ 
ness of their sides, 71 (note); size of, 
74 (IM. XV.. Fig. 48; demonstrate the 
existence of (loci, 75. 
Cherry-troo yields honey, 292. 
Chickens, curious use of, 248. 
Children of the rich, compared to pam¬ 
pered bees, 268; may h-arn from bees 
Itow to treat their mothers, 312. 
Chloride of lime, useful ns a disinfect¬ 
ant of foul hivc*s, 257. 
Chloroform, subdues bees by stupefac¬ 
tion, 210. 
Clamps, for wintering bees, 348-360 
Oicjvor, white, most important simiro 
of honey, 294; Mr. Holbrook, on tho 
value of, for slock, 294; Swedish, 294. 
