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INDEX. 
44; PI. XIIT., Fip. 39; dogroo of heat 
nocfssiiry to liafoli them, 40; power 
of Ipieeiis over their ilevelopiimut, 47 ; 
laid tell iiioiithii in the year, 48, 339; 
HUjterinimerary, how deposed of, 48; 
veutilatiou necessary for Imtirhinji, 
89; of workers transferred to royal 
cells, ‘JIO; of bee-mo(h, ’j:i4 (note 2). 
Khrenfeis, profits of his large apiary, 
3(JU. 
Enemies of hces, 228-2.'>r); motli, 228- 
202; mice, 232; birds,252; toads, 204; 
hears. 254; ants, 255; wasp.s, spiders, 
Arc., 250; all agreed in loudness for 
honey, 253. 
Energy id’ bec.-«, instructive, 197. 
Kngraving.s, see wood-cuts. 
Entrance of hives, shouhi not ordinarily 
be above the level of the bottom- 
board, 98; should bo reailily varied 
without perple.xing the bees, 9S; a 
small upper one, iho.s of, 250,388 (and 
note); should he nearly closed when 
colony is threatened by robbers, 204; 
how to regulate in Winter, 338. 
Epitaph on bees killed liy sulphur, 2.39. 
Ether tised for stupefying liees, 210. 
Evans, Dr., <iuotaiions from po<-m of, 
on bees, 60, GO, G9, 76, 77, 78, 79, 109, 
267, 292. 
E.xperiments, an interesting one, 67 ; of 
ilubor, showing the use of j)olleii,i<0; 
author's to the same etfect, 81; nu- 
lueroiis, of author, 179; cautions con¬ 
cerning, to beginners, 179; bee-keep¬ 
ers Invited to make, 180; of Huber, 
showing two kiinls of workers, 193 
(note); dilHculty of demonstration by, 
193 (note); Dj'. Diinhotr's, showing 
that young bees are nurses and old 
bee.s honey-gatherers, 194; of author, 
in wintering hees, 339; of E. T. Stur- 
tevjint, 310; of Dorlepsch and Elior- 
hardt, 342; of .1. 0. llodwoll, 343; of 
Mr. Mcholt/, 348; further, needed, in 
wiutm iug bees, 360. 
Examination of c«)mbs iin<l hees in hive, 
inii)ortanco of, in Spring, 221. 
E.xperience renders bee-Ueepiug profit¬ 
able, 282. 
F. 
Facts, however wonderful, should be 
received, 42. 
Fjpccs, appearance of, In young and old 
bees, diirerent, 197; healthy liees do 
not discharge, in hive, 347; how to 
make bees in luov. comb hives, safely 
discharge, 3G1 (ainl note). 
Faint-heartedness, reliukeil, 198. 
Famine causes bees to abandon hives. 
no. 
Fear, effect of, in taming boos, 27; in 
uniting swarms, 294. 
Feeble stocks unprofitable, 141,177.269 
^ 330. 
Feeder, cojivenienco of, in mov. comb 
hive, 27(»; cunstruclion of, 271; PI. 
.\L., Fig. 26. 
Feeding bees, 2G7-278; few tilings more 
important in practical bee-keeping, 
267 ; Sjn ing fiaaling sjiecially neces¬ 
sary, 267 (atnl note); caution in, re- 
ijuired, 2ii8; ovi*r-feeiling, like pam¬ 
pering chiblren, 268; to lie submitted 
to only in extremities, 268 ; bow done 
in common hives, 209; dilHcnlt to 
buibl np small colonie.s liy, 269; e<jui- 
table division of re.sources in. 279; 
when It shonbl be done for Winter, 
279; what should be use<l in, 279; nn- 
profitable in late Fall stocks, 279 
(note); mode of, by means of a fee<ler, 
271; water should be supplied, 271, 
312; importance of sal t in, 272; sugar- 
candy a gnoil and clieap article for, 
272 (and note), and 273(note); Kleine’s 
m<)de of using camly. 273, 274; value 
<d' grape-sugar for, 273; Sliol/.' sugar- 
honey for, 274; granulated sugar for, 
274 (and note); <|uautity (d' honey 
needed for, to Wint<*r bees, 274; 
weight of hives, unsafe standiinl to 
determine amount of honey for, 276 
(note); caution to be observed in, 277 ; 
should not be too early in the Fall, 
298; cheap hone3’, to sell again, un- 
pnifitable in, 276. 
Fertility of ijueens, 32; diminishes with 
age, 141,223; diminished by hunger 
and cold, 223 (note 1). 
Fishback, Jmlge, Iikh precjiiitions to pre¬ 
vent los.s ol young nueens, 216; bis 
experienoo with the bee-molli, 240 
(note). 
Flight «d’ bees, its extent, 305; its rnind- 
ity, 305 (note 2). 
Flowers for bees, Nutt’s c.atalogiio of, 
298; garden, furnish little bee-pasture, 
297. 
Foul-brood, its malignity, 19,256; dry 
and moist, 256; remedy, 257, 2.68; u 
disease exidusively of the larva*, 259 ; 
supposed cause, 256 (note), 259 ; liable 
to appear the 8«*coinl time, 259. 
Forcing-box, its size and u.se, 154, 165. 
Frames, movable, invented by author, 
16; how tliey must be made to be 
lifted out ofhive, 150,171,299 (note); 
process of removing from the hive, 
171, 379(P1. X.XIV.); with comb used 
for patterns, 298; effect on bee cml- 
tnre, 211 (note); a protection against 
tin* rav.'iges of the moth, 23i». 241 ; 
render the cb-aning of hive easy, 2 43; 
us<<il by llerb'pscb. 321 (tnde 2); a|e 
pr«»ved of I»y Siebcdil, 321 (note 2); not 
well ailapted to tall hives, 330. 
Fricslunil, East, its jiroductiveuoss in 
honey, 30-4. 
