INDEX 
399 
Fruit, honey-bees beneficial to, 85-87; 
wasps aiici hornets injurious to, 88. 
Fruit trees, blossoms of, yield honey, 
Fumigation of liivcs with puff-ball, ob* 
jectionuble, 2LU. 
O. 
Gardeners might manage their employ¬ 
ers' bees ill inov. comb liivt*, ‘220. 
Garden plants insuflicient to furnish 
bee-pasture, 297. 
Glass, ve.sscls of, lor spare honey, should 
have guide-combs, '290; objections to, 
290 (note). 
Ulove.s, inilia-rubber, to ])rotect the 
hands, 317 (1*1. XI., Fig. 27); woollen, 
objectionable, 317. 
Goldsmith, on spontaneous and fashion¬ 
able joys, 33-1. 
“Oootl old way” of corn-raising, 237. 
Golden-rod, some varieties of, furnish 
food for bees, 298. 
Governments, of Europe, interest of 
801110 in disseminating knowledge of 
bee-cnlturo, 320 (note). 
Grape-sugar, ns food for bocs, 273. 
Guide for combs, artificial, secure regu¬ 
larity in building comb. 130. *207; can¬ 
not bo invariably relieil on, 208; Ger¬ 
man invention of (1*1. VI.. Fig. 72). 
Gnndeluch, on the necessity of pollen 
for rearing brood, 81. 
IL 
Hairy objects, why offensive to bees, 
317. 
Harris, Pr., his account of the bee 
moth, 228. 
Hartshorn, spirits of, remedy for bee¬ 
stings, 318. 
Heultli, bud ventilation of houses im¬ 
pairs, 92. 
Hearing in bees, acute, 1.38. 
Heat, degree required to hatch the eggs 
of liees ami ilev«'h*p the pupa, 48; 
great, attendant on comb-building, 71. 
Hens, too much crowded, mistake their 
nests, 215; not good tenders of moth- 
traps, 248. 
Heyne, on over-stocking, 301. 
Hiver, basket for, 13JI. 
Hives (see Mov. Comb Hive), Huber’s, 
author's experiments with, 14; made 
with slats, 15, 210 (note): should be 
made of .sound lumber, 78; mixture 
for sealing corners of, 78; thin, an¬ 
noying to be«*s in h«*t weather, 90; 
sixty-one re«juisites for eiuiiplete, 95- 
lOS; size of, shoubl lulmit of varia¬ 
tion, 98; “Improved," often ba»l. 107 ; 
qualities of best, 107 ; paint on, should 
be very dry before hiving, 120; heated 
in the sun, should not be used for new 
swarm.s, 129; Hlimild ineliiie forward, 
but stami ]«‘V<‘1 from side to side, 130; 
if clean, need no washing or rubbing 
witli herbs, 131; five stocks in one, 
137; should be placed where it is to 
stauil, as soon ns swarm is secured, 
138; if not ready to swarm, how to 
Iiroceed, 139; difiicult to rid of bee- 
moth, 141; common, dilficiilt to re¬ 
move unfertile queen from, 141; Hu¬ 
ber’s, 148; “dividing,” ami olqections 
to. 149; self-colonizing, inefieciual, 
151; thorough iii.<<pectiuu of, neces¬ 
sary for success, 152; non-swarming, 
likely to exterminate the bee, if gen¬ 
erally n.sed. 153; decoy, when to be 
usuil, 155; for siirplu.s honey, should 
be undisturbed, 183 (and note); like 
Pzierzon’s, even with movable frames, 
give inadequate control of bees, 187 
(note); should bo iqieiied before or 
after sunlight, when forage is scarce, 
199; royal combat witnessed in au¬ 
thor’s oliserving, 295; with |K«)r ar¬ 
rangements, educate bees to r«*gard 
their keeper us an enemy, 2lo(ni)ie); 
wonders of, unknown by many bec- 
keejiers, 211; in crowdeil apiary, 214- 
218; condition of, should be iLscor- 
tained, 221 ; |N«tent, evil results of, 
237 , 241: should be cleaned In early 
t'liring,‘243; common, furiiisli no re¬ 
liable remedy for loss of queen.‘24.); 
infected with foul-brood, to disinfect, 
•2.)7 ; common, how prepared for rt*- 
moval wlien occnpietl by stocks, 281; 
to transfer bees from common to niov. 
comb, 282; size, shape, and materials 
for, 329-332; size of author’s can bo 
varied at pleasure, 329; tall, advan¬ 
tages and disadvantages of. :129; most 
advantageous form of, !130; Pzierzon’s, 
disadvantages of, 3^11 ; double and 
triple, 331 (note); prui)er materials 
for. 331; suggestions as to making 
mov. comb, 332. 
Hives, mov. comb, see llovable Comb 
Ilive.s. 
Hives, patent, see Patent Hives. 
Hiving bees, directions for. 129; expert¬ 
ness in. makes pleasant. 129; should 
be conductetl in shade, 13U; shoubl 
1 m* attended to soon alter swarm set¬ 
tles. 132; process of, i;53; basket for, 
PW; sheet for, how arranged, 133; 
how to expeilite, Hkl; proeess of, must 
be repeated when queen not secured, 
134; when settled o«:t of reach, how 
to secure the swarm, 134; when 
swarm alights in ditll<‘u]t place, or 
two swarms cluster together, 1.3.5; 
how to secure the queen, 138; old- 
fashioned way of, bad, 138; so as to 
prevent swarms uniting, 138; when 
