400 
INDEX, 
done, remove swarms to proper stands, 
lJi8; danjec-r of dclayiiiK, 13^; whal lo 
<lo if no hive is reatly, i;iy. 
Ilolhi’ook. Hon. K., on ctiltivation of 
wliite clover, 2U4. 
Home, should be nmdo attractive, iJ20. 
Honey, ; its elements, 70; qinni- 
tity consumed in socretinK wax, 71, 
170; gatheied by day, 72; sometimes 
gulliered by moonligla, 73 (note); 
hoiiey-guthering and comb-building 
simul tancous, 73; surplus, incoinjiati¬ 
lde with rajiid increase of colonies, 
170; how to .secure the largest yield 
ot, KSO; more aliumlant fifty years ago 
than now, 230; reasons assigned for 
the deficiency, 237 ; foreign, supposed 
cause of foul-lirood, 250, 2.')8; from 
lonl-brood cohmie.s, infectious, 25(5 
(note 2); infcclcil, how jmrified, 257 ; 
West India, used for hee-feecl, 25(5 
(note), 270; and sugar (Sholz' comi»o- 
sition), 274 ; (luautity of, necessary for 
wintering stocks, 274; poor, not con¬ 
vertible into good, 275; not a secre¬ 
tion of the hee, 275 (and note 2); re¬ 
tains the flavor of the blossoms from 
whence it is taken, 275; evaporation 
produces the principal changes in, 
270 (and note 1); ••making over” 
honey not profitable, 270; recijie fur 
artificial, 270 (note); a vegetable pro¬ 
duct, 285; qualities of, vary. 287; 
hiH'tfiil qualities cured by boiling, 
287 (and note) ; should not be exposed 
to low temperature, 287; <dd, more 
wholesome than new, 287; virtues as¬ 
cribed to it by <ild writers, 287 (note); 
t<» drain from the comb, 288, 300; to 
make liquid when candied, 288; cau¬ 
tion as to West India, 288 (note); of 
Hymettus, 293 (note); yiehl of. af¬ 
fected by soil, 2U4(note); from'the 
ras|»berry, delicious. 290; yield of, by 
plants, uncertain, 200 (note 2); large 
amount gathereil in a day, 303; on 
the hands, juotects them against hei-- 
Rtings. 317; bees eat less in Winter, 
when Iccpt cjuiet. 335,348, 358; how to 
get in eenlreof hive, for Winter, 330; 
camlied, bees need water to dissolve, 
342-314. 
Honey-bug, worker’s, 5G(P1. XVII.. Fig. 
54). 
Honey-bees, see Bees. 
Honey-li<»ard, spare, holes in, left open 
ill Winter, 338; sometimes strongly 
gliieil by lu-es, 172 (note); care in 
lilaclng neoessiiry, 173. 
Honey-dews, 285; of California. 285 
(note); when must abundant and 
where found, 280. 
Honey-hornets, Mexican, 58 (note), 87. 
lUmey resources, how to increase, 293. 
Honey-suckle. juice of, u remedy for 
hee-sllngs, 315. 
Honey, surplus, much, incompatihio 
with rapid multiplication of slocks, 
170, 178; best yield of, from iindis- 
turhed slock-'*, 18U; receptacles for, 
when to admit bei-s to, 288, 3(54; how 
seeun-d, 289; (juaiitity from one stock, 
2-9 (note 2); large boxes more jirofit. 
able Ihitii small, for, 289 (ami note 2), 
290 (nolo 1); glass vessels niul small 
boxes, tor, 299; air-tight boxes, to 
preserve. 29U (note 2); receptacles of, 
how and when to removo tliem, 291, 
305: boxes for, bees reluctant to fill, 
late in the season, 30G. 
Honey-water, objectuinablo for subdu¬ 
ing bees, 1G9 (Hole). 
Hornets, Jeeundation of, 35 ; Mexican, 
honey, 58 (nolo). «7 ; iiijuro fruit, 80; 
should be ilestroyed in S^pring, 87; 
lorpitl in ^Vinter, 19.). 
Horses sweaty, very olfensivo to bi^cs, 
279, 313. 
Horticulturists, honey bees their friends 
85, 87. 
Houses, ventilation of, neglected, 91. 
lluhor, FraiK'is, tribute to, 32-34; dis¬ 
covered how (pU'cns niv impregiiutetl, 
34; that unfecumh-d queens produce 
only drones, 30; experiments of, to 
test the secretion ot wax, 09 ; to show 
th«’ use of pollen, 8t); his discovei'y of 
ventilation by bees, 88; liis supjm- 
sition as lo dc*velopnient in iiui-en of 
male eggs, 128 (note); his plan for 
artificial swarming and its objections, 
148; cfl’ect of his leaf hive in pacilying 
bees, 108; his mistake as to the cause, 
109; an inconvenience of his hive, 171 
(note); his (h-scription of workers, pjo 
(note 2); his curious experiments 
showing a distinction among them, 
193 (note); his ti'ihiito to Burneiis, 
194 (note); his account of the treat¬ 
ment by Ix-es of strange queens,‘iOO; 
his (rial of two queens in a hive, 297 
(note); splendid iliscoveric.s of, form¬ 
erly ridiculeil, 211. 
Humhle-hee robbed by honey-bees, 202. 
Hunger impairs fertility of'queen-bee. 
223 (Hotel). 
Himt, Kev. T. P., hi.s mode of securing 
swarms, 13‘2. 
Hunter, Dr., discovers pollen in tho 
stomach of bees, 80. 
Hurting bees, important to avoid, 05. 
Hyginus, on feeding bees, 207 (note). 
T. 
Impregnation, of qneen-bees, 34-43 ; re¬ 
tarded, elTect of, 30; remarkable law 
of, in aphides, 42; takes place in the 
air, 59, 329; act of, fatal to drone, 1*25, 
126 (note); Shrimplin’s experiment 
illustrative of, 127. 
