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INDEX, 
Lombani, bia iiiteresting anocc!(*to of 
swurining, :U)8. 
Longlellow, I[. W., his IikUuu warrior’s 
iifscriptioii of the Ifco. 2IiO. 
Lossofcpu'en, 213-227; froquont, though 
till' miDi-n Is usuall.v tho last t<i ]Kjrjsh 
ill any casiiaKy, 213; when, by old 
ago, bees propuro for her successor, 
213; ociMirs oftenest whc*n «iucen 
leaves hive for impregnation, 213,214 ; 
how occasioned, by queens mistaking 
their hives, 214, 215; bees, like hens 
in this ri'spect, 215; Judge Fishback's 
preventive of, 210; author’s jnevent- 
ive, 217; eflect of, on stocks, 217'', 
sometimes not discovered by bees for 
Some time, 218 (and note); exciteimmt 
in hiviMvhen discovered, 218; will not 
cause bees to abandon the hive if they 
are supplii-d with brood-comb, 218; 
nucleus systmn will remedy it, 211); 
indications of, 219; the most common 
cause of destructiou of stocks Iiy bee- 
moth, 219. 
Lunenburg, luiinber of colonies of bees 
in, 302; bee.s of, more than pay all the 
' taxes, 302. 
M. 
Mahan, V. .T., on causing bees to adhere 
to new locations, lli:j (note); interest¬ 
ing observations of, 219 (note); his 
discovery tliat drones leave their 
hives with honey and return without 
aiiv, 224; on the odor of the queen, 
220 (note 2). 
Maple-tree a source of honey, 292. 
Maraldi, anecdote from, of bees and a 
snail. 78. 
Materials for bive.s, 331. 
Meal, a substitute for pollen, 84, 210. 
Meiliciiie, poison of bee, used for, 315 
(note). 
Mice, ravages of, and jirotection against, 
252. 
Miller, see Bee-moth. 
Mills, John, on marking hives with dif- 
h'reut colors, 2IC (note). 
Mixing of bees, of ilifterent colonies, 
203; jirecautions concerning, 203. 
Months of the year, direction for treat¬ 
ing bees in, 3(52-309. 
Moonlight, bees sometimes gat her honey 
by. 73 (note). 
M«>re, Sir J.. on the soverelgjj virtues 
of honey, 287 (note). 
Miith, see Ih'c-moth. 
M<»(h, «leath-lieail. 240 (note). 
Moth, large honey-eating, from Ohio, 
241 (note). 
Mothers, unkind trenlment of. reproveil 
hy hees. 312. 
Mother-stoi'k, in forced swarming, 
easily sujipllcd with fertile queen, 
182; exposed to perish witliout a 
prompt supply of queen, and hy over- 
swarming, if left to supply itself, 182; 
also to la* rohbod, 182; advantage of 
8upi)lying with fertile queen, 183. 
Moth-proof Iuve.s a delusion, 228, 238, 
247. 
Mfiths, honey-eating, ravages of, 240 
(and note). 
Motions, in operating on hives should 
be dediberate, 170. 
Movable-eomb hive, invention of, 13-23; 
superiority to Dzierzon's, 10,18; en¬ 
ables each bee-keeper to observe fur 
himself, 23, 104; admits of easy re¬ 
moval of old eomi), GO; bees in it <Msily 
supplied with empty comb, 71; its fa¬ 
cilities for ventilation, 94, 270 (note 
1); size of, atljustable to tin-wants of 
colotiy, 90, 329; facilities of, for se¬ 
curing surplus honey, 100, 289, 329; 
mlvantagcs of, for preventing after- 
swarming, 124, 140; enaliles i>ne per¬ 
son to siqierintend various eiihmies, 
102, 226; not ea.slly blown down, 103; 
may be made secure against mice, 
103, 252, and thieves, 104; durability 
of. 1(4; clieapness and simplicity of, 
105; some desirables it does not pos¬ 
sess, 105; invention of, n'sult of e.x- 
perlenee, 105; porfeetion disclaimed 
for, 105: merits of, submitted to ex¬ 
perienced bee-keepers, 108; desertion 
of, by swarms, easily preventcal, 11.5 ; 
by use of, can employ all good worker 
comb, 130; (nrnishes storage-room for 
non-swarming bees, 139; importance 
of, in supplying extra (jneens, 141, 
188; ••asily eleunal of the bi‘e-moth, 
2-10; be-«t for non-swarming jilan, 153; 
enaides the apiarian to learn the laws 
regulating the* internal economy of 
bees, 1(54; enables iirtilicial swarming 
to be ijuiekly p«*rlbnm-d, 1(54; advan¬ 
tages of movable top of, 108; allords 
facilities for supply (»f tertile (pieens 
to mother-stoidis, in forced swarming, 
182. 102; danger of being stung, di- 
minislnal by use of, 209; tin- greatest 
obstuide to its speedy infrodnetion, 
209; tho author sanguine of its exlen- 
sivi* use by skilful bee-keejiers, 211; 
should be tlioronglily examintMl in 
Spring, 221; durable ami cheap, if 
jiroperly takt'ii care of. 221; mlvan- 
tages of readily laoTeived by intelli¬ 
gent licM*-keepers, 220; ailaptatiim «if, 
to pniteet stocks from tin- moth, 249; 
enables the apiarian to know tli<« 
amount of honey stocks contain. 27.5 
(note); bow prepared for transporting 
bees, 281; t«» transfer into, from com- 
nion hive, 283; designed to ueoijomizo 
tlx* labor of bees, 305; (‘xperiments 
eoneerning the size of. 330(noti* 3); 
Kuggostions us to making, 332; ob- 
