INDEX 
403 
serving, .332; how to get lioncy in 
ci'iitro of, for Winter, 33G; li<»w to 
imiko Winter passages in combs of, 
337 (and note 1^; liow to ventilate, in 
Winter, 338; bills of stock, for mak¬ 
ing, 371. 
Movable entrance blocks, seo Blocks, 
entrance regulating. 
Movable bottom-boards, dangerous, 231. 
Movable .stands for hives, 279. 
Moving stock.s, 281. 
Munn, W. A., his “ bar and frame hive,” 
209 (note). 
Musk, used to stop robbing, 265 (note). 
N. 
Narcotics, in managing bees, worse than 
useless, 211. 
Natural swarming and hiving of swarms, 
109-142 ; guards agaiii.st extinction of 
bees, 109; not unnatural, 111; time 
of, 111; seldom occurs in northern 
climat(‘s, when hives uro not well 
lllleil with comb, 111 (note); signs of, 
111; only in fair weather, 112; time 
of day of, 112; preparation of bees 
for, 112; (jueen often lost in, 113; 
ringing of bells and tanging, useless, 
113; how to stop a fugitive swarm, 
114; alter, ventilation should he regu¬ 
lated, 124; hiving should bo done in 
sha(h',or hive be oovereil, 130; should 
be promptly attended to after swarm 
settles, 132; process of, 133; basket 
for, 133; sheet for, 133; how arranged, 
133; how to expeditt*, if bees are dila¬ 
tory, 13JI, 134; niu.'.t be repeuteil if 
queen not seeured, 134; small limbs 
cut with pruning shears in, 134; when 
swarm out of reach, h<»w to secure, 
134; when in difficult places, or two 
swarms cluster together, 135; how to 
secure queen, 130; old-fashioned way, 
objectionable, 130; more than one 
swarm in a hive, 137; to prevent 
swarms uniting while hiving, 138; 
swarms, as soon as hivetl. should he 
removed to their stands, 138; an cx- 
peilient, if no hive bo i*eady, 130; sug¬ 
gestions for making more protUalile, 
139-142; excessive, prevented by use 
of mov. comb hive, 140; uftord.'* no fa¬ 
cilities for strengthening late and 
feeble stocks, 140; objections to, 139- 
147; unc(‘rtainty of, 147: why some 
slt>eks refuse to swarm, 147. 
‘‘New Kuglaml Kai'Uier,” e.xtract from, 
describing a combat of qiieen.s, 205. 
Night-work, on bees, ha/anlous. 167. 
Non-swarmer.ant bur’s, pievents swarm¬ 
ing, 174; exclude.s ilrones, 228; facili¬ 
ties it offers to pre.serve pure the 
Italian hee, 320; wood-cut of, IM. II., 
Fig. 0. 
Non-swarming colonies, may lose their 
<iueens, or queens becumo unfertile, 
in common hive, 153; queens ma^* bo 
supplied to, ill mov. eumb liive, 153. 
Non-swarming hiv4‘, jolvticaleil by many, 
154; objections to, 153; mov. comb 
hive best for, 153. 
Nuclei, what they are, and how to form 
them, 180; to obtain ailhering bees 
for, 192 (and note); must not be al¬ 
lowed to gel loo much reduced, 107; 
always liiriiish plenty of queens, 219. 
Nutt, his list of bee llowors, 298. 
Nymph, bee, see Pupa. 
0 . 
Objections toiiatund 8wurming.l43-147. 
Obseiwing-hive, mov. comb, 332-334; 
lion. S. Brown’s exjierimeiit with, 
205; its facilities for observing the 
internal operation.s of the bees, 332; 
for wintering, :i32(note); those with 
single frames recommended, 3;i3; 
adapted for the i>ai'lor, 333; liow to 
stuck with bees, 3^13; source of plea¬ 
sure and instruction, 333; may be 
kept in cities, 333. 
Odor, of «iueehs, 220,2CG; t)f drones, 226 
(note 1); of workers. 2(W. 
Odors, unpleasant, olfeiisivo to bees, 
313; useil to prevent ridiberies, 205 
(note); excite bees tJMinger. 313. 
Oettl, rcunarks of, on over-stocking, 393; 
his golden rule in bee-keeping, 3U3; 
liisstatistics of bee-culturc, 303. 
Old age, signs of in bees, 59. 
Oliver,’ U. K., observations of, on bee- 
motli, 251. 
Onions, blossoms of, yield much honey, 
293. 
Ovaries of queen-bee, 35 (PI. XVIII.); 
of workers, are nndevebipeil, 2‘J, 54. 
Over-stocking, 299-!{(i7; no ilanger of, 
21)9; Wagner’s Iett(*r on, o09; Oettl 
ami Braun's statistics on, 393. 
Ovum, what necessary to inipregniito 
it, 41. 
P. 
Paint, smell of fresh, detested hy V'oos, 
129; if fresh be used, it should con¬ 
tain no white lead, and be imule to dry 
iiutekly, 129; recipe for, proferabh* t») 
oil paint, 129; color of, for hives, 3ti8. 
Pasluragi* for bees, 292; elTect, of, on 
reiimval of colonies, 157; honey- 
yiebling trees and plants, 292-299; 
ganleiis loo limiti-d fur, 297 ; c«tah»guo 
of bee-plants, 298; ninge 4»f, H95. 
Patent hives, ileciqitions in vending, 01 
(mde). 190. 140 (note); liave greatly 
multiplied the bee-moth, 237; and 
