INDEX, 
405 
hive, 125; never molesteil l)y «lrone» i 
in hive, 127 (note); hv'/xm Inyintr two 
days niter imprepnntion, TJS; lays j 
mostly worker-eg;rs the iirst year, 
128; never stiiig^J, except in comhat ! 
with other queens, 138, 20i; alacrity 
of, in entering hive for m-w Hwarui, 
1;10; young, olteu lost after swarm¬ 
ing, 141; her loss easily remedic*! hy 
niov. cotnh hive, 141; uulertile, ditli- 
cult to remove in common hives, 141; 
when immature, bees do not build 
worker-comb. 149; seldom enters side 
apartments, 152; signs indicating her 
presence or absence in forced swarms, 
158; supply of sealed, for forced 
swarming, how to secure, 186; how 
to cut seeled ones from comb, 160; 
fertile, deprived of wings, to prevent 
swarming, 173; may be coulined to 
prevent swarming, 171 1 uulertile, 
should not be conllned. 175; fertile, 
easily supidied to destitute mother- 
stocks, 182; young, in after-swarms, 
lay few drone-eggs, 181 (note); to 
raise, for artificial swarming, 188; 
when to be given to newly-forced 
swarms, 189; to induce bees to raise, 
on what part of the comb you please, 
191; her value. 192 (note); can she be 
developed from ««// worker-larva*? 
192 (note 2); made ti) supply several 
stocks with eggs, 193; will lay eggs 
while under inspection. 196 (note); 
caution needeil in giving, to strange 
stocks, 200: stranger, howto induce 
stocks to receiv<*. 201; protected 
by (lueen-cage, 20l; care to be used 
in catching, 202; never stings, but 
sometimes bites. 202, 204; may be 
lost if allowed to fly, 202; her great 
appetite, 202; her life indispensable 
to the safety of the colony, 204; loss 
of, see “ Loss of Queen young, dan¬ 
gers besetting, 213; slmiild be given 
to queenless stocks in Spring, 221; 
when unimpregimted, colony should 
be watched. 222; when uiiimpreg- 
nated, hides, 222; wings ot. may be 
clipped for artilicial swarming, 222; 
how to mark the ago of, 223; fertility 
of, diminished by hunger and cold, 
223 (note 1); should be removed in 
their third vear, and new one given, 
223; regular and systematic, best. 
223 (note 2); odor of, 226; n'uioval 
of, a remedy for foul-brood, 258 ; sur¬ 
plus, reared bv Dzierzou, in suspected 
hives, 260; deserted by her subjects 
when they have been conquered by 
stronger storks. 203 (and note ); should 
be removed before smothering the 
bees, when storks are bri>ken up for 
their honey, 300 (note) ; Italian, how 
to propagate,320; after being chilled, 
lay only drone-eggs, 327. 
Queen-bees, why, when two fight, both 
are not killed, 205; combat i>f, as wit¬ 
nessed in one of author’s olisorving 
iiives, 205. . 
Queeii-cago, use and construction of, 
201, 325. 
Queen cells, see Royal cells. 
Queenless storks, signs of, 219, 245; to 
he supplii'd with qui*ens, 221; in Oc¬ 
tober, should be united with other 
stocks, j^23; a sure prey to the iiiolli, 
if not protected in time, 224 (and note). 
Quinbv, 51.. unllior of a very valuablo 
work on bee-keeping, 249 (note); on 
the ravages of the lai va* of bee-niotli, 
249 (note); on sliape of mov. comb 
hives, 330 (note 3); on wiiitoriiig bees, 
348; on equalizing colonies when re¬ 
moved from Winter repository, 361 
(note 2); on making bees work in a 
double tier of surplus honey-boxes, 
365 (note). 
R. 
Radlkofer, Doctor, on over-stocking, 
301); on the Italian bee, 325. 
Rapping on hives, its effect on bees, 27, 
155, 204. 
Raspberry, one of the best bee-plants, 
and very abundant in hill towns of 
New Knglami, 296. 
Reaumur, his account of a snail covered 
with jiropolis, by bees, 78; his error 
a> to the treatmenj, of strange queens 
by bees, 201; thought there were two 
species of hee-nioQi. 228. 
Reid, Dr., on theshapeofliouey-cell.s.75. 
Religion, revealed, appeal to those who 
reject, 62. 
Remeilies for bee-stings, 314-31i. 
Riem, the lli*st to notice fertile workers, 
55. 
Ringing bells, in swarming time, use¬ 
less, 113. 
Re{inisites of a complete hive, 95-108. 
Robbers, highway, bees sometimes act 
the part of, 262. 
Robbing, by bees, frequent, when for¬ 
age is s«.NUTe, and caution against, 
199, 201, 263; how prevented, 201- 
200; committed chiefly on feeble or 
qiK'cnless colonies, 261; signs indicat¬ 
ing a bee engaged in, 261,205; beget.s a 
disrelish for honest pursuits, 262, 264 
(and note); movable entrance bloek.s 
protect bees against, 264; infatuation 
jiroduoed by, on bees, 204; caution 
needed in checking, wdieii a hive is 
vigorously attacked, 205; how to stop 
bees engaged in, 265; secret, its rein¬ 
ed v. 200. 
Royal cells, ilescribed, 02; wood-cuts of, 
IMates XIII., XIV., and XV. ; atten¬ 
tion paid to, by workers, 02; why 
the}' open downwards, 63; number ol, 
