406 
INDEX. 
in a hive, 63; how fi«|iplle<l witli eggs, 
63; <U‘scrjj)tioji of, (56; when Imilt, 
ni; qnyens pn-venteil from destroy- 
iiig, ; rejnuiijs iif, imlicate imniher 
of queens hatciied, I2l ; iimy be ri- 
nioveU in niov. comli liives, to pre¬ 
vent niter-swarming, 124; how to de- 
eide whetiier inmate of lias been 
hatched or kilhai, 121; how to cut 
out of combs, 160; sign that the 
queens in, are nearly mature, 167; 
how to make bees rear, iu (Tlmronient 
jilaces on the comb, IDl; to bo given 
t<» colonies second day after removal 
of queen, 223. 
Koyal jelly, see Jelly, royal 
llyo meal, sec Meal. 
S. 
Sagacity of hoe.s. 47, 48. 
Salt, fondness of bees for, 272. 
Scent, see Smell and Odor. 
Schirach, on artificial rearing of queens, 
148. 
Scoiit.s sent out by swarms to find a new 
home, 117 ; necessity of, 118. 
Scraper for cleansing the bottom-board 
of mov. comb hive, 347. 
Scuilamore, Dr., on many swarms clus¬ 
tering together, l37. 
Secret recipe for keeping stocks strong, 
sham vendor of, 238. 
Scholtz, Mr., on wintering bees in 
clanip.s, 348-4160. 
Sex of bees, iletermlncd by queen, 38. 
Sliakspeare’s de.scriptionof the Hive,268. 
Shrimplin, experiment of, showing im¬ 
pregnation to take iTlace in the air. 
127. 
Sick jiersons, the car© of, beneficial to 
man, 313. 
Siebold, Professor, extracts from his 
Parthenogenesis, 126 (note); his dis¬ 
section of spermalheca, 127 (note); 
found 8pcnimto/ou in wui'ker, hut not 
in tlrone eggs, 41; on bee life, 144 
(note); recommends movable frames, 
321 (note 2). 
Sight of bees, acute, for distant objects. 
117. 
Signs of swarming, 111; of qneenic.'fs 
colonies. 219,224; of presence of Juoths 
in hive, 242. 
Size of hives, 329-332. 
Smell, of hives, in gathering season, 177 
(note); strange heesdistinguished liy, 
203; the same, to bo given in uniting 
colonies, 203; sense of, in bees, m-nte, 
313; of their own poison, irritates 
bees, 314. 
Smokis importance of, in siibdning 
bees, 27, l.')4; its use in forced swarm¬ 
ing, 165, 168,169; its use of, very an¬ 
cient, 210; drives clustered bees in¬ 
side of liive, 281; useful in removing 
surplus honey, 289. 
Smothering bees, cautions for prevent¬ 
ing, 281. 
Snails, sometimes covered by bees with 
propolis, 78. 
Snow, bees perish on, when carrying 
out their dead, 98; sometimes fatal to 
bees, 338 (note 1); often harmle.s8 to 
bees, 361 (note 1), 
Solidago, see Uolden Kod. 
Sontag, F., on meal as a substitute for 
pollen, 84. 
Spare honey, see Honey, surplus. 
Spcrmutlieca, of the queen-bee, wood- 
cut and description of, 36; PI. XVIII., 
Fig. 65; dissection of, 34, 126 (note), 
213 (note). 
Spermatozoa, found in spormathecn of 
queen-bee, 34,120 (note). 
Sphinx Atropos, see Moth, Death-head. 
Spinola, described the Italian bee, 318 
(note). 
Si>ring, importance of sun-heat in, to 
hives, 101; feeble stocks in, unprofit¬ 
able, 177; examination of bees, in, im¬ 
portant, 221; colonies should bo fed, 
in, 267, 268. 
Si>rinkling bees, should not he done to 
exces.s, 170; cools their robbing fren¬ 
zy, 203. 
Starving of bees, often happens when 
there is honey in the hive, 336, 342. 
Sting, Hevan’s description of, 66; PI. 
XVII., Fig. 53; microscopic api»ear- 
ance of, 57 ; hiss of, fatal to bees, 57 ; 
loss of, in stinging, a benefit to man, 
58; of (jueen, 65; wood-cut of (lueen’s. 
pi.xviir. 
Sting, jioison of, dangerous to some, 
313; remedies for, 314-317; smell of 
poison of, irritating to bees, 314; in¬ 
stant extraction of important, 314; 
rubbing the Mound made by, should 
bo avoided, 314; Mr. Wagner’s rem¬ 
edy tor, 315; ililTerent renn-dies an- 
BM'cr for different persons, 315; hu¬ 
man system may bo inured to, 316 
(note); amusing remedy for, 316 
(note). 
Stinging, bees, M’hen gorged, disinclined 
to, 25, 169, 398; little risk of, unless 
bees are irritutcil, 28, 168, 170; risk 
of, diminished by use of mov. comb 
hive, 209; diseased bees inclined to, 
310; risk of, not increased by jirox- 
imity to the hive, 211 (note); not to 
bo feared from a bee away friJin its 
hive, 312; eflVct of, sometimes dan¬ 
gerous, 312; Italian bee less inclined 
to, than common bee, 322, 324. 
Stocks, of bees (see also colonies of 
bees), enfceliletl by ‘•In-and-in breed¬ 
ing," 54; strong, M ill rapidly fill empty 
comb, 71; often lose young queens 
after swarming, 141; fewer iu fhia 
