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INDEX. 
sons, 128; scn.son of, 128; inconvcn- 
ionct‘8 of, 139-147 ; lu’lificiiil, inode 
of for conuuon liives, lo4; best pii*- 
vcnted by use of iinthor’s bive. 153; 
for the setuson, csiii be ucrotnidistuMl 
ill few djiys witli luithor’s hive, 173; 
time of luitnnil, (‘asily detennined in 
ftutlior’s iiive, 173 (note); pn-ventod 
by clipping wings of queen, 173. 223; 
prevoiiteil by contracting the ent nmee 
of hive, 174; hist plan not thoroughly 
tested, 174 (note 3); frequent, unprof- 
itabh«, 170; best inode of artificial, 
181; how to tditain extra queens in 
natural, 19b (note) ; interesting anec¬ 
dote of, 8b8. 
Swarming, artificial, see Artificial 
Swarming. 
Swarming, natural, see Natural Swarm¬ 
ing. 
Swarming season, commenceineut and 
duration of, 111, 128. 
Sweaty hor.se.s, detested and often killed 
by bees, 313. 
Sydserff’s calculation of profits of bee 
culture, 14G(ijoto). 
T. 
Table, Illustrating the increase of stocks 
by artificial swarming, 185; of forin- 
ing nuclei, 191. 
‘•Taking up bee.s,” facilitated by mov. 
comb hive, 2b9; suggestions as to 
time of, 3b(» (mite). 
Temperature of hive, rlse.<i at time of 
Kwarming, 130. 
Theorie.s often fail, when put to a jirac- 
tical test, 175 (note). 
Thistle, Canada, a good hee-plant, 206. 
Thomson, poetical extract from, upon 
killing bees, 239; on bees in linden 
trees, 293. 
Thorley, John, first stupefied bees by 
piifT-ball smoke. 210. . 
Tidd, M. M., his exp<‘riment on a female 
moth, 230 (note *2); notices the dififer- 
eiico between longue of the male and 
female iiiulh, 230. 
Time of bees, economized in mov. comb 
hive, 95, 90; importance of saving, 
305. 
Timid persons may safely remove sur¬ 
plus honey, 289-291 ; shoubl use hee- 
dress while hiving boos, 132, 154; 
often stung while other persons sel¬ 
dom are, 168; some should not at¬ 
tempt to rear bees, 209. 
Toads, eat bee.*!, 254. 
Tobacco, sboulil not be used for subdu¬ 
ing bees, 109. 
Top-boxes, for surplus honey, should 
ho used with caution, 330 (note). 
Transferring hoes from common to mov. 
comb hive, 282-284; mode of, 282; best 
time for, 283; results of, 284. 
Transportation of bees, easy in inov. 
comb hive, 281. 
Trap.s for moths, usually worthles.s, 244. 
Trees, combs built on, by bees, 118; 
apiaries should be near, 131; substi¬ 
tute for. 131; limbs of, need not bo 
cut, in hiving bees, 133; shade of, 
ngreeablo to bees, 280; honey-pro¬ 
ducing, 292. 
Tulip (poplar, or white wood), tree 
yields great (luantitics of honey, 292. 
U. 
Union of colonies, facilitated by giving 
them the same smell, 203; mode of, 
*203, 204; for wintering, 336. 
Unbelief in revelation not prompted by 
true philosophy, 5*2. 
Uncleanly jiersons disagrccaldc to bees, 
313. 
V. 
Varnish, used by lieos in place of propo¬ 
lis, 80. 
Varro, his remark that hee.s in largo 
hives become di.'fjiirited, 208. 
Ventilation, fni nishi'd to larva? by .shapo 
of cells, 75; of the hive, 88-94; pro¬ 
duced by the fanning of bee.s, 88; 
iluber on, 88; its necessity, 89; re¬ 
marks on, in human dwellings, 01; 
provideil for and easily controlled in 
inov. comb hive, 93, 94; artificial, 
must be simple to be userul, 93; 
sbouhl be attended to after swarming, 
124; ample, should be given while 
bees arc storing honey, ‘288, 306; bow 
to give, in Winter, .338; upward, 
needed in Winter, 338, 340 (note), 
241, 300. 
Vice, effect of, on man. compared to 
ravages of the moth, 235. 
Virgil, described the Italian bee, 318. 
W. 
Wagner, Samuel, letter of, on mov. 
comb liives, 17-18; theory of, on how 
queen determines sex of egg, 38; his 
account of bees building comb on a 
tree, 118; on the effect of soil on tlio 
quality of honey-yielding plants, 294 
(note); on the Swedish white clover, 
for l)i*es and stock, 295; letter of, on 
over-stocking, 3(H); letter of, on tho 
Italian hce, 317; extracts from, on 
preserving the purity of tho Italian 
bee, 323 (notes); states a remarkablo 
fact coiicorning hybrid bees, 324 (note 
