INDEX 
409 
2); attempt of, to import Itniiau bee, 
328 (note); truuslatiuii of Sciioltz on 
wintering bees, 348-38U. 
War, how wagoii by difTorent colonicB, 
263. 
Waapa, fecundation of. 35; injure fruit, 
86; ahould be destroyed in Spring, 
87; torpid in Winter, 109. 
Water, necessary to bo supplied for 
bees confined, *189 (and note); tiie re* 
fusal of, in Spring, Ijy bees, indicative 
of a queenless colony, 219 (and note); 
cold, useful in checking robbery, 265 ; 
indispensable to bees when buiiding 
comb, or rearing brood, 271, 342-346; 
bees need, in cold weatluM*, 342-346; 
advantages of giving, to bee.s in cobi 
Springs, 343. 
Wax, scales of, wood-cuts, PI. XIII.. 
Figs. 37 and 38; secreted from honey. 
69, 276; pouches for, 69; wood-ent of, 
PI. XIII., Fig. 38: Huber’s experi¬ 
ments on secretion of. 69; pollen may 
aid its secretion, 70; its element.s, 71; 
large quantity of lioney consumed in 
secretion of, 71; shavings of, used tiy 
bees, to build new comb, 72; a bad 
conductor of heat. 73; pollen useful 
in its secretion, 82, 197; origin of, dis¬ 
covered by Horiibostel, 204 (note); 
the foofl of the lai-va* of the beo-motli. 
233, 247 ; how to render, from comb. 
288. 
Weather, unpleasant, delays of pre¬ 
vents swarming, 112. 
West India honey, us bee-food, 250 
(note), 270. 
Wethereli, I)r. C. M., his analysis of 
royal jelly, 64. 
Wheaton, Levi, t>n upward ventilation, 
276 (note 1); on wintering bees, 346 
(note 1). 
White clover, see Clover, white. 
Weigel, Rev. Mr., first recommended 
candy os bee-feed, 272. 
Wheeler, George, on ancient bar-bives, 
210 (note). 
Willow, varieties of, abound in honey 
and pollen, 292. 
Wildman, Thomas, feats of, in liaiidlitig 
bees, 308; states the fact that fear 
disposes colonies to unite, 2(W (note); 
his approncli to nuxlern modes of 
taming bees, 204 (iu*te); on tin* 
queen’s odor, 226. 
Winds, bee.s should be prot«ct«‘d against, 
103, 186, 279. 
Wings of queens, may be madt* to mark 
their age, 223. 
Winter, wasps ami lH>rnets, but not 
bees, torpid in, 109, 335; quantity of 
honey needed by a stock in. 274 ; 
bees cat less in, when kept quiet, 335, 
866, 868; bees should l)e protected 
from winds of, 337 ; bees in, if out of 
doors, should l>e allowed to lly, 337 ; 
bow to ventilate hives in, 338; snou 
in, when injui-ious to bees, 338 (note 
1); bees need water in. 342-JJ46; when 
honey is candied in. tiees need water, 
342-344; disturbing Itees In, injurious, 
347, 355; fewer bees <lie in, when 
tiive.s are in claiiqi.'i. thau when in 
other special depositories, 858; tem¬ 
porary removal of colonies in, to a 
warm room. 341, 362. 
Wintering bees, 335-361 ; objections to. 
in the open air, 335; howto get honey 
for, in centre of hive, 386; bee pas¬ 
sages in comb for, 337 (and note 1), 
339 (and note); in a dry vault or cel¬ 
lar, 348; ill sjieclal repositories, 348- 
3GU; furtlier experiments in, needl’d 
360; requires caution in removing 
them from winter quarters. 361. 
Wives, a friendly word to, 220. 
Wood-cuts, explanation of, 11, 371. 
Women, American, suffer from bad ven¬ 
tilation, 92. 
Worker-comb, size of the cells uf, 74; 
all good, can be used in inov. comi> 
hive, 130; not built unless bees have 
a mature queen, 149. 
Worker-bees, are females, with uinle- 
vnloped ovaries, 29; wheu fertile, 
their progeny always drones, 36: 
Huber's theory concerning fertile. 
37 . 55; sometimes exalted to be 
iiueens, 37 ; one raised from a drone 
egg, by l)r. Dbnhoff, 41; incapable of 
impregnation. 42; wood-cuts of. PI. 
XII., Figs. 35, 36; number id. in 
.swarm, 54; author’s opinion respect¬ 
ing fertile, 55; fertile jn-efer to lay in 
drone cells, 55; honey-bag, 56; repre¬ 
sentation of, IM. XVI1., Fig. 54. J.; use 
ofproboscisof, 56; wood-cut of probo.-i- 
cis of. PL XVI., Flg.61 ; pollen-basket, 
66; sting, 56; wood-cut of, PL XVII.. 
Fig. 63; lo.ss of sting, fatal, 57 ; do all 
the work of the hive, .58; tludr age, 58; 
lesson of industry from, 59; aticntiou 
to royal cells, 62; wood-ent of abdto 
men of, PL XVI.. Fig. 62; two kinds 
of. described by linber, 192 (note 2»: 
differently occupied in diflerent peri¬ 
ods of life, 194 ; impulse of, to gather 
honey, undeveloped in early life, 19.5. 
Worms, see Bee-moth, laiwu’ of. 
M'ormwood. use of. for driving away 
robbing bees, 265 (note). 
Wnrtemberg, uumlier of its cidonles of 
I.ees, 364. 
ZoUickt»n'er, H. M., his account of liees 
building combs on a tree, 118. 
