INDEX, 
393 
Dee-glue, see Propolis. 
Bee-hat, author’s, how made, 316 (PI. 
XI., Fig. 25). 
Bee journal, much needed in this coun- 
t ry, 22. 
Bee-keeping, depressed condition of, in 
America, 13, 145; a fascinating pur¬ 
suit, 144, 146; estimate of profit of, 
146 (note); better understood by the 
ancients than the moderns, 147 (note); 
with feeble stocks, unprofitable, 177 ; 
no “royal road” to, 211; demands 
care and experience, 211; in Spain, 
extensive, 222 (note 2); on a large 
scale, unprofitable to beginners. 282. 
Bee-moth, permanent bottom-boards, a 
security against, 97 ; easily dislodged 
from mov. comb hive, 141; has more 
sins to bear than she commits, 216, 
246; habits, &c., of, described, 228- 
252; mentioned by ancient authors, 
228; pest of modern apiaries, 228, 251; 
when a moth-proof hive will be ob¬ 
tained, 228; Dr. Harris’s account of, 
228; to distinguish female of, from 
male, 229; cut of female and male, 
230; nocturnal, 230; interesting ex¬ 
periment with female, 230 (note 2); 
agility of, 230 (and note 3); eggs of, 
laid in the cracks of the hive, <6c., 231, 
235; out of gallery of, 232; cocoons of, 
in empty combs, 233 (and PI. XIX., 
Fig. 66); female will deposit eggs on 
pressure, 234 (note 2); condition of a 
biro destroyed by, 235 ( and PI. XX., 
Fig. 67); did not appear simultane¬ 
ously in this country with the bee, 
236; multiplied by the use of patent 
hives, 237, 241; movable frames a 
remedy for the evils of, 239, 241; first 
appearance noted, 240; rapid spread 
of, in Ohio, 241; commonly infest old , 
stocks, 261 (note); eggs of, deposited 
on uncovered combs in weak stocks, 
242; signs of presence of, in hives, 
242; not. developed in low tempera¬ 
ture, 2441; sulphur fumes will kill the 
eggs and larva) of, in combs, 243; will 
certainly destroy queenless stocks, 
244 (and note); fertility of, 244; in¬ 
stinct of, in discovering queenless 
stocks, 245; easily conquer stocks 
suffering from hunger, 246 (and note); 
mission of, 247 (and note); keeping 
stocks strong the surest defence 
against, 247 ; insecurity of other con¬ 
trivances, 247 ; placing hives so as not 
to endanger the loss of their queens, 
an important protection against. 248; 
adaptation of mov. comb hive to pro¬ 
tect stocks from, 240; facilities of de¬ 
stroying, of no use to careless bee¬ 
keepers, 250; protection from, by an 
upper entrance, 250 (note); caught by 
sweets and Hour milk, 251; destroyed 
by fire, 261 (note 2). 
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Bee-moth, larvro of (with cuts), 229; 
how it secures itself from the attacks 
of the bees, 231; representation of its 
gallery, 232 ; food of, 233, 247; appear¬ 
ance of their cocoons in empty combs 
233 (and PI. XIX., Fig. 56) ; activity 
of, 233; transformation of, to tho 
winged form, and effect of cold on, 
234 (and note), 243 ; movable frames 
a remedy against, 2419, 241; signs of 
presence of, in hives, 242; sulphur 
fumes fatal to, 243; should be de¬ 
stroyed early in tho season, 248; 
extent of their ravages, 249 (and 
note); how to entrap them, 249; 
traps for, of no use to tho careless, 
250. 
Bee-palaces, objections to, 61, 242. 
Bees, honey, will work in the light, 16, 
23, 332; may be tamed, 24, 28, 308; 
intended for man's comfort, 24; never 
attack when gorged with honey, 25, 
132,169; when swarming, peaceable, 
25, 132; always accept of offered 
swoets, 25, 1GS, 169, 170; sometimes 
attracted from other hives by sprink¬ 
ling sugar-water, 7 ; gorge themselves 
when frightened, 27, 154, 169; sub¬ 
dued by smoko or drumming on tho 
hive, 27,154; and chloroform or ether, 
210 ; the most timid may manage, 28 ; 
can llourish only in colonies, 29; how 
affected by loss of queen, 31; intelli¬ 
gence of, 48; breed in Winter, 48,339; 
number of, in a colony, 54 ; honey-bag 
of} 56 (PI. XVII., Fig. 54); pollen- 
basket, 56; proboscis of, 50 (PI. XVI., 
Fig. 51, PI. XIII., Fig. 63); sting, 56 
(PI. XVII., Fig. 53); loss of sting 
fatal, 57; age of, 58; industry of, in¬ 
structive, 69; number of, in a colony, 
why limited, 61; advantages of their 
being ablo to Winter in a colony state, 
62; despair of, when without queen or 
brood-comb, 67, 245 ; work night and 
day, 73; sagacity of, iu the structure 
of their cells, 74; superstitions con¬ 
nected with, 80; not injurious to fruit, 
85; need little air in Winter, if com¬ 
fortable, 89; when disturbed or con¬ 
fined, require much air, 90; become 
diseased iu impure air, 90; annoyed 
by thin hives in hot weather, 90; su¬ 
perior to man iu ventilation, 91; why 
they do not cluster on sealed honey in 
hot weather, 91 ; averse to jarring, 96; 
not torpid in Winter, 110,335; chilled 
by cold, %10; must live in communi¬ 
ties, 110; conduct of. when queen is 
lost in swarming, 113; sometimes 
abandon hives to avoid starvation. 
116; why they do not select now 
homes before abandoning tho old, 
116; intercommunicate quickly on the 
wing, 117 ; send scouts *,o seek new 
abodes, 117 ; sight of, for distant ob- 
