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jects, acute, 117; commotion of, during 
absence of queen for impregnation, 
125, 217; native of hot climate, 12S 
(note); detest smell of fresh paint, 
129; often perspire while swarming, 
and reluctant to enter heated hives, 
130; pleased to find comb in hive, 131; 
modes of securing swarms in difficult 
places, 135; acute of hearing, 138; re¬ 
fusing to swarm, should have plenty 
of storage-room, 139; maybe advan¬ 
tageously kept in cities. 144; often 
refuse to swarin, 115 ; seldom colonize 
unless blossoms abound in honey, 
147; ability of, to rear queens from 
worker-brood, when discovered, 148; 
without mature queens, build combs 
with large cells, 149, 150 (and note); 
diminish rapidly in number after 
swarming, 151 (and note); will not 
form independent colonies in inter¬ 
communicating hives, 152; work bet¬ 
ter in new swarms than in old colo¬ 
nies, 153; laden witli stores, welcomed 
by strange swarms, 155; without 
stores, expelled, 155; frightened by 
rappings on the hive, 155; disposition 
of, when moved, to return to old lo¬ 
cation, 156; effect on. of temporary 
loss of home, 157; how to make ad¬ 
here to old home, wherever put, 157 ; 
losing their queens, will accept of 
others, 159 (note); more irascible at 
night, 167; confounded by sudden in¬ 
troduction of light into their hives, 
163, 169; difficult to subdue when 
once thoroughly excited, 170; use all 
available space for honey, 172 (note 
2); tenacious adherence of, to their 
combs, 172; losing their queen when 
Rwnrming, return to parent stock, 
174; their mode of communication, 
174 (note 1); storing surplus honey 
to be unmolested, 180 (and note 1); 
amusing conduct of, on finding a 
strange hive where their own should 
be, 181 (note 1); emboldened to self- 
defence by presence of queen, 182; 
judicious renewal of, for swarms, not 
injurious to mother-stocks, 183; their 
instinct to become over-rich, 183 
(note 2); their passion for forage, 180 
(note 1); when destitute of queen, 
will rear young ones, if they have 
brood-comb, 138; need water when 
confined, 189 (note); how encouraged 
to work in an upper hive, 189 ; do not 
always duster on brood-comb in nu¬ 
clei, 192 (note); sometimes start 
queen-cells that fail, 193; young do 
inside, and old, outside work, 194; 
young are wax-workers, 196; their 
occasional refusal to make royal cells 
explained, 197 (note); a worthy trait 
of, 197 *, their treatment of strange 
queeus, 200; to causo, to receive I 
strange quoons kindly, 201; of differ 
ent colonies may be united, 203; dis¬ 
tinguish their hive companions by 
smell and actions, 203; conduct of, 
when frightened, 203; when disturbed 
and scented, will readily mingle, 203 
(ami note); in too largo hives, beet me 
dispirited, 208; in large apiaries, if 
the hives are alike, liable to mistake 
them, 214; effect on, of loss of queen, 
217; enemies of, 228-255; vigilance 
of, against the moth, 231; not a native 
of tin* New World, 235; a harbinger 
of civilization, 236 (note); can learn 
to defend themselves against new 
enemies, 240; destroyed by mice and 
by birds, 252; by toads and bears, 254; 
diseases of, 255-260; propensities of, 
to rob, and appearance of thieving 
bees, 261 ; habitual robbers become 
black, 262 (and note); sometimes rob 
the humble-bee, 262; grand battles 
of, 263; of conquered colonies, incor¬ 
porate themselves with the victors, 
263; frantic fury of robbers, when de¬ 
prived of their spoil, 265 ; how to cool 
them into temporary honesty, 265; 
feeling of, 267-278; are fond of salt, 
272; infatuation of, for confectionery, 
277; compared to intemperate men, 
278; the avaricious, folly of, 278; fond 
of shade, 280; procuring for an apiary, 
280; transferring from common to 
niov. comb hives, 2S2; get supplies 
from honey-dews, 287; flight of, its 
extent, 305; pacific temper of, 308; 
inoident illustrating good nature ot, 
while swarming, 808; readily taught 
by ill treatment to be vindictive, 310; 
human breath offensive to, 311; at a 
distance from their hives, never sting 
unless hurt, 312; kindness of, at 
home, a lesson for man, 312; their 
treatment of the sick, 312; their 
sense of smell, 313; dead, medicinal 
qualities of, 315 (note); will more 
surely sting hairy than bare parts, 
317 ; maintain a high temperature in 
Winter, 335; eat loss in Winter when 
kept quiet, 335, 855; wintering of, 
335-361; uniting small colonies of, for 
wintering, 336; do not. store honey so 
as always to lie accessible in Winter, 
336; cannot lie relied on to make 
Winter passages in combs, 336; should 
be protected from Winter winds, 337, 
348; if out of doors in Winter, should 
be allowed to fly, 337; sometimes per¬ 
ish in snow,338 (note 1); experiments 
on wintering, by author, 339; need 
•water in cold weather, 342-316; need 
water to cat candied honey, 342-344 ; 
injured by being disturbed in Winter, 
347,365; seldom discharge their fa*cos 
in tho hive, 347; on wintering in dry 
cellars, 348; in special depositories 
