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INDEX. 
44 ; PI. XIII., Fig. 39; degree of heat 
necessary to hutch them, 46; power 
of queens over their development, 47; 
laid ten months in the year, 48, 339; 
supernumerary, how disposed of, 48 ; 
ventilation necessary for hatching, 
89; of workers transferred to royal 
cells, 219; of bee-moth, 234 (note 2). 
Ehrenfels, profits of his largo apiary, 
390. 
Enemies of bees, 228-255; moth, 228- 
252; mice, 252; birds, 252; toads, 254; 
bears, 254; ants, 255 ; wasps, spiders, 
&e., 255; all agreed in fondness for 
honey, 255. 
Energy of bees, instructive, 197. 
Engravings, see wood-cuts. 
Entrance of hives, should not ordinarily 
bo abovo the level of the bottom- 
board, 98; should be readily varied 
without perplexing the bee’s, 98; a 
small upper one, uses of, 250, 338 (and 
note); should bo nearly closed when 
colony is threatened by robbers, 264; 
how to regulate in Winter, 338. 
Epitaph on bees killed by sulphur, 239. 
Ether used for stupefying bees, 210. 
Evans, Dr., quotations from poem of, 
on bees, 50, 60, 69, 76, 77, 78, 79, 109, 
267, 292. 
Experiments, an interesting one, 67 ; of 
Huber, showing the use of pollen, 80; 
author's to the same effect, 81; nu¬ 
merous, of author, 179; cautions con¬ 
cerning, to beginnors, 179; bee-keep¬ 
ers Invited to make, 180; of Iluber, 
showing two kinds of workers, 193 
(note); difficulty of demonstration by, 
193 (note); Dr. Dduhotf's, showing 
that young hoes are nurses and old 
bees honey-gatherers, 194; of author, 
in wintering bees, 339; of E. T. Stur- 
tevant, 340; of Berlopsch and Ebor- 
hardt, 342; of .1. C. Bodwell, 345; of , 
Mr. Scholtz, 348; further, needed, in 
wintering bees, 360. 
Examination of combs and bees in hive, 
importance of, in Spring, 221. 
Experience renders bee-keeping profit¬ 
able, 282. 
F. 
Facts, however wonderful, should be 
received, 42. 
Pieces, appoaranco of, in young and old 
bees, different, 197; healthy bees do 
not discharge, in hive, 347; how to 
make bees in niov. comb hives, safely 
discharge, 361 (and note). 
Faint-heartedness, rebuked, 198. 
Famine causes bees to abandon hives, 
116. 
Fear, effect of, in taming bees, 27; in 
uuitiug swarms, 204. 
Feeble stocks unprofitable, 141,177,266 
336. 
Feeder, convenience of, in mov. comb 
hive, 270; construction of, 271; PI. 
XL., Fig. 26. 
Feeding bees, 267-278; few things more 
important in practical bee-keeping, 
207; Spring feeding specially neces¬ 
sary, 267 (and note); caution in, re¬ 
quired, 268; over-feeding, like pam¬ 
pering children, 268; to he submitted 
to only in extremities, 268 ; how done 
in common hives, 269; difficult to 
build up small colonies by, 269; equi¬ 
table division of resources in, 270; 
when it should be done for Winter, 
270; what should be used in, 270; un¬ 
profitable in late Fall stocks, 270 
(note) ; mode of, by means of a feeder, 
271; water should be supplied, 271, 
342 ; importance'of salt in, 272 ; sugar- 
candy a good and'cheap article for, 
272 (and note), and 273(note); Kloiuo’s 
mode of using candy. 273, 274; value 
of grape-sugar for, 273; Sholz’ sugar- 
honey for, 274; granulated sugar for, 
274 (and note); quantity of honey 
needed for, to Winter bees, 274; 
weight of hives, unsafe standard to 
determine amount of honey for, 275 
(note); caution to be observed in, 277; 
should not be too early in the Fall, 
298; cheap honey, to sell again, un¬ 
profitable in, 275. 
Fertility of queens, 32 ; diminishes with 
age, 141,223; diminished by hunger 
and cold, 223 (note 1). 
Fishback, Judge, his precautions to pre¬ 
vent loss of young queens, 216; his 
experience with the bee-moth, 240 
(note). 
Flight of bees, its extent, 305; its rapid¬ 
ity, 305 (noto 2). 
Flowers for bees, Nutt’s catalogue of, 
298; garden, furnish little bee-pasture, 
297. 
Foul-brood, its malignity, 19, 256; dry 
and moist, 256; remedy, 257, 268; a 
disease exclusively of the larva), 259; 
supposed cause, 256 (note), 259; liable 
to appear the second time, 259. 
Forcing-box, its size and use, 154,165. 
Frames, movable, invented by author, 
15; how they must bo made to be 
lifted out of hive, 150,171,209 (note); 
process of removing from the hive, 
171, 370 (PI. XXIV.); with comb used 
for patterns, 208; effect on bee cul¬ 
ture, 211 (note); a protection against 
the ravages of the moth, 239, 241; 
render the cleaning of hive easy, 243; 
used by Borlousel), 321 (note 2); ap¬ 
proved of by Siebold, 321 (note 2); not 
well adapted to tall hives, 330. 
Friesland, East, its productiveness in 
houey, 304. 
