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INDEX, 
in u hive, 63; how supplied with eggs, 
63; description of, 00; whon built, 
111 ; queens prevented from destroy¬ 
ing, 121 ; remains of, indicate number 
of queens hatched, 121; may bo're- 
nioved in niov. comb hives, to pro¬ 
vent aiter-Bwarming, 124; how to de¬ 
cide whether inmate of lias been 
hatched or killed, 121; how to cut 
out of combs, 100; sign that the 
queens in, are nearly mature, 107; 
how to make hoes rear, in convenient 
places on the comb, 191 ; to be given 
to colonies second day after removal 
Of queen, 223. 
Royal jelly, see Jelly, royal 
Rye meal, see Meal. 
8 . 
Sagacity of hoes, 47, 48. 
Balt, fondness of bees for, 272. 
Scent, see Smell and Odor. 
Schiruch, on artificial rearing of queons, 
148. 
Scouts sent out by swarms to find a new 
homo, 117 ; necessity of, 118. 
Scraper for cleansing the bottom-board 
of nuiv. comb hive, 347. 
Scudamore, Ur., on many swurms clus¬ 
tering together, 137. 
Secret recipe for keeping stocks strong, 
sham vendor of, 238. 
Schultz, Mr., on wintering boes in 
clamps, 3*18-300. 
Sex of bees, determined by queen, 38. 
Slmkspeare's description of the Hive,208. 
Shrimplin, experiment of, showing im¬ 
pregnation to take place in the air, 
127. 
Sick persona, the caro of, beneficial to 
man, 313. 
Sichold, Professor, extracts from his 
Parthenogenesis, 120 (note); his dis¬ 
section of spernmthecn, 127 (note); 
found spermatozoa in worker, hut not 
in drone eggs, 41; on bee life, 144 
(note); recommends movable frames, 
321 (note 2). 
Sight of bees, ucute, for distant objects, 
117. 
Signs of swarming, 111; of quoenless 
colonies, 219,224 ; of presence of moths 
in hive, 242. 
Size of hives, 329-332. 
Smell, of hives, in gathering season, 177 
(note); strange bees distinguished by, 
203; tlie same, to bo given in uniting 
colonics, 203; senso of, in bees, acute, 
813; of their own poison, irritates 
bees, 314. 
Bmokc, importance of, in subduing 
bees, 27,164 ; its use in forced swarm¬ 
ing, l(Jf), 108, 109; its use of, very an¬ 
cient, 210; drives clustered bees In¬ 
side of hive, 281; usoful In romovlng 
sin plus honey, 289. 
Smothering bees, cautions for prevent¬ 
ing, 281. 
Snails, sometimes covored by boos with 
propolis, 78. 
Snow, bees perish on, when carrying 
out their dead, 98; sometimes fatal to 
bees, 338 (note 1); ofton harmless to 
bees, 301 (note 1). 
Solidago, «ce Golden Rod. 
Soutag, F., on meal as u substitute for 
pollen, 84. 
Spare honey, see Honey, surplus. 
Spennathoca, of the queen-bee, wood¬ 
cut and description of, 36; PI. XVIII., 
Fig. 66; dissection of, 34, 120 (note), 
218 (note). 
Spermatozoa, found in Bporniuthccu of 
queen-hee, 34,120 (note). 
Sphinx Atropos, see Moth, Death-head. 
Splnola, described the Italian bee, 318 
(note). 
Spring, importance of sun-heat In, to 
hives. 101; feeble stocks in, unprofit¬ 
able, 177; examination of bees, in, im¬ 
portant, 221; colonies should bo fed, 
In, 207, 208. 
Sprinkling bees, should not ho done to 
excess, 170; cools their robbing fren¬ 
zy, 208. 
Starving of bees, often happens when 
there is honey in the hive, 336, 342. 
Sting, Revan’s description of, 60; PI. 
XVII., Fig. 63; microscopic appear¬ 
ance of, 67 ; loss of, fatal to bees, 67 ; 
loss of, in stinging, a benefit to man, 
68 ; of queen, 66; wood-cut of queen’s, 
PI. XVIII. 
Sting, poison of, dangerous to somo. 
313; remedies for, 314-317; smell of 
poison of, irritating to bees, 314; in¬ 
stant extraction of important, 314; 
rubbing the wound made by, should 
ho avoided, 314; Mr. Wagner’s rem¬ 
edy for, 316; different remedies ud 
swor for different persons, 316; hu 
man Bystem may bo Inured to, 310 
(note); amusing remedy for, 310 
(note). 
Stinging, bees, when gorged, disinclined 
to, 26, 109,808; little risk of, unless 
bees are irritated, 28, 108, 170; risk 
of, diminished by use of mov. comb 
liivo, 209; diseased bees Inclined to, 
310; risk of, not increased by prox¬ 
imity to the hive,211(note); not to 
lie feared from a bee away from its 
hive, 312; effect of, sometimes dan- 
gorous, 312; Italian bee less inclined 
to, than common bee, 322, 324. 
Stocks, of boes (see also colonies of 
bees), enfeebled by “ in-and-in breed¬ 
ing,” 64; strong, will rapidly fill empty 
comb, 71; often lose young queens 
alter swarming, 141; fowor in this 
