INDEX, 
393 
Boe-glue, see Propolis. 
Bee-hat, author’s, how made, 316 (Pi. 
XI., Fig. 25). 
Bee journal, much needed in this coun¬ 
try, 22. 
Bee-keeping, depressed condition of, in 
America, 13, 145; a fascinating pur¬ 
suit, 144, 140; estimate of profit of, 
146 (note); better understood by the 
ancients than the moderns, 147 (note); 
witli 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; l)r. 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, Ac., 231, 
236; out of gallery of, 232; cocoons of, 
in empty combs, 233 (and PI. XIX., 
Fig. 56); female will deposit eggs on 
pressure, 231 (note 2); condition of a 
hive destroyed by, 235 ( and PI. XX., 
Fig. 57); did not appear simultane¬ 
ously in this country with the bee, 
236; multiplied by the use of patent 
hives, 237, 211; movable frames a 
remedy for the evils of, 239, 241; first 
appearance noted, 210; rapid spread 
of, in Ohio, 241; commonly infest old 
stocks, 251 (note); eggs of, deposited 
on uncovered combs in weak stocks, 
242; signs of presence of, in hives, 
242; not developed in low tempera¬ 
ture, 243; sulphur fumes will kill the 
eggs and larvae of, in combs, 243; will 
certainly destroy queenless stocks, 
244 (and note); fertility of, 244; in¬ 
stinct of, iu discovering quoenless 
stocks, 245; easily conquer stocks 
sufi'ering from hunger, 246 (and note); 
mission of, 217 (and note); keeping 
stocks strong the surest defence 
against, 247 ; insecurity of other con¬ 
trivances, 217 ; placing hives so as not 
to endanger the loss of their queens, 
an important protection against. 218; 
adaptation of mov. comb hive to pro¬ 
tect stocks from, 249; facilities of de¬ 
stroying, of no use to careless bee¬ 
keepers, 250; protection from, by an 
upper entrance, 260 (note); caught by 
sweets and sour milk, 261; destroyed 
by fire, 251 (note 2). 
17* 
Bee-moth, larv® of ^with cuts), 229; 
how it secures itselt 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. 66); activity 
of, 233; transformation of, to the 
winged form, and effect of cold on, 
234 (and note), 243; movable frames 
a remedy against, 239, 241; signs of 
presence of, in hives, 242; sulphur 
fumes fatal to, 243; should be de¬ 
stroyed early in the season, 248; 
extent of their ravages, 249 (and 
note); how to entrap them, 249; 
traps for, of no use to the careless, 
260. 
Bee-palaces, objections to, 61, 242. 
Bees, honey, will work in the light, 16, 
23, 332; may bo 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 <5f offered 
sweets, 25, 168, 169, 170; sometimes 
attracted from other hives by sprink¬ 
ling sugar-wator, 7 ; gorge themselves 
when frightened, 27, 154, 169; sub¬ 
dued by smoko or drumming on the 
hive, 27, 154; and chloroform or ether, 
210 ; the most timid may manage, 28; 
can fiourish only in colonies, 29 ; bow 
affected by loss of queen, 31; intelli¬ 
gence of, 4*8; breed in Winter, 48, 339; 
number of, in a colony, 54 ; honey-bag 
of, 56 (1*1. XVII., Fig. 54); pollen- 
basket, 56; proboscis of, 56 (PI. XVI., 
Fig. 51, PI. XIII., Fig. 63); sting, 56 
(PI. XVII., Fig. 53); loss of sting 
ratal, 57 ; age of, 68; industry of, in¬ 
structive, 59; number of, in a colony, 
why limited, 61 ; advantages of their 
being able 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- 
lined, require much air, 90; become 
diseased in impure air, 90; annoyed 
by thin hives in hot weather, 90; su¬ 
perior to man in 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, 110; must live in communi¬ 
ties, 110; conduct of, when qtfeen is 
lost in swarming, 113; sometimes 
abandon hives to avoid starvation, 
116; why they do not select new 
homes beforo abandoning the old, 
116; intercommunicate quickly on the 
wing, 117 ; send scouts io seek now 
abodes, 117 ; sight of, for distant ol>- 
