INDEX. 
395 
349-360; eat less and fewer die in 
clamps than in other special Winter 
depositories, 355, 358. 
Bee-keepers, common hives do not teach 
the laws of bee-breeding;, 164; if 
timid, should use bee-dress, 209; ig¬ 
norance of, the greatest obstacle to 
speedy introduction of may. comb 
hive, 209; often captivated by shallow 
devices, 211; scepticism of many, in 
regard to the wonders of the bee¬ 
hive, 211; often mistake the cause of 
the loss of their queens, 216; careless, 
will he unsuccessful, 226. 250; should 
not encourage the destruction of birds, 
253; specimen of, opposed to improve¬ 
ments, 357. 
Bee-quack's secret, 238 (note). 
Bees, queen of, see Queen Bees. 
Beginners, should be cautious in ex¬ 
perimenting, 179, 30". 
Berg, Rev. Dr., first informed author of 
Dzierzon's discoveries, 16. 
Berlepsch, Baron of, his stocks injured 
by scientific experiments, 179 (note); 
Uses frames similar to the author’s, 
321 (note 2); experiments on impreg¬ 
nation of queens, 120 (note); Italian 
bee. 323; his experiments on the ef¬ 
fect of cold on queens, 327; shows 
that bees need water in winter, 342 
Bevan, on eggs, and larva? of bees, 44- 
47; on “driving” or forced swarming 
(note) 154; an experiment of, in re¬ 
moving a queen, 218 (note); feeds salt 
to bees, 272; his description of huuey- 
dow, 280. 
Birds, bee-devouring, 252; why they 
should not be destroyed, 253 (and 
note). 
Blocks, entrance regulating (Plate III., 
Figs. 11, 12); useful to prevent 
swarming, 174 (and note); security 
against mice, 175, 252; against rob¬ 
ber-bees, 264. 
Bodwell, J. C., experiments of, in win¬ 
tering bees, 345. 
Boerhave’s account of Swammerdam's 
labors, 65 (note). 
Bohemia, its production of honey, 304. 
Boiling honey improves it, 287. 
Borage, valuable for bees, 29$. 
Bottom-boards should be permanently 
fixed to hive, 97: should slant to¬ 
wards entrance, 97; cleaning id', 98; 
dangers of movable, from the moth, 
231; Spring cleaning of, 243; Winter 
cleaning of, 347. 
Boxes for spare honey, 289, 290. 
Bruum, Mr. A., his experiment to as¬ 
certain the increase of honey in a 
hive, 303. 
Breath, human, oftensivo to bees, 170, 
311. 
Bretding, “in-and-in,” injurious, 54; 
early, encouraged by spring-feeding, 
Brood, temperature necessary for its 
development 46, 48 ; attended to by 
young bees, 197 ; production of, 
chocked by over-feeding, 268; found 
in hives in Winter, 48, 339. 
Brood-comb, see Comb. 
Brown, Hon. Simon, his description of a 
combat between two queens, 205. 
Buckwheat, valuable for late bee-pas¬ 
ture, 296; its yield and quality of 
honey variable, 296 (and notes 1 and 
2); its cultivation recommended, 296 
(and note 3): blossoming of, may 
cause swarming, 366. 
Bnera, on the need of water for bees, 
34*4. 
Bunions, great merits of, as an ob¬ 
server, 33; laborious experiment of, 
33 (note); Huber's tribute to, 194 
(note). 
Busch, his description of the Italian 
bee, 32 4. 
Butler’s description of the drone, 221; 
his drone-pot, 225; anecdote of a 
honey hunting swain, 254; his direc¬ 
tions for procuring the favor of bees, 
311, 317. 
C. 
Cage, see Queen Cage. 
Calendar, bee-keeper’s, 362-370. 
Candied honey, bees need water to dis¬ 
solve, 342-344. 
Candy, sugar, recommended for bee- 
feed, 272; recipe for making, 272 
(note). 
Cary, Win, W., his mode of uniting 
colonies, 204; of fastening comb in 
frames, 283 (note); his mode of mak¬ 
ing Winter passages in combs, 337 
(note); on wintering bees, 346 (note 
2 )- 
Casts, see After-Swarms. 
Catalogue of bee-plants, 298. 
Cellars, dry, good for wintering bees, 
315, 348. 
Cells, of bees, their contents, 29 ; covers 
of, 44; lor breeding, become too 
small, 60; wood-cuts of, Plates XIII., 
XIV., and XV.; royal, 62.218; thin¬ 
ness of their sides, 71 (note); size of, 
74 (PI. XV., Fig. 48; demonstrate tho 
existence of God, 75. 
Cherry-tree yields honey, 202. 
Chickens, curious use of, 248. 
Children of the rich, compared to pam¬ 
pered bees, 26S; may learn from bees 
how to treat their mothers, 312. 
Chloride of lime, useful as a disinfect¬ 
ant of foul hives, 257. 
Chloroform, subdues bees by stupefac¬ 
tion, 210. 
Chimps, for wintering hoes, 348-360 
Clover, white, most important source 
of honey, 294; Mr. Holbrook, on the 
value of, for stock, 294; Swedish 291 
