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INDEX, 
Clustering of swarms, 113, 116. 
Cocoon, complete one, spun l»y drone 
and worker-larva;, -16; imperfect one, 
by queen-larva?, 40; of larva;, never 
removed from cells, 60; of the moth, 
231 (PI. XIX.). 
Cold, moderate, makes bees almost dor¬ 
mant, 89; chills bees, 110; water, use¬ 
ful in subduing robbers, 265. 
C donies, of bees (see also Stocks of 
Bees); rapid increase of, in Australia, 
51 (note); ago of, 59; new, composed 
of young and old bees, 119; impos¬ 
sible to multiply rapidly, by natural 
swarming, 147 ; folly of attempting to 
multiply, by dividing hives, 149; to 
remove, from old locations, 156, 157; 
artificial, not t«» be formed till drones 
appear, 158; artificial, time necessary 
to form, 173; cautions against too 
rapid increase of, 175 (note). 176-178; 
work, eas'lv strengthened by use of 
more comb hive, 178; possible extent 
of multiplication of, 178; most profit¬ 
able rate of increase, 179 ; to form one 
new colony from two old ones, 18<!; 
mother, easily supplied with young 
fertile queens, in mov. comb hive, 
182; sometimes over-stored with 
honey, 183 (notes 1 and 2): table il¬ 
lustrating rapid increase of, 185^ new, 
must remain where first put, 185; 
many bees may he removed from, 
when the queens are fertile, 1F6; 
new, formed by reversing position of 
hives, 187; piling mode of forming, 
188; should, when moved, he supplied 
with water, 189 (note;); to supply 
queens for rapid increase of, 190-193; 
how they maybe safely mingled, 203, 
336; if small, should be confined by 
movable partition, to suitable limits, 
208; endangered by loss of queen, 217, 
246; having young queens should ho 
watched, 218. 222; signs that, have 
no queen, 219; Spring, care of, 221; 
queeuless in October, to he united 
with other colonies, 223; old, more 
liable than young to the ravages of 
worms, 233, 251 (note); queeuless. 
will ho destroyed by the moth, 244 
(and note); when hopelessly queen¬ 
less, their destruction certain, 246; 
how to be treated when infected with 
dysentery, 256; how, when attacked 
with foul brood, 257-260; suspected, 
used by Dzlerzon to rear surplus 
queens for artificial stocks, 260; 
strong, can, In a season, supply ma¬ 
terials for four swarms, 260; feeding 
of, 267-278; should he strong when 
honey harvest closes, 269; weak, in 
the Fall, should ho added to other 
stocks, 270, 336; location of, how to 
change. 280; removal of, to new api¬ 
aries, 281 ; weak, ill success of, has 
led to the belief that we are over* 
stocked, 299; only strong, profitable, 
299, 303 (and note); itinerating, 305 
(note 2); when broken up for their 
honey, the queens should be removed 
beforehand,306(note); of common hoes, 
readily converted into Italian, 322. 
Color, aids in recognizing their hive, 
214, 216. 
Columella, notice of his Treatise on 
Bee-Keeping, 147 (note); his remedy 
against the over-storing of hives, 183 
(note 2); advice of, concerning Sprin •, 
examination of stocks, 221 (note 1); 
recommended that weak stocks he 
strengthened from strong ones, 221 
(note 2); his suggestion as to the 
proper time to remove surplus honey, 
224 (note); his mode of feeding bees, 
271 (note 1); his directions how to 
gain the favor of bees, 311. 
Colvin, his method of securing straight 
comb, 373; manner of making the 
mov. comb hive, 383. 
Comb, 69-76; too old, can he easily re¬ 
moved in mov. comb hives, 60,209; 
materials of, 69; wood-cuts of, repre¬ 
senting various kinds of cells. Plates 
XIII.. XIV., and XV.; empty, great 
value of, to bee-keeper, 71; should 
not be melted into wax, 71 ; rapidly 
refilled by hoes, 71 ; easily supplied to 
bees in mov. comb hive. 71 ; how at¬ 
tached to frames, 72, 283 (and note); 
drone-comb, not to he put in breeding 
apartments, 72, 130; artificial, sug¬ 
gestion concerning, 72 ; author’s ex¬ 
periments to induce bees to make it 
from old wax. 72; building of, carried 
on most actively by night, 72; comh- 
lniilding and honey-gathering simul¬ 
taneous, 73 ; danger to, in hot weather, 
91 ; caution respecting, in artificial 
swarming from common hives, 155 
(and note); generally built somewhat 
waving, 171 ; how to examine; when 
in mov. comb hive, 172; brood, used 
for nuclei, 189; worker, used to rear 
queens, 191; building of, by young 
bees, 196; worker, should never bo 
destroyed, 207 (and note 2); prefer¬ 
able to artificial comb-guides, 207, 
208; control of, essential to a system 
of management, adapted to the wants 
of all bee-keepers, 208; safely taken 
from hive when bees are filled with 
honey or sugar-water, 210; old, most 
liable to be infested with worms. 233, 
251 (note); empty, should sometimes 
be removed from feeble stocks, 243; 
new, unsafe to move in warm weather, 
281 ; containing bee-bread, has in¬ 
ferior honey, 288 ; very old brood, not 
worth rendering into wax, 288; to 
make Winter bee-passages in, 337 
(and note 1). 
