INDEX 
399 
Fruit, honey-bees beneficial to, 85-87 ; 
wasps and hornets injurious to, 86. 
Fruit trees, blossoms of, yield honey, 
292. 
Fumigation of hives with puff-ball, ob¬ 
jectionable, 210. 
O. 
Gardeners might manage their employ¬ 
ers’ bees in mov. comb hive, 226. 
Garden plants insufficient to furnish 
bee-pasture, 297. 
Glass, vessels of, for spare honey, should 
have guide-combs, 290 ; objections to, 
290 (note). 
Gloves, india-rubber, to protect the 
hands, 317 (1*1. XI., Fig. 27); woollen, 
objectionable, 317. 
Goldsmith, on spontaneous and fashion¬ 
able joys, 331. 
“Good old way” of corn-raising, 237. 
Golden-rod, some varieties of, furnish 
food for bees, 298. 
Governments, of Europe, interest of 
some in disseminating knowledge of 
bee-culture, 320 (note). 
Grape-sugar, as food for bees, 273. 
Guide for combs, artificial, secure regu¬ 
larity in building comb, 130, 207 ; can¬ 
not bo invariably relied on, 208; Ger¬ 
man invention of (PI. VI., Fig. 72). 
Gundelach, on the necessity of pollen 
for rearing brood, 81. 
II. 
Hairy objects, why offensive to bees, 
317. 
IL irris. Dr., his account of the bee 
moth, 228. 
Hartshorn, spirits of, remedy for bee¬ 
stings, 316. 
Health, bad ventilation of houses im¬ 
pairs, 92. 
Hearing in bees, acute, 138. 
Heat, degree required to hatch the eggs 
of bees and develop the pupa, 46; 
great, attendant on comb-building, 71. 
Hens, too much crowded, mistake their 
nests, 215; not good tenders of moth- 
traps, 218. 
Heyne, on over-stocking, 301. 
I liver, basket for, 133. 
Hives (see Mov. Comb Ilive), Huber’s, 
author’s experiments with, 14; made 
with slats, 15, 210 (note); should be 
made of sound lumber, 78; mixture 
let sealing corners of, 78; thin, an¬ 
noying to bees in hot weather, 90; 
sixty-ono requisites for complete, 95- 
108; size of, should admit of varia¬ 
tion, 96; “improved,” often bad, 107 ; 
qualities of best, 107 ; paint on, should 
be very dry before hiving, 129 ; heated 
in the sun, should not be used for new 
swarms, 129; should incline forward, 
but stand level from side to side, 130; 
if clean, need no washing or rubbing 
with herbs, 131; five stocks in one, 
137 ; should be placed where it is to 
stand, as soon as swarm is secured, 
138; if not ready to swarm, how to 
proceed, 139; difficult to rid of bee- 
moth, 141 ; common, difficult to re¬ 
move unfertile queen from, 141; Hu¬ 
ber’s, 148; “dividing,” and objections 
to, 149; self-colonizing, ineffectual, 
151 ; thorough inspection of, neces¬ 
sary for success, 152 ; non-swarming, 
likely to exterminate the bee, if gen¬ 
erally used, 153; decoy, when to be 
used, 155; for surplus honey, should 
be undisturbed, 18J (and note); like 
Dzierzon's, even with movable frames, 
give inadequate control of bees, 187 
(note); should be opened before or 
after sunlight, when forage is scarce, 
199; royal combat witnessed in au¬ 
thor’s observing, 205; with poor ar¬ 
rangements, educate bees to regard 
their keeper as an enemy, 210(note); 
wonders of, unknown by many bee¬ 
keepers, 211; in crowded apiary, 214- 
216; condition of, should bo ascer¬ 
tained, 221; patent, evil results of, 
237, 241 ; should be cleaned in early 
Spring, 243; common, furnish no re¬ 
liable remedy for loss of queen, 245; 
infected with foul-brood, to disinfect, 
257 ; common, how prepared for re¬ 
moval when occupied by stocks, 281 ; 
to transfer bees from commou to mov. 
comb, 282; size, shape, and materials 
for, 329-332; size of author’s can bo 
varied at pleasure, 329; tall, advan¬ 
tages and disadvantages of, 329; most 
advantageous form of, 330; Dzierzon’s, 
disadvantages of, 331 ; double and 
triple, 331 (note); proper materials 
for, 331 ; suggestions us to making 
mov. comb, 332. 
Hives, mov. comb, see Movable Comb 
Hives. 
Hives, patent, see Patent Hives. 
Hiving bees, directions for, 129 ; expert¬ 
ness in, makes pleasant, 129; should 
be conducted in shade, 130; should 
be attended to soon after swarm set¬ 
tles, 132; process of, 133; basket for, 
133; sheet for, how arranged, 133; 
how to expedite, 133 ; process of, must 
be repeated when queen not secured, 
134 ; when settled out of reach, how 
to secure the swarm, 134; when 
swarm alights in difficult place, or 
two swarms cluster together, 135; 
how to secure the queen, 136; old- 
fashioned way of, bad, 136; so as to 
prevent swarms uniting, 138; whoa 
