INDEX 
A 
A B C of Bee Culture, How to be Read. 
A B C of Beekeeping... 
Absconding by Colonies, Small.15, 
Checked by Clipping. 
for Want of Pood. 
in the Spring. 
Prevented by Clipping. 
Swarms .13-16, 
Swarms, Freaks of. 
Acreage of Plants Necessary to Take Care of 
Colony of Bees. 
Adams & Myers’ Extracting Outfit. 
Adulteration, Kinds of...16, 
of Honey .16- 
of Honey, Not Now Common. 
of Honey with Invert Sugar Syrup. . 
Adult Bee Diseases. See Diseases of Bees. 
Advertising Honey . 
After-swarming .19, 
Methods to Prevent. .-. . . 
Prevented by Cell-cutting. 
After-swarms .792- 
Number of . 
Age of Bees.20, 
of Drones . 
of Queens . 
Albinos . 
Alexander Honey Strainer. 
Method of Increase. 
Plan of Uniting...854, 
Treatment of European Foul Brood.... 
Alfalfa, as Pasture and Soiling. 
Authorities on ... 
Blossom, Color of . 
Cutting Before Bloom. 
Cultivation of .28, 
Distribution in United States.23, 
Flowers, 'When Pollinated. 
General Discussion of.21- 
Habitats of .21. 
Hay, Stacking .27, 
Hay, Value of .31, 
History of . 
Honey . 
Honey, Color of . 
Honey Darker in Southern California... 
Honey, First and Second Crop. 
in the Rockies... 
in the West., 
Inoculation .29, 
Nectarless in the East. 
Other Crops with. 
Pollination .33, 
Reliable Crop . 
Seeding . 
Soil, Good or Bad. 
Species of . 
Suitable Condition for. 
When to Cut.31, 
Alfilerilla . 
Alighting-board, Part of Entrance.. 
Alimentary Canal . 
of Bee . 
of Bee Illustrated . 
Alley Drone Traps . 289, 
Alsike Clover. See Clover. 
Clover as a Honey Plant, . . 
Pollination of ...... • 193, 
Aluminum Combs .215, 216 
American Foul Brood. See Foul Brood, Amer¬ 
ican, under Head of Foul Brood. 
Anatomy of the Bee.35- 45 
Anger of Bees.45- 49 
of Bees Affected by Shrubbery.49- 53 
of Bees Depends on Source of Honey... 49 
Angry Bees, How to Know. 48 
Antenna Cleaner . 659 
Ants, Enemies of Bees. 298 
in Florida .51, 52 
in the North and in the South. 49 
More Troublesome in South. 51 
More Troublesome in Warm Climate.... 50 
Nests of, in Trees. 51 
Nests of, to Destroy. 50 
to Keep Under Control.51- 53 
Aphides, Cause of Dysentery. 291 
Aphis, a Source of Honeydew.493, 494 
Apiary .53- 75 
Arrangement of Hives in.70, 71 
Hive-stands in . 65 
Important, Shrubbery in.49, 56- 58 
Location for . 53 
Publishers’ . 69 
Shade for .59- 61 
Apis Dorsata . 717 
Apple Pollination . 409 
Arrangement of Brood, Pollen and Honey. ... 95 
Artichokes . 790 
Artificial Comb Honey Does Not Exist. 492 
Comb Honey, So-called. 226 
Fertilization .75, 76 
Heat . 77, 78 
Heat for Wintering. 77 
Pasturage . 78 
Pasturage Only Partially Recognized. . . . 509 
Swarming .79, 81 
Swarming, Distinguished from Increase. 81 
Swarming, How Performed.79- 81 
Swarms . 815 
Aster .81- 84 
Honey, Chiefly from Five Species. 82 
Honey for Wintering . 82 
Honey, Quality of . 82 
Automatic Hiving of Swarms.801, 802 
Automatic Reversible Extractor.343- 346 
Automobile for Out-apiary Work.642, 643 
B 
Baby Nuclei . 695 
Backlot Beekeeping . .'. .84- 87 
Bait-sections . 239 
Balling of a Queen, What to Do. 542 
Banat Bees . 715 
Barrel Hoops to Prevent Slipping. 88 
Barrels .. ....87- 89 
for Holding Honey, Size of. 87 
for Shipping Honey Not Satisfactory... 89 
How to Paraffin or Wax. 88 
How to Prepare for Honey.87, 88 
or Square Cans. 89 
Removing Granulated Honey from. 89 
to Test for Leaks. 88 
Bartlett’s Original Four-Colony Winter Case.. 899 
Basswood .89- 91 
Cultivation of . 91 
for the Making of Sections . 91 
Honey, Quality of. 90 
Honey, Yields of . 9Q 
4 
5 
16 
14 
15 
16 
14 
803 
14 
78 
340 
17 
19 
17 
18 
592 
20 
20 
19 
794 
19 
21 
21 
21 
715 
337 
854 
855 
375 
33 
35 
23 
32 
29 
26 
394 
35 
22 
28 
32 
21 
22 
26 
26 
27 
25 
23 
30 
25 
30 
34 
25 
30 
29 
21 
28 
32 
35 
300 
43 
40 
43 
290 
194 
194 
