INDEX 
945 
.Msike, Future of . 197 
Alsike, Poisonous to Horses. 197 
Alsike, Replacing Red. 195 
Alsike Seeding . 196 
Alsike, Where Grown. 189 
Crimson . 200 
Crimson, as a Honey Plant. 200 
Crimson, Culture of . 202 
Crimson, Honey. 203 
Crimson, Plowing Under. 203 
Crimson, Seeding . 202 
Crimson, with Buckwheat. 202 
Crimson, with Corn. 203 
How Affected by Pollination. 187 
Hubam .832- 835 
Importance of Lime for.183- 185 
Number of Species of. 183 
on New Soils. 4 
Putting Nitrogen in the Soil. 184 
Red .198, 199 
Red, Affected by Moisture. 200 
Red, Giving Way to Alsike. 197 
Red, Varied by Soil Conditions. 200 
Sweet .818- 832 
Sweet, White Annual.832- 835 
Variable Yielder of Honey. 190 
When it Yields Honey.188, 189 
White . 185 
White, Nectar Secretion in. 188 
White, Where Best.190, 191 
Cluster of Bees, Activity in. 839 
Cluster of Bees During Winter, How Affected 
by Disturbance .. 837 
Cocoons, Spinning of . 92 
Cold, Amount Bees Can Stand. 927 
Colonies Building up. See Building up Colo¬ 
nies. 
Equalizing Strength in Spring.170, 775 
How to Handle. 578 
Strong for Comb Honey. 233 
Strong, Less Likely to Swarm. 811 
Strong, Necessary for a Crop. 254 
Weak, Caused by Poor Season. 254 
When to Buy.124, 125 
Colony Condition, How It May Be Learned 
Without Opening the Hive.584- 586 
Determining Condition of, Without Look¬ 
ing in . 271 
How It Seems to Work on a Plan. 707 
How to Open.12, 13, 579 
Number of Bees in.5, 887 
of Bees, Manipulating. 12, 13, 575- 588 
Profits . 682 
Queenless or Not, How to Determine.... 541 
Strength in Spring. 166 
When Putting up a Good Defense Against 
Robbers . 731 
Color, Alfalfa Honey. 23 
Color of Honey. See Honey and its Color. 
Colors of Honey.469, 470 
Comb and Extracted Honey at the Same Time 
. 238, 239 
and Extracted Honey Compared .... 225, 307 
Building and Honey-ripening. 95 
Building Pitch for Comb Honey. 234 
Building, Variation in. 95 
Foundation .9, 10. 203- 224 
Foundation Adulterated . 870 
Foundation, Correct Bases. 204 
Foundation Eliminating Drones. 207 
Foundation Fastened to Top-bar. 219 
Foundation Fastener . 545 
Foundation, Fastening in Sections.. 219, 223 
Foundation Filling the Section. 224 
Foundation Flat-plate Machine. 206 
Foundation, Improved . 544 
Foundation in Economic Uses. 208 
Foundation in Relation to Sections. 207 
Foundation, Invention of.203, 543, 544 
Foundation Made in Large Factories... 207 
Foundation, Miter-Box for . 224 
Foundation Not to be Spaced Too Far 
Apart . 317 
Foundation Rolls .203, 204 
Foundation Rolls Using Type. 204 
Foundation Starters versus Full Sheets . . 223 
Foundation, Stretching Without Support. 209 
Foundation Supported by Wires.... 209- 213 
Foundation, Three-ply .870, 930, 931 
Foundation Touching all Four Sides of a 
Section . 224 
Foundation, Van Deusen . 204 
Foundation, Vandevort . 204 
Foundation, Weed Sheeted. 206 
Foundation, What It Has Accomplished. . 207 
Foundation, What Weight to Use. 208 
Foundation with Exact Angles.204, 205 
Foundation with Paper Midrib. 215 
Foundation with Wood Base. 215 
Honey, Appliances for.226- 233 
Honey, Artificial So-called . 497 
Honey, Bait Sections. 239 
Honey, Barber Method of Producing... 237 
Honey, Bulk . 224 
Honey, Comb-building, Pitch for. 234 
Honey, Definition of . 224 
Honey, Divided in Four Classes. 421 
Honey, Fed Back, Liable to Granulate.. 357 
Honey, Feeding Back for.356, 357 
Honey, Flavor of . 225 
Honey Grading, Importance of. 422 
Honey Grading Rules.423- 425 
Honey Granulated, What to Do With it. . 
Honey Granulating, to Stop. 248 
Honey, How to Keep. 248 
Honey, How to Ship in Carlots. 752 
Honey, How to Ship in Small Lots.. 751, 752 
Honey, How to Take Off. 243 
Honey, Importance of Shallow Supers of 
Honey Over the Brood-nest. 236 
Honey, Importance of Stores for Breeding 233 
Honey, Importance of Strong Colonies for 233 
Honey, Importance of Well-filled Brood- 
nest . 235 
Honey in Carlots Broken Down. 753 
Honey, Keeping for a Better Market. . . . 248 
Honey, Most of It Shipped Not Graded.. 421 
Honey Not Manufactured, Why?.226, 492, 497 
Honey Production, Importance of Breed¬ 
ing in Two Stories. 235 
Honey, Sections for. 226 
Honey Sections, Scraping.245, 246 
Honey, Shipping Cases for. 749, 751 
Honey Supers, Bees Refusing to Enter. . 
-’. 239, 240 
Honey Supers, Close of Season.... 241, 242 
Honey Supers, Tiering Up.240, 241 
Honey, To Produce.233- 248 
Honey versus Extracted Honey. 225 
How Bees Build.491, 492 
Number of Inches in Langstroth Frame. . 252 
Worker for Swarm Control. 810 
Worker or Drone During Swarming.... 792 
Combless Bees. See Beginning with Bees. 
Combs .248- 255 
Before the Invention of Foundation.... 249 
Built Irregularly in the Hive. 7 
Built to Bottom-bar by Reversing. 723 
Burr. See Thick-top Frames under Head 
of Frames. 
Carrying to the Extractor. 324 
Empty for Swarming. 795 
Empty, Importance of . 249 
Fitting into Frames in Transferring. . . . 843 
Good, Good Investment. 249 
