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INDEX 
How Bees Build Without Aid. 248 
How to Fasten in Frames in Transferring 843 
How to Free of Bees. 584 
How to Make the Bees Build Worker. . . 252 
Importance of Good. 168 
Importance of Good Fastening. 251 
Indestructible . 215 
of Aluminum .215, 216 
or Foundation for Swarms. 802 
Poor, Costly Investment. 249 
Poor, Economic Waste of.249- 251 
to be Rendered.872- 883 
to Free from Bees in Extracting. . . .321- 323 
Congestion of Bees in Brood-nest Cause of 
Swarming . 807 
Contract Bees on Shares.115, 116 
Contraction .252- 255 
Caused by Poor Season.253, 254 
Excessive, Poor Season. 253 
of the 8 -frame Hive, Further. 254 
Theory of. 252, 253 
Coping or Thickening of the Walls or Top. . . 489 
Coral-berry . 148 
Corks, to Insert. 130 
Corn Syrup in Honey. 17 
Corolla Tubes of Red Clover Affected by Mois¬ 
ture . 200 
Cotton .255- 260 
as a Honey Plant .257, 258 
Asiatic . 261 
Belt . 256 
Honey, Flavor of . 259 
Honey Flow Run. 259 
Insect Visitors of . 260 
in the Southwest. 260 
Long Staple and Short Staple. 256 
Nectaries .256, 257 
Pollination of . 259 
Species of . 255 
Covers of Hives.442- 444 
Coveyou on Cause of Swarming. 805 
Coveyou’s Plan of Swarm Control. 808 
Crimson Clover. See Clover. 
Crops Dependent on Good Wintering. .. .167- 170 
Crops Dependent on Strong Colonies .... 254, 255 
Cross Bees and Effect of Shrubbery.49- 53 
Bees, Condition for . 47 
Bees, How to Know. 48 
Fertilization . 672 
Crossing Between Different Species. 681 
Cucumbers .261, 262 
in Greenhouses . 262 
See Fruit Blossoms, subhead, “Pollina¬ 
tion of Cucumbers.’’ 
Cyprian and Holy Land Bees. 550 
D 
Dadant on Frame Spacing. 768 
Daisy. See Asters. 
Dandelion . .'. . . .263- 266 
as a Forage Plant for Cattle. 266 
Full Blossom . 265 
Honey, Quality of . 265 
Other Name for. 263 
Pollen in the Honey Plant. ....263, 264 
Danger in Buying Bees.121, 122 
Dark and Strong-flavored Honey Excellent for 
Vinegar . 864 
Dead Brood from Drone-laying Queens or Lay¬ 
ing Workers . 378 
Decisions Relating to Bees. 557 
Demaree Plan of Swarm Control.319, 320, 815- 817 
Demaree Plan of Swarm Control. See Swarm¬ 
ing. 
Demuth’s Automatic Feeder. 926 
Demuth’s Plan of Wintering with Hive Bodies 
or Supers .. , . .... 905 
Deserts for the Mating of Queens. 76 
Development of Bees.266- 271 
Dextrin, Mainly in Sucrose. 271 
Dextrin. See Honey, also page 271. 
Dextrose . 271 
Dextrose in Glucose. 417 
Diagnosing at the Entrance, How to Save Time 275 
Colonies..271- 275 
Colonies Defined . 271 
Colonies Without Opening. 584 
Diseases of Bees . 274 
Dysentery .274 
Inclination to Swarm. 272 
of Colony in Winter. 274 
of Foul Brood by Experts. 378 
Queenless Colony by Appearances. 707 
Diarrhea among Bees. See Dysentery. 
Disappearing Disease of Bees.281, 282 
Disease Probably Caused by Nosema Apis 282: 
Disease, Similar to Isle of Wight Disease 281 
Disease, Isle of Wight. 277 
May .. 282' 
Diseases of Bees... .275- 282 
How to Avoid . 275 
of Bees, Two Classes. 275 
of Brood. See Foul Brood. 
Distance Bees Can Fly.361, 362 
Distance Bees Fly. See Flight of Bees. 
Distribution of Goldenrod.420, 421 
Dividing . 282: 
Dividing Distinguished from Artificial Swarm¬ 
ing and Increase . 282: 
Divisible Brood-chamber Hive a Failure.... 546 
Division-boards, Making Out of a Comb.... 900) 
Domestic Economy of the Hive. See Bee Be¬ 
havior, Brood and Brood-rearing; also 
Development of Bees. 
Doolittle Method of Rearing Queens.... 688, 689 
Doolittle Wide Frames for Sections. 227 
Double-walled Hives .451- 455 
Drifting .282, 283 
After Bees Are Put Out of Cellars. 923 
as a Result of Playflight. 283 
Bees, Why Not St\mg. 283 
Defined . 282 
What Takes Bees Out of the Cellar. . . . 283 
Drone Brood . 144 
Combs, Size of .488, 489 
Does He Have One Parent?. 285 
Eggs, Found in Large Cells. 283 
Excluders . 288- 290 
Laying Queens .287, 704 
Drones .283- 290 
Age of . 21 
Behavior of . 96 
Cost of Rearing Many. 286 
Cost of Rearing Many. See Drone Brood 
and Brood-rearing, also Combs with 
Drone-cells. 
Destruction of, in Fall. 287 
Eliminated by Foundation. 207 
Excluding Undesirable for Mating. 76 
for Breeding . 139 
from Drone Layers . 287 
from Unfertilized Eggs . 651 
from Worker Bees. 286 
Going Out with Swarm. 792 
Influence of, on Swarming. 804 
Rearing Out of Season. 286 
Reproductive Organs of. 44 
Restraining Undesirable . 288 
Sexual Maturity of . 284 
with Heads of Different Colors. 288 
Dysentery .290- 292 
a Cause of Spring Dwindling. 772 
Cause of .290, 291 
Caused by Aphides . 291 
Cured by Warm Weather Outdoors ,.291, 292 
