952 INDEX 
How to Get Rid of. 565 
See Drones. 
Legal Decision on Bees Injuring Fruit. . .114, 115 
Legal Responsibility of Beekeepers.109- 114 
Legislation Against Spraying at the Wrong 
Time .390, 391 
Legs of the Bee.41, 659- 662 
Legs of Bees, What They Perform in Wax.. 871 
Legumes, Pollination of. 394 
Levulose. See Honey and Honey Analysis. 
Lima Bean .566, 567 
Lima Bean, Important Honey Source in South¬ 
ern California . 567 
Lime for Clovers .183- 185 
Lime. See Alfalfa and Clover. 
Linden. See Basswood. 
List of Important Honey Plants.511- 519 
Live-bee Demonstration, How to Make.. 502, 503 
Live-bee Demonstration. See Honey Exhibits. 
Live Bees, Helping to Sell Honey. 633 
Localities, How They Differ so Far as Bee¬ 
keeping Practices Are Concerned. 568 
Locality .567- 571 
Factors That Influence . 568 
How It Modifies Bee Manipulation. 568 
Its Effect on Swarming. 807 
Locations, Failing . 646 
in United States Variously Compared.568- 571 
Locust .571, 572 
Log Gums, Passing of . 137 
Log Hives . 136- 139 
Logwood . 573 
Logwood, One of Important Honey Trees of 
the Tropics . 573 
Long-idea Hives .449- 451 
M 
Manchineel . 588 
Mangrove Affected by the Big Freeze of 1894 574 
Black .574, 575 
Important Source of Honey in Southern 
Florida . 575 
Various Species of . 574 
Manipulating Colony of Bees.12, 13 
Manipulation Facilities by Proper Tools.... 577 
of Bees Dependent Somewhat on Weath¬ 
er Conditions . 576 
of Colonies .575- 588 
of Colonies, How to Avoid Being Stung 
. 783, 784 
Manum’s Device . 799 
Manure for Winter Covering. 77 
Manzanita . 588 
Maple . 588 
Marigold . 589 
Marketing Honey .589- 593 
Honey Along the Roadside. 592 
Honey at a Less Price. 590 
Honey in a Large Way. 590 
Honey Thru Commission Houses. 591 
Thru Honey Exchanges Where in Exist¬ 
ence .. 590 
Mason Jars and Jelly Tumblers for Extracted 
Honey . 315 
Mating Hives in Queen-rearing.694, 695 
of Queen and Drone.284, 285 
of Queen and Drone. See Drones. 
May Disease . 282 
Mesquite . . . ..593- 595 
Honey, Quality of . 595 
in the Hawaiian Islands. 595 
One of the Main Honey Plants of Texas 594 
Rapid Spread of . 594 
Species of . 593 
Two Blooming Periods of. 594 
Metamorphosis of Bees. See Development of 
Bees. 
Methods Preventing After-swarming. 20 
Mice Destructive of Bees. 297 
Mice. See Entrances. 
Migratory Beekeeping . 596 
by Small Boats . 745 
in Bean Fields . 567 
in California . 596 
Milkweed .596- 599 
Climbing or Blue Vine. 599 
Common . 597 
Pollen Masses on Bees’ Legs. 598 
Where Distributed . 597 
Miller on Cell-killing for Swarm Control. 813, 814 
Miller’s Smoker Method of Introducing.. 538, 539 
Miter-box for Cutting Comb Foundation. 224 
Modern Beekeeping versus Old.137, 138 
Equipment, What It Has Done for Bee¬ 
keeping . 2 
Hives .7, 8 
Moisture, Why Forms on the Inside of Hive.. 908 
Mosquito Hawks Very Destructive at Some 
Seasons of Year in Florida. 299 
Moth Miller .599- 616 
Miller Eggs. 607 
Miller, Fumigation of . 614 
Miller, Habits of . 605 
Miller, How to Control. 614 
Miller in Combs When Stored Away from 
Bees . 601 
Miller in High Altitudes. 601 
Miller Larvae . 610 
Miller, Life History of. 612 
Miller Mating and Oviposition. 607 
Miller, Natural Enemies of. 612 
Miller Origin and Distribution. 605 
Miller Sometimes a Blessing in Disguise 
. 602, 603 
Worm Galleries .608, 609 
Worms, How They Burrow into Brood- 
frames .613- 615 
Worms, How They Destroy Comb Foun¬ 
dation . 611 
Mother Earth, Temperature of. 917 
Mouth Parts of Bees.6, 39 
Moving Bees .616- 625 
Bees after Being Put into a Sack. 621 
Bees by Automobile Truck or Horse- 
drawn Wagon.168, 621, 622 
Bees by Boat . 619 
Bees Long Distance by Express.... 623, 624 
Bees, Preparing for .619- 621 
Bees Several Miles. 619 
Bees Short Distances Not Practicable.616, 617 
Bees to Outyards and Back Again. 618 
Bees, When . 622 
Bees Without Shutting Them in Hive... 622 
Mustard . 624 
N 
Nectar .626, 627 
Abundant from Oranges . 639 
Chemical Characteristics of . 627 
Correlated with Character of Soil. 508 
Plow Bees Extract Water from. 869 
How Deposited in Cells. 94 
How Gathered by Bee. 37 
Secretion in Clovers . 188 
Nectaries of Cotton.256, 257 
Neighbors, Getting on the Right Side of.. 109, 126 
Nervous System of Honeybee. 45 
Newspaper Plan of Uniting. 853 
Nosema Apis, Not Cause of Isle of Wight Dis¬ 
ease . 278 
Nosema Apis, Probable Cause of Disappearing 
Disease . 282 
Nuclei .627- 631 
Absconding .15, 16 
for Purpose of Instruction. 628 
Forming .695- 697 
