INDEX 
953 
Forming for Increase. 
Forming, Problem for Beginners. 
Full Size or Baby, for Mating Queens.694, 
How to Feed. 
Large for Queen-rearing Superior to 
Small Nuclei . 
Somerford’s Method of Forming. 
Used for One of Two Purposes. 
Very Small, Require Watchful Care. 
Nucleus Defined .627, 
Nuisance, Bees a. See Bees Not a Nuisance. 
Nursery Cage for Cells and Virgins. 
O 
Observatory Hives .632- 
for Increasing the Sale of Honey. 
Huber’s . 
Importance of Having Means of Ventila¬ 
tion . 
in Public Schools for Purpose of Instruc¬ 
tion . 
Maintenance and Operation. 
of Arthur C. Miller Type.633- 
of Great Educational Value. 
of Usual Type. 
Origin of . 
Odor in Queen Introducing. 
Orange .637- 
Development of, in California.639, 
Honey in California, Quality of.639, 
in Florida .637, 
Nectar Abundant in California. 
When in Bloom in Southern California.. 
Order of Reading. 
Ordinances Declaring Bees a Nuisance Uncon- 
constitutional .560, 
Orientation Flights. See Playflights of Young 
Bees. 
Out-apiaries .640- 
Care of Automobiles for. 
Distance Between . 
Failing Locations of . 
General Management of . 
Hauling Bees and Bee Supplies to and 
from .642, 
Helpers for . 
Number of Colonies in.640, 
Rent for . 
Wintering Bees at. 
Out apiary Business Caution. 
Extension . 
Location Dependent upon Conditions . . . 
Scaling a Hive at. 
Outdoor Feeding. See Feeding Outdoors. 
Overstocking .646- 
Overstocking and Priority Rights. 
P 
Package Bees, Buying .122- 
How Released . 
See Shipping Bees. 
Sending by Express .746- 
Pails for Feeding. 
Palmetto .648- 
Honey, Quality . 
Scrub ... 
Two Kinds . 
When it Begins to Bloom.. 
Paper for Midrib in Foundation 
Paper Winter Cases.903, 
Paralysis of Bees.275, 
Parasite, Cause of Isle of Wight Disease 278, 
Parasites of Bees. 
Parasites of Bees. See Isle of Wight Disease, 
under Disease of Bees. 
Parasitic Bees . 
Parthenogenesis .651, 
as Shown in Dzierzon Theory.295, 
Occurring in Many Other Orders of Both 
Plants and Animals . 652 
Who Discovered . 651 
Partridge Pea . 652 
Blooming Period . 652 
Honey, Quality . 652 
Pasturage. See Artificial Pasturage. 
Patent-right Vendors . 653 
Patents, Impossibility of Securing Fundamen¬ 
tal, in Bee Culture. 546 
in Bee Culture . 546 
in Bee Culture Generally of Little Value 653 
Relating to Bee Culture. See Inventions 
Relating to Bee Culture. 
Peddling Honey. See Honey-peddling; also Ex¬ 
tracted Honey and Marketing Honey. 
Pennyroyal . 653 
Pennyroyal Honey, Quality of. 653 
Pepperbush .653, 654 
Pepper Tree . 654 
Perforated Zinc . 288 
Perforated Zinc. See Drones; also Extracting. 
Peterson Capping-Melter for Granulated Comb 
Honey .; . . . 247 
Phacelia . 654 
Phillips on American Foul Brood. 367 
Pickled Brood. See Foul Brood, subhead Sac- 
brood. 
Plant Lice, Important Source of Honeydew.. 493 
Plant Life Divided in Two Classes. 667 
Plants, Flowering . 667 
Pollination, Fertilization Occurring after 671 
Producing Pollen .509- 511 
Yielding Nectar .511- 519 
Playflights, Cause of Drifting . 283 
Mistaken for Robbing.655, 656, 733 
of Young Bees. 655 
Poison of Bee-sting . 785 
of Sting as a Remedial Agent. 785 
Sac of Honeybee. 40 
Poisonous Honey, Death and Sickness from.. 658 
from Mountain Laurel .656, 657 
from Soapberry. 658 
from Yellow Jessamine.657, 658 
in North Carolina .656, 657 
in United States . 656 
Xenophon’s Description of. 656 
Pollen, Artificial, Sometimes Needed in Spring 
Management . 773, 774 
Baskets .660- 662 
Baskets, How They Are Loaded. 663 
Behavior of Bees in Collecting.659- 663 
Brushes . 659 
Early from Willows . 889 
First of the Season. 93 
for Bumblebees . 172 
Forced into Supers by Shallow Hives. . . . 667 
Gathered by Bees.5, 6 
Grains .658, 659 
Highly Nutritious Food. 658 
How Unloaded in Cells. 93 
in Combs During Winter. 924 
in Section Boxes. 667 
Masses in Milkweed.598, 663 
Necessary for Brood-rearing. 169 
Sometimes Called Beebread. 97 
Substitutes for .664- 66 
Substitutes in the Spring.773, 774 
Pollination by Bees. 4 
by Beetles . 678 
by Birds . 677 
by Insects . 677 
by Moths . 679 
by Water . 677 
by Wind . 676 
Cross .672, 681 
Effect upon Clover. 187 
Farmers Discovering . 4 
628 
629 
695 
630 
695 
630 
628 
628 
628 
693 
637 
633 
524 
637 
633 
636 
635 
632 
633 
632 
532 
640 
640 
640 
638 
639 
640 
4 
561 
646 
645 
641 
646 
644 
643 
644 
641 
644 
645 
646 
683 
642 
646 
648 
647 
125 
124 
748 
352 
650 
649 
650 
649 
650 
215 
904 
276 
279 
297 
766 
652 
296 
