954 
INDEX 
Important for Certain Fruit 
of Alfalfa .33, 
of Almonds . 
of Alsike .193, 
of Apples . 
of Berry Plants. 
of Blueberries and Huckleberries. 
of Buckwheat . 
of Cherries . 
of Cone Trees. 
of Cotton . 
of Cranberries . 
of Cucumbers .77, 262, 
of Flowering Plants. 
of Flowers .667- 
of Flowers, Plant Life Divided in Two 
Classes . 
of Fruit Bloom. See Fruit Bloom, 
of Fruit Blossoms, General Conclusion.. 
.413, 
of Fruit Trees. 
of Gooseberries . 
of Legumes . 
of Peaches . 
of Plums . .. 
of Prunes . 
of Quinces . 
of Raspberries and Blackberries. 
of Strawberries . 
of Tomatoes . 
Organs of the Flower. 
Origin of Seed. 
Plants Adapted to. 
Separation of Stamens and Pistils. 
Pollinators, Bees Sui-pass All Other Insects as 
Poor Seasons, Result of Contraction.253, 
Poppleton on Bee Paralysis. 
Portable Extracting-house . 
Poultry and Bees.107, 
Pound of Bees, Number in.886, 
Pound of Bees. See Beginning with Bees. 
Power Extracting Outfit.329- 
Prevention of Swarming. 
Prevention of Swarming. See Swarming, Pre¬ 
vention of. 
Prickly Pear . 
Priority Rights ... 
Priority Rights. See Overstocking. 
Producers, Large. Buy Their Queens. 
Profit Dependent upon Number of Colonies. . . 
. 682, 
Profit on a Single Colony. 
Profits, Average . 
in Bees .682- 
in Bees on Farm. 
Propolis .5, 684- 
Base of Antiseptic Preparation. 
Defined . 
How Gathered and Used . 
in Hive Dependent on Race of Bees. . . . 
Known to the Ancients. 
Sometimes a Nuisance.684- 
Unnecessary in Modern Bee Culture. 
Use for .684, 
When Gathered . 
Pupa of Honeybee.. 
Pure Food Law . 
Purple Sage . 
Pussy Willow .. 
Q 
Quadruple Wintering Cases.900- 
Queen .697- 
After Leaving Cell. 
Age of . 
Amount of Spermatozoa That She Re¬ 
ceives at Mating . 
and Drone Mating .284, 
and Retinue ....... 697 
Barriers in the Way of.810, 811 
Bee, Only One. 6 
Cage Candy .178, 179 
Cages. See Introducing. 
Cells and Their Relation to Swarming.. 79 
Cells an Indication of Swarming. 815 
Cells, Symptom of Swarming. 791 
Clipping for Swarm Control.795, 796 
Development of Baby. 698 
Eggs She Can Lay. 6 
Excluders .288, 290, 545 
Excluders in Extracting. 318 
from Same Egg that Produces a Worker 7 
How Old Can be Fertilized. 704 
How Soon Lays after Mating. 703 
How to Find. 581 
Indicated by Eggs...-. 141 
Influence of, on Swarming. 810 
Like a Worker. 5 
Meeting Drone More Than Once. 703 
Most Important Member of the Hive. ... 95 
Not Always Necessary to Find. 583 
Odor of .95, 708 
on Wedding Trip.6, 7 
Only Perfect Female. 295 
Overcareful in Spreading Brood. 771 
Preceding or Following Swarm. 792 
Rearing .686- 697 
Rearing, Cell Cups for, Doolittle. 688 
Rearing, Cells or Virgins. 694 
Rearing, Colonies for Cell-building.. 691- 692 
Rearing, Conditions Favorable for. 687 
Rearing, Doolittle Method. 688 
Rearing, Forming Nuclei, Baby Size. 695- 697 
Rearing, Grafting Cells for.689- 691 
Rearing in a Large Way. 689 
Rearing in a Small Way. 688 
Rearing in Swarm Control. 816 
Rearing, Large or Small Nuclei for. .694, 695 
Rearing, Mating Hives for. 694 
Rearing, Nursery Cages for.692, 693 
Rearing, Use of Drone Trap. 551 
Rearing, When One Can Afford to Buy 
Queens . 686 
Rearing, Wooden Cell Cups for....689- 691 
Register Card for'Record Work. 721 
Removing, for Swarm Control.815, 816 
Shifting, to Reduce Swarming. 809 
Temperament of . 95 
True Female . . . .. 6 
Virgin . 702 
Virgin, More Nervous. 96 
When Balled, What to Do. 542 
When It Flies Away. 542 
with Drone Organs Attached. 703 
Young, About to Emerge. 699 
Queenless Colony, How to Detect from Appear¬ 
ances . 707 
Queenless Colony’s Cry of Distress. 707 
Queen’s Ability to Lay Drone and Worker 
Eggs at Will, Berlepsch on “The Dzier- 
zon Theory’’ . 295 
Behavior While Sealed.699, 700 
Presence, Detecting, in Diagnosing. 273 
Presence Determined at Entrance. 273 
Reproductive Organs. 46 
Stings .‘. 708 
Voices Variable . 701 
Voluntary Control of Sex of Eggs. 652 
Wings, Shall They be Clipped?.704, 705 
Queens .697- 709 
Age of . 6 
Behavior of .95, 96 
Buy or Rear. 686 
Capable of Laying Two Kinds of Eggs.. 697 
Drone Layers.287, 704 
Emerging and Affect on Swarm. 793 
681 
34 
405 
194 
409 
398 
402 
149 
405 
670 
259 
402 
397 
671 
681 
667 
414 
107 
401 
394 
407 
403 
404 
412 
401 
399 
398 
671 
669 
669 
674 
680 
254 
276 
160 
108 
887 
346 
19 
682 
647 
686 
683 
682 
682 
684 
349 
686 
686 
684 
93 
685 
685 
686 
686 
685 
685 
270 
17 
735 
889 
902 
709 
700 
21 
703 
285 
