INDEX

ABC of Bee Culture, 207.

Abdomen, 187.

Æsophagus, 191, Plate XXVI.

After-swarms led by virgin queen, 81.

prevention of 81.

reason of and remedy for, 79, 81.

Alder, 154.

Alfalfa, 201.

Alighting board, 15.

Alimentary canal, 187, 191, Plates XXV., XXVI.

Alley’s queen and drone trap, 12.

Alsike, 200.

Anatomy, external, 181, Plate XXV.

internal, 187, Plate XXVI.

Antenna cleaner, 186, Plate VII.

Antennæ, 183, Plate VII.

Ants, 27.

Apiaries, floating, 209.

out, 209.

Apiary, high fence for, in city, 23.

in village garden, 22.

location and arrangement of 20.

mowing the, 23.

old-fashioned, Plate XXVII.

old orchard good place for, 20.

on city house tops, 22.

sheep in, 23.

windbreak for, 22.

Apparatus for extracting, Plate XVIII.

Apple, 196.

Apple blossoms, Plate XVII.

Apricot, 196.

Aristotle, 172, 207.

Artificial pasturage, 199.

Bacillus alvei, 176.

Balling of queen, 32, 158.

Basswood, 198.

blossoms, frontispiece.

Bee, anatomy of, 181.

books, 206.

brush, Plate III.

Brush, Dixie, 19.

brush, use of, 101.

cellars, for wintering, the Bingham, 151.

gloves, 11, 17.

glue, its source, 60, 61.

glue made from varnish and cement, 61.

glue, various uses of, 62.

house-keepers, 34.

how she gathers pollen, 59.

how she collects propolis, 62.

ingratitude, 44.

journals, 206.

moth, 172.

moth, development of, 173.

moth, how to detect, 173.

moth, maxims, 176.

moth, remedy for, 174.

tent, 102, 168.

tree, 214.

veil, 11, 16.

worker, 59.

worker, brains of, 40.

worker—life and habits of, 42, 43.

worker, sex of, 39.

Bee-bread, 59.

as food, 60.

in cells, 98.

Bee-escape, Plate III.

Porter, 18.

Porter, use of, 101.

Bee-gum, 83.

Bee-hunting, 211.

Bee-keepers, 206.

books written by, 9.

number of, 207.

Bee-keepers’ supplies, catalogue of, 10.

Bee-keeping, 206.

a beginner’s order, 11.

as a regular business, 10.

attractive materials of, 85.

how to begin, 8.

too successful, 73.

worst way to begin, 10.

Bees, as a recreation, 5.

as socialists, 6.

a study in natural science, 6.

belong to the garden, 7.

control population, 34.

diseases of, 176.

enemies and diseases of, 172.

feeding of, 136.

German or black, 12, 47.

how they collect propolis, 60, 61.

how they secrete wax, 52.

how to handle them, 91.

how to keep from keeping too many, 73.

how to manage when swarming, 66.

how to reconcile swarm to new hive, 70.

how to unite colonies, 82.

how to winter, 145.

how to work with, 92.

hybrids, 48.

Italian, 12, 13.

Italian and black bees compared, 48.

Italian, Mr. Root’s test for, 48.

keep for sake of honey, 4.

keep for sake of money, 4.

legends and literature of, 3.

races of, 12.

races of domestic, 47.

reasons why one should keep, 3.

relations to plants, 194.

robbing, 164.

secreting wax, Plate X.

sense of smell, 92.

swarming of, 64.

telling the, 61.

watering, 143.

when they swarm, 65.

why they swarm, 64.

wild, 47.

Beeswax, adulterated, 126, 134.

clarified by vinegar, 128.

how to make it, 126.

its value, 126.

maxims for making, 135.

press, 132.

primitive method of rendering, 127.

refining of, 134.

rendered in wash-boiler, 129.

Beeswax-extractors, 130.

Black brood, 179.

Blue thistle, 204.

Boardman wax extractor, 130, 131.

Body wall, 181, Plate XXV.

Bonnet, 207.

Borage, 204.

Bottom board, 83.

Box elder in blossom, Plate XXX.

Box hives, 83, 208.

Brain, 188, Plate XXV.

Brimstoning bees, 208.

Brood, black, 179.

foul, 176.

foundation, 17.

how to examine, 97.

pickled, 179.

Brood chamber, 83.

how to examine, 95.

size of, 14.

Brood frame, Langstroth, how much honey it will hold, 146.

examining of, Plate XIII.

how to lift out, 96.

Brushing or shaking-out method to control swarming, 77.

Buckwheat, 201.

Buckwheat in blossom, Plate XXIX.

Cabbage palmetto, 199.

Cages, queen, 160, 161.

Candy for feeding bees, how to make, 141.

Good, 141, 161.

Cans for shipping extracted honey in bulk, 123.

Carniolan bees, 47.

Carton for comb-honey, 106, 113.

Catnip, 204.

Cell of queen, 29.

Cellars for wintering bees, 150.

Cerasin, wax adulterant, 134.

Chaff hives, 11, 14.

Chaff hives for wintering, 148, Plate XXII.

Chyle food, 36.

how regurgitated, 58.

City apiary, 22.

Cleome, 204.

Clipping wings of queen, 75.

Clover, 200.

Coggshall, 209.

Colonies, how to unite, 82.

Colony, queenless, 29.

queenless, Mr. Root’s method of testing, 159, 160.

Comb building, Plate IX.

built by many workers, 56.

drone, 37.

cell caps, construction of, 56.

foundation for brood-chamber, 85.

how to tell honey from brood in capped cells, 97.

made without pollen, 50.

making, described by A. I. Root, 53.

making, Prof. V. L. Kellogg’s observation of, 53.

mathematics of, 54.

placing in extractor, Plate XIX.

shape of, not fortuitous, 54.

strength of, 56.

uncapping of, Plate XIX.

Comb-honey and large hives, 77.

bee-moth in, 174, 175.

candied, 115.

compared with extracted honey, 106, 124.

conditions for production of, 107.

grading of, 112.

how to keep, 116.

how to make, 106.

in 8-frame hive, 14.

marketing of, 114.

maxims for producers of, 116.

shipping of, 113.

storing of, 115.

Combs for extracting, Plate XVIII.

Cook, Prof. A. J., method of uniting colonies, 82, 207.

observation on bee-moth, 172.

Coreopsis, 204.

Corneil smoker, 11, 16.

how to use, 93.

Coxa, 185.

Crabapple blossoms, Plate XXVIII.

Crimson clover, 200.

Cuticle, 182, Plate XXV.

Cyprians, 47, 210.

Daisy foundation fastener, 11, 17.

Dandelion, 205.

De Geer, 207.

Details concerning honey, 106.

Development of worker, 40.

Diarrhœa, prevention of, 180.

Diseases of bees, 176.

Division board, what it is, 13.

Division board feeder, Plate XII.

Dixie bee-brush, 12.

Doolittle division board feeder, 12.

wax-extractor, 130, 131.

Drone, the, 34, Plate V.

appearance of, 35.

cell of, 37, Plate VIII.

cells, how capped, 97.

cells, size of, 56.

comb, 37.

death of, 35.

eggs in worker cells, 37.

flight of, 36.

food of, 36.

from unfertilised egg, 36.

head of, Plate VI.

leg of, Plate VII.

life-history of, 36.

killing of, 38, 39.

maturity of, 37.

physical characteristics of, 35, 36.

reproductive organs of, Plate XXVI.

trap, 19, Plate XVI.

wedding flight of, 38.

Drones, great number of, 38.

males, 27.

Dzierzon, 207, 208.

Egg, 192.

queen, 29.

tubes, 192, Plate XXVI.

Eggs, unfertilised, 33.

Egyptian bees, 47.

Enemies of bees, 172.

Entrance to hive, how to contract, 167.

Epilobium angustifolium, 204.

Eucalyptus, 199.

Extracted honey and large hives, 77.

candied, 122, Plate XXI.

care of, 121.

compared with comb-honey, 106, 124.

drawing from extractor, Plate XX.

hive for, 14.

how to bottle or can, 122.

how to produce it, 117.

in glass jars, Plate XXI.

maxims for the producers of, 124.

packages for, 123.

Extracting room and apparatus, Plate XVIII.

Extractor, honey, invention of, 117.

Extractor, Solar wax, 130.

Extractor, wax, 130.

Eyes, compound, 183, Plate VI.

simple, 183, Plate VI.

Fabricius, 207.

Feeder, Boardman, 138.

Division board, 138.

Doolittle, 19.

pepper-box, 139.

Feeders, Smith, Hedden, Miller, 139.

Feeding back, 143.

bees, 136.

candy, 140.

chunk honey, 140.

for honey, 142.

for winter, 137.

how to do it, 138.

how to feed inside the hive, 138.

how to feed outside the hive, 138.

in fall, 136.

in spring, 136.

maxims for, 144.

rye flour, 142.

syrup in combs, 140.

what to feed, 137.

Females of social insects, 27.

Fence, Plate III.

between sections, 88.

Figwort, 204.

Fireweed, 204.

Flowers of the garden, 203.

Food of worker, 40.

Foul brood, 176, 179.

how to detect, 177.

remedy for, 177.

Foundation, brood, 17.

super, 11.

Foundation-comb, 126, Plate XII.

for brood-chamber, 85.

for sections, how to cut, 89.

how to place in frame, 85, 86.

size of, 86.

Foundation-fastener, Daisy, 17.

Parker, 18.

super, 17.

for extracted honey, 119.

foundation for, 84.

Frames, Hoffman brood, 86.

Hoffman self-spacing, 84.

Langstroth movable, 84.

self-spacing, Plate XII.

spacing of, 84.

Fruit, not punctured by bees, 196.

Fruit trees, 196, 197.

Gall-berry, 204.

Galleria mellonella, 172.

Garden flowers, 203.

German bees compared with Italians, 48.

German steam wax press, 133.

Gill-over-the-ground, 204.

Glands, 189.

Glands of honey-bee, Plate XXV.

Goldenrod, 204.

Grapes, not punctured by bees, 197.

Guajilla, 199.

Hatch-Gemmill wax press, 133.

Head, 183, Plate XXV.

Heart, 188, Plate XXV.

Hetherington super springs, 90.

Hive, arrangement in apiary, 24.

cover, 15, 83.

the description of, 14.

entrance, how to contract, 167.

essential parts of, 83.

history of, 83.

how to get the cover off, 95.

how to handle it, 83.

how to lift out the brood-frames, 96.

how to open, 92.

industries of, 50.

inhabitants of, 27.

Langstroth, 8-frame, 10-frame, 14.

maxims for opening, 104.

one and one-half story, Plate XV.

the reasons why it must be opened, 94.

telescope cover, 91.

tenement, for wintering, 149.

to change the location of, 25.

Hive-stand, 15, 24.

Hives, chaff, 14, 15.

chaff for wintering, 148, Plate XXII.

Dadant-Quinby, size of, 77.

decoy, 70.

devices for carrying into cellar, 152.

double-walled, 21.

double-walled, cover for, 22.

entrance toward south, 25.

how to group, 20, 25.

large, for extracted honey, 77.

large sizes limit swarming, 77.

observation, 103.

shade boards for, 21.

shaded by awning, 21.

shaded by thatched roof, 21.

shaded by trellis, 21.

well shaded, Plate IV.

where to put them, 20.

Hiving bees, Plate XI.

maxims for, 72.

Holy Land bees, 47.

Honey, the amount produced in the United States, 58.

basswood, 198.

buckwheat, 202.

composition of, 57.

flowers, 194.

gardens, 199, 204.

healthful food, 58.

how produced, 57.

how to take off in supers, 101.

house, 25.

not made in the true stomach of the bee, 58.

of Hymettus, 204.

the only sweet of the ancients, 58.

plants, 199.

ripened in uncapped cells, 57.

ripening of, 120.

room, 25.

sage, 203.

uncapped, 120.

uncapping of, 120.

unripened for extracting, 119.

weeds, 199.

when to extract, 119.

white clover, 200.

Honey-extractor, invention of, 117.

principles of construction of, 118.

use of, 119.

Honey-stomach, 57, 191, Plate XXVI.

Horsemint, 204.

House top for apiary, 22.

How to clip the queen’s wings, 100.

to examine frames of brood-chamber, 95.

to find the queen, 99.

to find the queen cells, 98.

to handle the bees, 91.

to introduce a queen, 160, 161.

to keep from keeping too many bees, 73.

to make comb-honey, 106.

to open the hive, 92.

to produce extracted honey, 117.

to rear queens, 156.

to stop robbing, 167.

to take off honey in supers, 101.

to winter bees, 145.

to winter bees in cellars, 150.

Hruschka, Major Francesco de, inventor of honey-extractor, 117.

Huber, 61, 103, 208.

Hutchinson, W. Z., method of treating after-swarms, 81.

Hymettus, honey of, 204.

Hypodermis, 182, Plate XXV.

Indian meal moth, 175.

Industries of the hive, 50.

Inhabitants of the hive, 27.

Introducing the queen, 157.

by nucleus method, 162.

Interrelation of bees and plants, 194.

Intestine, 191, Plate XXVI.

Italian bees, 47, 204.

Italian worker, description of, 47.

Jars for extracted honey, 123.

Kellogg, Prof. V. L., 53, 103, 172.

Kitchen, how bees rob the, 165.

Labium, 184, Plate XXV.

Labrum, 184, Plate XXV.

Lamarck, 207.

Langstroth, 207, 208.

Latreille, 207.

Laying worker, 45, 79.

Leg, 185.

Legs of honey-bee, Plate VII.

Legumes, 200.

Linnæus, 207.

Location of hive, to mark, 25.

Locust blossoms, Plate XXXI.

Locusts, 197.

Males of social insects, 27.

Malpighian tubes, 191, Plate XXVI.

Malthusian practices of bees, 34.

Mandibles, 184, Plate XXV.

Manum swarm catcher, 12, 19.

Maple, mountain, Plate XXIV.

Maples, 154, 197.

Marjoram, 203.

Marketing comb-honey, 114.

Mason’s cans for extracted honey, 123.

Maxillæ, 184, Plate XXV.

Maxims for beeswax making, 135.

for feeding, 144.

for hiving bees, 72.

for introducing queens, 163.

for opening the hive, 104.

for prevention of bee-moth, 176.

for producers of comb-honey, 116.

for the producer of extracted honey, 124.

for wintering, 154.

to prevent robbing, 171.

McEvoy, William, treatment of foul brood, 177.

Medics, 201.

Mellilots, 205.

Metatarsus, 185.

Micropyle, 192.

Milkweed, 204.

Miller, Dr., 102, 162.

Mignonette, 203.

Motherwort, 204.

Mouth parts, 184, Plate XXV.

Muscles, 187, Plate XXV.

Muth bottles for extracted honey, 123.

Nervous system, 188, Plate XXV.

Nucleus, method of introducing queen, 162.

to begin with, 13.

Observation hives, 103, opposite frontispiece.

Ocelli, 183, Plate VI.

Out-apiaries, 209.

Ovaries, 192, Plate XXVI.

Oviduct, 192, Plate XXVI.

Oxydendrum arboreum, 199.

Palpi, 185, Plate XXV.

Paraffine, wax adulterant, 134.

Parker foundation fastener, 18.

Partnership of bees and plants, 195.

Peach, 196.

Pear, 196.

Pickled brood, 179.

Piping of queen, 31, 32.

Planting for honey impractical, 199.

Pliny, 207.

Plodia interpunctella, 175.

Plum, 196.

Plum blossoms, Plate XXIII.

Points about beeswax, 126.

Poison glands, 193, Plate XXVI.

Pollen, 59.

fed to drone, 37.

how gathered, 59.

in cells, 98.

how placed in cell, 60.

made into bee-bread, 60.

Pollen-baskets, 59, 186, Plate VII.

Pollen-comb, Plate VII.

Porter bee-escape, 12, 18.

Propolis, how collected, 62.

how to dissolve, 63.

its source, 60, 61.

made from varnish and cement, 61.

various uses of, 62.

Pussy willows, 197.

Queen, Plate V.

armour of, 30, 31.

balling of, 32, 158, 159.

cages, 160, 161, Plate XVI.

cages, the Miller, 162.

capacity for egg-laying, 28.

cell, 29, Plate V.

cell, how to find, 98.

cell, how to cut out, 98.

clipping wings of, 75.

development of, 28.

duels, 30, 31.

egg, 29.

excluder, 78.

first flight of, 32.

head of, Plate VI.

her attendants, 28.

how she lays eggs, 33, 34.

how to find, 99.

how to handle, 99.

how to introduce, 160.

introducing by nucleus method, 162.

introducing cage, Plate V.

introducing of, 157.

issues from cell, 30.

larva, 30.

leg of, Plate VII.

maxims for introducing, 163.

mother of her subjects, 27.

piping of, 31, 32.

rearing, 156, 157.

removed to prevent swarming, 79.

reproductive organs of, 30, Plate XXVI.

selection of, 27, 28.

surrounded by workers, 99.

tested, 14.

trap, 19, 75, Plate XIV.

virgin, leads after-swarms, 79, 80, 81.

weapons, 30, 31.

wedding flight of, 32.

when to introduce, 159.

Queen-clipping device, 100.

Queen-excluding honey-board, use of, 108.

Queenless colony, 29.

Queens, development of new, 29.

females, 27.

Queen’s wings, how to clip, 100.

Quinby, 207.

Rape, 202.

Rauchfuss wax-extractor, 130, 131.

Rearing queens, 156.

Réaumur, 207.

Red clover, 200.

Red maple, 197.

Red raspberry, 202.

Reproductive organs, 191, Plate XXVI.

Respiratory system, 188, Plate XXVI.

Robbing, borrowing, 170.

fate of the robbed colony, 170.

how it is done, 166.

how to detect, 167.

how to prevent, 102.

how to stop, 167, 168, 169.

maxims to prevent, 171.

the result of, 164.

slow, 170.

when it is likely to happen, 165.

why, 164.

Rocky Mountain bee plant, 204.

Root, 207.

treatment of foul brood, 177.

views about smoking bees, 93.

Royal jelly, 29.

Rye flour for feeding, 142.

Sage, white, 203.

Sage, black or button, 203.

Scrofularia venalis, 204.

Section glazed for comb-honey, 106.

holder, Plate XIV.

holders, 88.

of honey, Plate XIV.

Section-boxes, 88, Plates II., III., XIV.

no bee-way, 88.

with beeways, 88.

Sections, 11, 17.

fence between, 88.

foundation-comb for, 89.

how to put together, 89.

how to take off, 110.

no bee-way, 16.

scraping of, 112.

stained, 111.

unfinished, 110.

Sense hairs, Plate VII.

Sense organs, 183.

Sense pits, Plate VII.

Shade for hives, 21.

Sheep in apiary, 23.

Shipping-cases for comb-honey, 113.

Skeleton, 181, 187, Plate XXV.

Slumgum, 131.

Smell, organs of, 184.

Smoking bees, should be done carefully, 93, 94.

Smoker, Corneil, 16, Plate II.

how to fill and use, 92, 93.

Social insects, 27.

increase of, 64.

Solar wax-extractor, 130, 131.

Sour wood, 198.

Spanish needle, 204.

Spraying fruit blossoms with arsenic, 196.

Spermatheca, 192, Plate XXVI.

Spermatozoa, 192.

Spider flower, 204.

Spiracles, 188, Plate XXVI.

Spring dwindling, 154.

Spur, Plate VII.

Spur wire-embedder, 86.

Stained sections, 111.

Sting, 193, Plate XXVI.

Stomach, 191, Plate XXVI.

Sumach blossoms, Plate XXIV.

Storifying, 110.

Sunflower, 203.

Super, 11.

boxes, 209.

cover, 11, 91.

description of, 87.

filled with section-boxes, Plate XV.

for comb-honey, 87.

for extracted honey, 87.

foundation, 17.

how to entice bees into, 108.

how to prepare, 90.

how to prepare and place in hive, 91.

partly filled, Plate III.

parts of, 87.

ready to be filled, Plate XII.

springs, 88, 90.

Supers, 15, 83.

different kinds of, 88.

how to take off when filled with honey, 101.

Swammerdam, 207.

Swarm, how to hive, 66, 68.

how to manage in difficult places, 69.

how to reconcile to new hive, 70.

how to stop, 66.

size of, 65.

throwing dirt at, 67.

use, fountain pump with, 67.

Mr. West’s device for saving, 71.

when given off, 65.

Swarm-catcher, the Manum, 19.

Swarming, conditions that lead to, 65.

control by brushing out method, 77.

control by extracting honey, 76.

control by giving room, 76.

control by removing queen, 79.

lessened by use of large hives, 77.

necessary to produce comb-honey, 75.

of bees, 64.

owing to queen or workers, 65.

Swarms, dividing of, 78.

Sweet clover, 205.

Swiss wax extractor, 131.

Syrian, 47.

Syrup, for feeding bees how to make, 137.

medicated for foul brood, 177.

Taking up bees, 208.

Tallow, wax adulterant, 134.

Tarsus, 185.

Telescope cover, 15.

Tenement hives for wintering, 149.

Tents for bee-keepers, 102.

Termites, 27.

Thorax, 185.

Thorn-apple blossoms, Plate XXVIII.

Thyme, 203.

Tibia, 185.

Tiering up, 108.

Tin pails for extracted honey, 123.

Tinned wire, 12.

Tongue, 184, Plate XXV.

Tracheæ, 189, Plate XXVI.

Trap for queen, 75.

Trap, queen and drone, 19.

Trees, 196.

Trochanter, 185.

Turnip, 202.

Uncapping, 120.

Uncapping cans, the Dadant, 121.

Uncapping knife, Bingham, 120.

Urinary organs, 191.

Vagina, 192.

Van Deusen wax-tube fastener, 12, 18, 86.

Varnish used as bee glue, 61.

Vas deferens, 193, Plate XXVI.

Veil, need for, 16.

Village garden for apiary, 22.

Wasps, 27.

Watering bees, 143.

Wax, amount of honey required to make, 50.

bees hang in curtains to make, 52.

bees secreting, Plate X.

the constituents of, 51.

how to make it, 126.

made in the fields, 52.

made when need for, 52.

press, 132, 133.

the secretion of, 50.

scales, 52.

Wax-extractors, 130.

Wax-glands, 52, 191, Plate XXVI.

Wax-pincers, 186, Plate VII.

Wax-plates, 51, Plates VI., XXV.

Wax-tube fastener, 18, Plate III.

Weeds, 203.

When to feed, 136.

When to introduce a queen, 159.

When to put bees into cellar, 153.

White clover, 200.

Wild flowers, 203.

Willow, 154, 197.

Wings, 185.

Wintering bees in single-walled hives, 145.

diarrhœa, 179.

getting ready for, 146.

how much food needed for, 146.

in cellars, 150.

in chaff hives, 148, Plate XXII.

in hive boxes, 147.

in tenement hives, 149.

maxims for, 154.

out doors, 147.

poor honey for, 147.

spring dwindling, 154.

when to put bees in the cellar, 153.

when to take bees out of cellar, 153.

ways of, 147.

Wire embedded by heat, 87.

Wire embedder, 86, Plate III.

Wire, tinned, 18, 85.

Worker, 39, Plate V.

cell of, 37, 40, 55.

cocoon of, 41.

death of, 39.

Worker eggs, in drone cells, 37.

head of, Plate VI.

laying, 45, 46.

leg of, Plate VII.

life and habits of, 42, 43.

life-history of, 40, 41.

maturity of, 41.

moulting of, 41.

old age and death of, 44.

Workers, labourers, 27.