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A.

Adapting board 76, 115, 116

Age of bees 6

Anger of bees 76, 89

Apiary, best time to set up 11

" Exterior and interior of 58

Artificial Swarming 79

Right time for 80, 81

Directions for performing the operation of 80, 81

Artificial Swarms, how should be placed 83

Aspect 25, 114, 115

Australia, sending bees to 100, 101

B.

Baby bee, cradle of 9

" emerging from the cell 9

Bath and West of England Journal 97, 99

" " " Agricultural Shows 47, 48, 124, 125, 126

Bee dress 68, 74

" Necessity for 69, 77

Bees, reduced size of 79

" Human breath obnoxious to 89

" Artificial scent objectionable 89

Bee Hives (Modern).

Neighbour's Cottager's:—

Description of 34

Putting on super 35, 36

Time for removal of 36

Depositing eggs in super 36

Neighbour's Improved Cottage (No. 5):—

Description of 28

Directions for 29

Weight 27

Neighbour's Improved Cottage (No. 6) 31

Neighbour's Ladies' Observatory or Crystal Hive:—

Description of 32

Feeding 33

Light not to be admitted at first 33

Mode of fixing 32, 33

" stocking 33

Protection from cold 33

Use of frame work 33

Weight 32

Neighbour's Unicomb Observatory:—

Construction and application 44

Mode of stocking 44

How kept warm 46

How exhibited at Paris 45

Prize Medal for 45

Neighbour's Single Box:—

Description of and directions for 24, 25

Nutt's Collateral:—

Description of 17, 18

Means of ventilation 21

Mode of stocking 19, 20

" taking surplus honey 21, 22

Feeding 19

Shed necessary 19

The late Thomas Nutt 23

Taylor's Improved Cottage:—

Description of 43

Taylor's Eight-bar Straw Hive:—

Description of 43

Taylor's Amateur Eight-bar 26, 29

" " Seven-bar 27

Woodbury Bar and Frame:—

Description of 36

Glass Bar and Frame 38

Straw Bar and Frame, description of 37

Special advantage of 37

Origin of 37

Directions for stocking 73, 74

Woodbury Unicomb:— Construction of 46

Inspection of queen 47

How fixed 48

Answering 48, 49

Mode of stocking 48, 49

Bees removed before Winter 4

Huber's Book or Leaf, description of 50, 51

Bee Houses.

Advantage of 53, 54

Description of, to contain two hives 53

Furnished with lock and key 54

How hives are placed in 54

Plan for excluding insects 54

Description of, to contain twelve hives 55

Object of colouring alighting board 55

Bees mistaking entrance 55, 56

Loss of queens 56

Bee-house to contain nine hives, why not recommended 56

Bee-keeping, inexpensive and profitable 113

Bee-keeping in London 102

St. James's Place 105

Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park 105

St. John's Wood and suburbs of London 105

G. Neighbour and Sons' London Apiary 104

Seasons, 1863, 1864, favorable for 106

Bee-keeper should be a book-keeper 111

C.

Cells, contracted size of 79

Changing old stocks into new hives:—

Not to be attempted by the inexperienced 86

Adaptation of old hive to the depriving system 86

Directions for transferring stocks into frame hives 87

Classes for whom bee-keeping is suited 1

Combs, artificial 70

Value of 70

Mode of applying 71, 72

Must not be jarred 69

Taken from bar and frame hives 75, 79

Fixing in frames 75

Ensuring regularity of 27

Compound Bar and Frame 40

Cottagers, way to convince of the humane system 111

Cottagers' hive 34

Cover for bar and frame hive, description of 41, 42

Zinc 59, 60

Ornamental zinc 59

Straw hackle 35

Crown board 74, 76

D.

Dampness in hives in winter injurious 33, 115

Depriving System:—

Special advantages of 10, 35

Practiced in ancient Greece and Italy 10

Profit to be derived from 111, 112

Dividing hives, reason why they do not answer 82

Dressing hives inside with sweet not needful 35

Driving bees, directions for 84, 85

Drones, sex of 6

Purpose of 7

Reason for numbers in hive 7

General massacre of 7

All die before winter 8

E.

Eggs of bees:—

Description of 9

In supers 36

Entrance to hives 18, 31, 37

Epitaph on murdered bees 11

Evans, note on page, extract from 3, 4, 5, 12, 13

Evening thoughts in January, a poem 56, 57

F.

Feeding 19, 25, 31, 33, 63, 64

Feeder (Bottle) 63

(Nutt's) 66

(Round) 65

(Fountain) 65

Frame:—

Description of 39

Mr. "Woodbury's improvement 40

How kept perpendicular 39, 40

Taking out with combs 76

Direction for handling frames 77, 78

Placing frames in hives 78

French Bishop visiting a Cure (anecdote) 111, 112

Fructifying flowers, bees useful for 91

Fumigation, directions for 66, 67, 68

Fumigators 66, 67, 68

G.

General remarks 110 to 116

Glasses, bell 60, 61, 62

Great Exhibition of 1851, Testimonials of the press 119, 120, 121

Guide comb 27

" for glasses 61, 62

H.

Hives—see Bee-hives 106

Large number may be kept 112

Hive should be ready for swarm 15, 115

Honey cutters 66

Honey Dew 94

Honey, directions for draining from combs 110

Keeping honey in the comb at a warm temperature 110

Huber (Francis), extract from Memoirs of 51

I.

Improved cottage hive 31

Improved comb bar 39

Increase of bees 9

India-rubber gloves 74

Impregnation of queen 3

Insects that are injurious 83, 107

Insects, cleansing hives from 83

Interchange of combs for strengthening weak hives 79

Italian honey bee 93, 94, 95

Description of 96

Great honey collecting powers 96, 97

Opinions of German bee-masters 96

Introduction into England 97

Hermann's book on 97, 98

Physical characteristics of 98

Importation of queens in many instances unsuccessful 99

Transporting stocks to Australia 100, 101

At the International Exhibition 70, 100, 101, 121, 122, 123, 124

J.

Journal of Horticulture 99

K.

Keeping bell glasses warm 25

L.

Ligurian honey bee (see Italian bee)

Loyalty of bees 4

M.

Mortar, not necessary for closing crevices 35

Moths, how entrance is effected 109

How to destroy eggs of 109

N.

Neglect of bee-keeping 1

Neighbour's hives (see Bee-hives).

Number of eggs in the season 3

Nutt's hives (see Bee-hives)

P.

Pasturage for bees 93, 94

Honey yielding flowers 93, 94

Wild flowers best 94

Pollen, food for infant bees 91

How collected 91

Rye meal a substitute for farina from flowers 91

Propolis, or bees' cement 92

How obtained 92, 93

Application of 93

Anecdote illustrating use of 93

Putting on super hive or bell glasses 20, 25, 29, 36, 75

Q.

Queen:—

Description of 2

Movements of, laying eggs and marriage day 3

Honor to when fertile 4

Combats with her rivals 4, 5

Dismay of bees on loss of 5

Raised from worker embryo 5

Longevity of 6

Old one goes with first swarm 12

Leaves hive only in fine weather 12

In super hives 22, 36

Loss of 5,56

View of 44,47

Supplying queenless hives with 5,83

R.

Roller, engraved pressing:—

Description of 69

Application of 69, 70

Royal Agricultural Society's Show 48, 126, 127, 128

S.

Spring, time to begin bee-keeping 11

Spring, First flight of bees in, a poem 116, 117

Sprinkling bees 77

Stand for hives, engraving 24, 28, 36, 42

Sticks in hives not necessary 115

Super for bar and frame hives 41

Bell glass (see Glasses)

Straw 35, 36

Straw hives:

Advantage of 34

Preference for 34, 37

Swarming:—

Usual time of year for 11

Cause of 11

Agitation before 12

Provisioning for 13

Usual time of day for 13

Poetical description of 13

Ringing on occasion of, needless 13

Desirable to prevent 16

Swarms:—

Devices for inducing settlement of 13

Consequences of a second flight 14

Means of preventing ditto 14

Two sometimes depart at same time and mingle 14

Necessity of having hives in readiness 14

Bee dress essential 15

Time for removing 15

Care to be exercised when confined 18, 24, 25, 29, 30

First swarms most valuable 16

Second, cause of 16

Premonitory symptoms 16

Royal wailing indicative of 16

Numerical composition of 16

Third, name of 16

Fourth, name of 16

Care required to prevent loss of 14, 109

T.

Taking honey, mode of 21, 22

Thomson's "Seasons," extract from, on murdered bees 11

V.

Ventilation 17, 18, 20, 21, 115

W.

Wasps, how to prevent the increase of 106, 107

Season 1864 productive of 107

Water essential 94

Mismanagement of, during voyage 101

Weighing hives, importance of 88

Salter's spring balance best 88

How to judge of quantity without 88

Windows, objections to 38

Wildman 102

Marvellous feats of 103

Secret of success 103

Worker bee:—

Description of 8

Sex of 8

Number in hive 8

Young ones, employment of 8

NEIGHBOUR'S

IMPROVED BEE-HIVES,

FOR

TAKING HONEY WITHOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BEES.

DRAWINGS AND DETAILED LISTS FORWARDED ON RECEIPT OF TWO POSTAGE STAMPS.

1. Nutt's Collateral Bee-Hive 6 15 0

Stand for ditto, 16s.

2. Neighbour's Improved Single-box Hive 3 3 0

Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d.

3. Taylor's Shallow-box or Eight-bar Hive, complete with cover 3 10 0

Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d.

4. Taylor's Amateur Bar Hive 3 5 0

Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d.

5. Neighbour's Improved Cottage Hive 1 15 0

Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d.

6. An Improved Cottage Hive 1 8 0

7. The Ladies' Observatory or Crystal Hive. Price complete 2 5 0

8. The Cottager's Hive 0 10 6

9 & 10. Bee Feeders each ⁵/_. and 0 4 0

11 & 12. Fumigators each ²/_. and 0 2 6

13. Honey Cutters per pair 0 5 0

14. Taylor's Improved Cottage Hive 1 1 0

With Stand, £1. 10s.

15. Fountain Bee Feeder 0 6 0

18. Taylor's Eight-bar Straw Hive, complete 2 12 0

Stock Hive only, 15s.

19. Huber's Book or Leaf Hive 2 5 0

20. Taylor's Unicomb Observatory Hive 3 3 0

24. Taylor's Glasses ⁷/_. 0 4 6

Payne's ditto 0 3 0

25. Bell Glass 0 4 0

26. " 0 2 0

27. " 0 1 0

28. " without knob and flat top to put on the table inverted, price with lid 0 4 6

29. Zinc Cover each ⁷/₆ and 0 10 6

30. Shallow Glasses (new shape) each ⁵/₆ and 0 3 6

31. Bee Dress and Protector ⁵/_., by post 0 6 0

37. Zinc Cover 0 16 6

38. Ornamental ditto 2 5 0

39. Bee House to contain Two Hives 3 10 0

40. " " Twelve Hives £15. and 19 10 0

Woodbury Unicomb Hive

42. " Bar and Frame Hive, complete with outside cover and super 3 3 0

Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d.

44. Bottle Feeder 0 2 6

45. Woodbury Straw Bar and Frame Hive (Stock Hive) 1 1 0

46. Engraved Pressing Roller 0 7 6

47. Impressed Wax Sheets or Artificial Combs per dozen 0 6 0