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A.

Acclimatising bees 213, 249

Adapting-board 96, 162, 183

Age of bees 10, 11

Anatomy of bees (Plates I and a), description of 31

Anecdotes of, 240, 242, 245, 246

Anger of bees 149, 163, 190

Antennæ (Plate I) 38

—— act as a barometer 39

Apiary, best time to set up an 21

—— exterior and interior of an 138, 139

Artificial swarming 169, 182

—— time for 171

Artificial comb 157

Aspect 64, 248

Australia, sending bees to 213

B.

Baby-bee, cradle of 16

—— emerging from the cell 17

Bar, improved 90

Bar and frame-hives 84

—— manipulation of 15

—— advantages of 168, 174, 178

—— changing after winter 178

—— recommended 243

Bee-dress or protector 27, 115, 148, 170

—— necessity for 149, 165

Bee-decoy, to attract swarms 25

Bees live in society 3

—— lesson to man 11

—— young 17

—— cluster outside hives 23

—— peaceful whilst swarming 27

—— should not be fed in winter 141

—— tempted to rob 140

—— reduced size of 168

—— at the International Exhibition of 1862 213

—— breath, human, obnoxious to 149, 190

—— artificial scent ditto 190

Bee-keeping in London 215

—— Zoological and Horticultural Gardens 221

Bee-keeping, profit arising from 239

Bee-hives (modern):—

Huber's book or leaf hive 118

Neighbour's cottager's:—

Description of 80

Neighbour's improved cottage:—

Description of 68

Care necessary to keep a good store of food 75

Neighbour's improved cottage without window:—

Description of 76

Neighbour's unicomb observatory:—

Description and application of 98

Exhibited in Paris, 1855 101

Prize medal 101

Neighbour's single-box:—

Description of and directions for 63

Keep glass warm 65

Nutt's collateral:—

Description of 51

Taking surplus honey 58

Stewarton hive:—

Description of 109

Directions for management 112

Nadir box, value of 117

Extra boxes required 118

Taylor's improved cottage:—

Description of 96

Taylor's amateur's eight-bar wood:—

Description of 65

Stand for ditto 67

Taylor's eight-bar straw 96

Woodbury bar and frame:—

Description of 84

Straw ditto 85

Glass ditto 88

Special advantages of straw 86

Origin of 86

Manipulation with 157

Super 93

Putting on 162

Woodbury Unicomb:—

Construction of 102

Modes of tenanting 106, 107

How transferred to box-hive 108

Bee-houses, advantage of 123

—— engravings of houses to contain twelve hives 126, 127

—— object of colouring alighting-boards 126

—— loss of queens 127

Bee-house to contain nine hives, engraving 128

Bell-glasses 133

Bottle-feeder 140

—— directions for using 142

Breathing of bees 43

Brood, royal 9, 175, 179

—— wire cover for (engraving of) 175

C.

Cells, contracted size of 168

Cells, royal, see Brood.

Changing old stocks to new hives not to be attempted by inexperienced 182

—— old hives into humane ones 183

—— old stocks to frame-hives 184

Classes for whom bee-keeping has interest 1

Combs, value of 152

—— must not be jarred 149

—— how fixed in frames 160

—— ensuring regularity of 67, 90, 152, 161, (note) 184

—— artificial, description of 151

—— how fixed in frames 160

Compound bar-frame 91

Cottagers, way to convince, of the humane system 139

Cover for square hives 67, 55

—— for round hives 81, 131, 132

Crown-board 34, 87

D.

Dampness in hives in winter injurious 75, 86, 148

Depriving system, special advantages of 19, 82

Diseases of bees 231

Dividing hives, reason why they do not answer 173

Driving bees, directions for 179

Drone, description of 11

Drones, massacre of 14

Dysentery 215, 232

E.

Eggs of bees (Plate 2, fig. 7) 16

—— how made into queens 15

—— position in the hive 16

—— time hatching 17

Engraved pressing roller 150

Entrance to hives 52, 74, 86

—— stopped, danger therefrom 250

Epitaph on brimstoned bees 20

Evans, poet of the bees (note on) 4

—— 'poetry of,' 7, 11, 12, 23, 24, 142

Evening thoughts in January 129

F.

Feeding 54, 64, 75, 79, 140, 143

Feet of bees 42

Food necessary (note) 140

Foul brood 232

Frames 89

—— should hang true 91

—— how kept perpendicular 91

—— manipulation with 157

French bishop, anecdote of 240

Fructifying flowers, bees useful for 194

Fumigator box 145

—— tube 147

G.

Gardeners ought to be bee-keepers 247

General remarks 238

Glasses, bell 133, 154

—— must be kept warm 65

Guide-comb for glasses 135

—— for bars 68, 97

—— note 161

H.

Hive should be ready for swarm 27, 71, 250

Hives, see Bee-hives.

Hearing of bees, sense of 38

Honey-bag (Plate II, figs. 1 and 2) 44

—— way to drain from comb 230

—— cutters 145

—— dew 199

Human breath obnoxious 147

Huber (Francis), life of 121

I.

Improved cottage-hive 68

—— comb-bar 90

Impressed wax sheets 151

Impregnation of queen 6, 13

Increase of bees 18

India-rubber gloves 27, 149, 159

Insects, cleansing hives from 125

Interchange of combs for strengthening weak hives 92, 168

Italian Alp Bee (Plate I, figs. 1, 2, 3), not all of them yellow 33

—— description of 200

—— German bee-keeper's opinion 203

—— great honey-collecting powers 203

—— Hermann's book on 205

—— introduction into England 203

—— importation of queens unsuccessful in many instances 206

—— plan of uniting foreign queens to English stocks (note) 207

J.

Journal of Horticulture, 208, 217

K.

Keeping bell-glasses warm 65

—— boxes 116

L.

Legs of bees 40

Ligurian honey-bee, see Italian Bee.

Loyalty of bees 5, 99, 104

M.

Mortar not necessary for closing crevices 82

Moths, how to prevent 228

N.

Neglect of bee-keeping 1

Neighbour's hives, see Bee-hives.

New bottle-feeder 140

Number of eggs in the season 5

Nutt's hive, see Bee-hives

Nutt, Thos. (the late) 60

O.

Ornamental zinc cover 131

P.

Pasturage for bees 197

—— honey yielding flowers 198

—— wild flowers best 199

Poison of sting 48

Pollen, food for infant-bees 193

—— how collected 193, 194

—— brush (Plate I, fig. 1, 2b.)

—— basket, 2b*, description of 41

Putting in super-hives and bell-glasses, 56, 64, 65, 72, 79, 81, 83, 110, 113

Propolis, or bees' cement 195

Q.

Queen (Plate I, fig. 1), description of 4

—— movements of, laying eggs 5

Queen, marriage day 7, 13, 177

—— attachment of bees to 7

—— disrespect until fertile 8

—— jealousy of her rivals 8, 175

—— dismay of bees at loss of 9

—— raised from worker 10

—— longevity of 10

—— old one goes with first swarm 22

—— leaves the hive only in fine weather 23

—— in super-hives 59, 83

—— loss of 9, 127, 174

R.

Roller, engraved pressing 150

Robber-bees 140

Royal brood 9, 175

S.

Spiracles 41

Spring, good time to commence bee-keeping 21

Sprinkling bees 146, 165

Stands for hives—

—— engravings 62, 69

—— for Nutt's 84

—— Woodbury 54, 94

—— Stewarton hive, see Bee-hives.

Sting of worker-bee, (Plate II, fig. 4) 46, 189

—— queen 5, 8

Stocks, ventilated for travelling 251

—— why called so 162

—— best kept strong 19, 57, 117

Stomach (Plate II, figs, 1 and 2 hh) 44, 45

Supers, glass 133, 134, 135

—— straw 81

—— for Woodbury hives, engraving 93, 162

Superstitions 245

Swarming, usual time of year for 21

—— cause of 22

—— agitation before 23

—— usual time of day for 24

—— desirable to prevent 30, 56

—— consequence of a second flight of 26

—— how to hive 28, 71

—— means of preventing second flight 26

—— two sometimes depart from their respective hives at same time, and mingle 27

—— care to prevent loss of 26

—— time for removing 28

—— care to be exercised with 53, 64, 71

—— first most valuable 29

—— second, cause of 29

—— how to restore 30

—— premonitory symptoms of 29

T.

Taking honey 58, 73, 115, 163

Taylor's hives, see Bee-hives 21

Thomson's "Seasons," extract from 21

Thorax (Plate II, fig. 1) 40

U.

Unicomb hives 6, 17, 97, 102

V.

Ventilation 51, 71, 73, 124, 249

W.

Wasps, how to prevent the increase of 223

—— attack of 225

Water essential 200

Weighing hives, importance of 185

—— engraving of Salter's spring balance 186

Wildman 215

—— marvellous feats of 217

Woodbury hives, see Bee-hives.

—— super, see Supers.

Worker-bee, description of 15

—— number in a hive 15, 28

Z.

Zinc covers 131, 132

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.

£ s. d.

1. Nutt's Collateral Bee-Hive 5 5 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.

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

45. Woodbury Straw Bar and Frame Hive (Stock Hive) 1 5 0

46. Woodbury Unicomb Hive 6 10 0

Stand, 24s.

47. Common Cottager's Hive 0 5 6

42. Woodbury Bar and Frame Hive, complete with outside cover and super 3 10 0

Stand for ditto, 10s. 6d.

50. Stewarton Hive 1 1 0

Floor-boards for ditto, 3s. 6d.

24. Taylor's Glass 7s. and 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 15 0

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

31. Bee Dress and Protector ⁵/_., by post 0 7 4

37. Zinc Cover 1 1 0

38. Ornamental ditto 2 5 0

39. Bee House to contain Two Hives 4 4 0

40. " " Twelve Hives £15. and 19 10 0

44. Bottle Feeder 0 2 6

46. Engraved Pressing Roller 0 7 6

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

50. India-rubber gloves per pair 0 5 6