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Abbott, C. N., Frame-hives, 146 Abdomen of bees, 102 Accident at Stafford House, 164 Acclimatising Bees (Appendix), 349 Advice by Butler, 333 American Bee Journal, 190 Anatomy of bees, Plates I. and II., facing pages 34 and 86 Anecdote from Butler, 336 " of French clergyman, 334 " showing provision made for swarming, 78 Antennæ of bees, 94 Apiary, Geo. Neighbour & Sons, (frontispiece) " description of, 330 Applying supers, 264 Artificial swarming, 233 Asiatic bees, 49 Austrian ditto (Lower), 46 Bar-frame holder, 192 Bar Supers, 183 Bath and West of England Agricultural Association, 42 Bee as an insect, 7 " dress, 208 " feeders, Nutt's, 126 " bottle, 203 " can, 204, " round, 205; wood, 206 " houses, 166-179 " traps, 201 " veil, 210 Beehives, various, 108 to 165 Bee-keeping in London, 322 " Zoological Gardens, 328 " Horticultural Gardens, 329 " St. John's Wood, 329 " Hampstead, 330 Bees, do they go to sleep? 31 " increase of, 82 " head of, 88 " eye of, 90 " mouth, 91 " tongue, 92 " mandibles, 93 " sense of hearing, 95 " " smell, 96 " antennæ. 96 " thorax and organs of motion, 97 " breathing, 100 " stomach, 102 " honey bag, 102 " produce of wax, 103 " sting, 104 " dislike to hive, 221 " enemies of, 315 " profitably kept, 336 Bell glasses, see glasses Berlepsch, Baron von, 4, 6, 10, 36, 42, 49, 75, 211 " theory of drone-breeding, 69 " on swarming, 77 " breeding superfluous princesses, 81 Bevan, Dr., 3, 18, 66 Black Bees, 71 Book-keeping recommended, 332 Box Fumigator, 206 British Bee-keepers' Association, 6, 48 Caledonian Apiarian Society (Appendix), 354 Carbolic acid, use of, 208, 220, 305 Carniolan bees, 45, 46, 53, 78 Change of frame-hives beneficial in spring, 223 Cheshire's (F.) frame-hive, 145 " nucleus hive 197 " transferring board, 192 " wax guide-maker, 191 Comb-building in supers, 338 " fixing in ditto, 262 " foundations (American), 190 Combs, placing in frame-hives, 223 Common cottager's hive, 108 Corri, Herr, 47, 78 Cottage hive, improved, 114 Cottager's hive, no " improved ditto, 112 " improved frame-hive, 142 Cotton, Rev. W. C., 5, 45, 78 Covers, zinc, for hives, 171, 172 " wood, 172, 174, 175, 177, 179 Cowan's (Mr.) plan of working frame-hives, 255 Crystal Palace skep, 109 Cyprian bees, 47 Darwin, Dr. 56, 57 Dathe, 53 " plan of fertilizing queens with Italian drones, 253 Diseases of bees, 306 Dönhoff, Dr. 5, 65, 96 Driving, 226 " best condition for, 228 " useful for taking honey, 229 Drone bee, 19, 62 " " has no father, 64 " eggs, theory of production, 62, 252 " trap, 201 " comb, to be used sparingly, 224 Drone comb, building of, sometimes to be avoided, 238 Dummy frame, 140, 143 Dzierzon, Dr., 4, 10, 36, 42, 44 " description of the round of the bees' concerns, 32 " on swarming, 77 " not a smoker, 210 Egg-laying, 10, 67 Eggs and transformations, 59 Ekes, description of, 186 Epitaph on brimstoned bees, 85 Evans' (Dr.) poem on bees, 3, quotations from, 59, 75, 76, 107, 165 Extracting honey from comb, 274 Extractor, honey, 193 Eyes of bees, 89 Faculties, and functions, 54 Feeder, Nutt's, 126 Feeders, (various), 202 Feeding, 279 Fertile workers, 62, 67 Fittings and apparatus (outside), 166 Flat-topped glasses, 182 Foul brood, 307 " Langstroth, Woodbury, and Dzierzon on, 308, 312 Fox, Mr. George, 278 " Mr. S. Bevan, 278, 332 Frame-hive, putting swarm into, 219 " facility for placing combs, 223, " with cover and stand, 175, 177, 179 Frames, removing, 268 French exhibition, 165 Fumigators, 206 Fumigating, description of, 231 General hints on frame-hives, 254 " remarks, 332 Gerstäcker, 54 Glass hives, ladies' observatory, 120 " frame, 138 " with cover and super, 177, 178 Glasses for supers, 180, 181, 182 Guide comb, 188, 261-264 " maker (Cheshire's), description of, 191 Hawkins, Mr. Waterhouse, 50 Head of bee, 88 Hearing of bees, 95 Heath bees, 46 Hints, general, on frame-hives, 254 Hives, modern, 108 to 165 " sometimes destroyed by entrance being stopped, 343 Hiving swarms, 212 Honey bag of bees, 102 " cutters, 193 " description of, 296 " extractor, 193 " test when adulterated, 297 Houses for hives, 166 Hruschka, Von, 193 Huber, 62 Hunter's, Mr., support for hive when driving, 229 Impressed wax sheets, 187 Improved cottage hive, 113 " cottager's hive, 112 " ditto, no windows, 119 Increase of bees, 82 Insects necessary for existence of flowers, 59 Italian bee, 34, 35, 41 Italianising hives, 251 Kerner, 58 Kleine, Herr, 5, 35, 244 Klipstein, Von, anecdotes of queens, 22, 66 Knowledge of bee-keeping necessary for a gardener, 343 Ladies' Observatory Hive, 120 Lanarkshire bee-keeper, 297 Lanarkshire hive, 155 Langstroth, Rev. L. L., 3, 5, 10, 43. 83. 85, 129, 346 Langstroth, Rev. L. L., on transferring swarms, 220 Lee's supers, 145, 146 Legs of bees, 98 Leuckart, Professor, 64, 66 Ligurian bee, 7, 34 London apiaries, 325 Lower Austrian bees, 46 Lubbock, Sir John, 6, 57, 59 Mahan, Mr., 9 Mandibles of bees, 91 Manipulation with bees, 212 " " frame-hives, 269 Mel-extractor, 196 Melting down combs, 275 Mouth of bees, 91 Munn, Major, 129 Nadirs, description of, 186 Neighbours' improved cottager's hive, 113 Neighbours' improved cottage-hive, 114 Neighbours' new frame-hive, 139 New cover and stand for frame-hives, 175, 176, 179 New wood feeder, 206 Nucleus hive, 197 Nutt's hive, 123 Orchard, good place for an apiary, 56 Organs of sensation, 88 " motion, 97 " reproduction, 62 Parthenogenesis, 64 Pasturage for bees, 293 Payne's (I. H.) glass, 182 Perforated zinc adapter, 141, 143, 144, 200 Philadelphia Exhibition, 160; and Appendix, 350 Philadelphia hive, 143 Pollen basket, 98 " preservation from incursions of ants, 58 " description of, 298 " substitute for, 299 Position of hives, 292 Propolis, 300 Queen, 8 Queen, power of egg-laying, 10 " homage paid to fertile, 12 " no attention bestowed on virgins, 13 " two queens in a hive, 15 " sting of used for depositing eggs, 15 " some queens will not fight, 15 " consternation at loss of, 16 " life of, 19 " fertilisation of, 11, 20, 22, 24 " in relation to sexes, 63 " at swarming time, 73 " and drone preventers, 200 " rearing, 17, 27, 77, 243 " cells, 17, 244 " securing, 228, 240 " introducing stranger, 247 " cages, 198, 244 Quilts, 180 Rationale of swarming, 72 Relation of sex to cells, 67 " plants to insects, 56, 57 Removing bees, 259 " supers, 266 " frames, 268 Reproductive economy, 62 Renfrewshire bee-keeper, 24, 41, 154 " queen cage, 199 " instructions on supering, 337 Robbing, 225, 305 Rorl's (Mr.) way to get quit of fertile workers, 67 Round feeder, 205 Royal cells, 17, 244 " " transferring, 198 " duels, 15, and Appendix Salt obtained by bees, 30, 97 Samuelson's work,. The Honey Bee, 5, 91, 96 Siebold, Von, on Parthenogenesis, 64 Skep, Crystal Palace, 109 " (old), transferring combs from, 223 Slow feeding, 204 Smelling, sense of, largely possessed by bees, 96 Smith, Mr. J., 48 Smyrnæan bees, 47 Society of Arts, 57 Stands for hives, 118, 170 Stewarton hive, 146 to 155, 337 Sting, 104 " prevention and cure, 286 Stocks (old) transferring, 222 Stomach of bees, 102 Straw frame-hive, 136, 141 " hives, round, 108 to 120 Stupefying bees, 207 Supers, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 Superstitions about bees, 341 Supplying natural comb, 261 Swammerdam, 63 Swarm, number of bees composing, 79 " second flight disastrous, 214 " often mix, 214 " taking, 214 " sending to a distance, 217 " conveyance of, 217 " transferring, 218 " returning, 218 " brought from a distance, 219 " should be fed, 221 " truant, 78, 317 " artificial, 233 Swarming, rationale of, 72 " provision made for, 74, 78 " signs of, 80 " a provision of Nature, 212 Taylor, the late Mr. H., 37 Taylor's glasses, 181 Thorax of bee, 97 Tongue of bee, 92 Transferring board, 192 " swarms, 218 " old stocks, 222 Tristram, Rev. H. B., extract from his book, 51 Tube fumigator, 207 Unicomb observatory hive, outdoor, 157 Unicomb observatory hive, directions for, 160 Unicomb observatory hive, indoor, 162 Uniting weak colonies, 229 Ventilation performed by bees, 30, 285 Ventilators, 124 Vulcanite for feeding-stage, 203 Wasps, 315 Warder, Dr., experiment with swarm, 77 Water for bees, 30, 331 Wax, how produced, 103 " impressed sheets of, 187 " secretion of, 302 Weighing hives, 276 Wildman's bees, 322 Wings for bees, 97 Winter precautions, 283 Wood cover, 172 " feeder, 206 Woodbury, T. W., 37, 42, 49, 50 " frame-hive, 134 " mode of hiving swarm, 216 " mode of transferring swarm, 220 " hive cover, 174 Xenophon's army poisoned with honey, 298 Zinc covers, ornamental, 171 " " plain, 172 " rests, 140 " adapters, perforated, 141, 143, 144, 200

Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Printers, London and Aylesbury.

PRICE LIST

OF

NEIGHBOUR & SONS'

IMPROVED BEE-HIVES

For taking Honey without the Destruction of the Bees.

EXHIBITORS AT THE

Great Exhibition, 1851. Dublin Exhibition, 1853. Exposition Universelle, 1855. International Exhibition, 1862. Dublin Exhibition, 1866. Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867. Annual International Exhibition, 1873. British Bee-Keepers' Shows, Crystal Palace, 1874, 1875. Alexandra Palace, 1876. International Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876. Caledonian Apiarian Show at Edinburgh, 1877.

List of Prices.

No. £ s. d.

1. Nutt's Collateral Bee-Hive 5 5 0

Stand for ditto 0 16 0

2. Single Box Hive 3 3 0

3. Neighbours' New Frame Stock Hive 1 5 0

Super 1 5 0

Cover for ditto 27s. and 2 0 0

4. Carr's Bar and Frame Hive 0 19 6

Super for ditto 0 19 6

5. Neighbours' Improved Cottage Hive 1 15 0

Stand for ditto 0 10 0

6. Ditto, without Windows 1 5 0

7. Ladies' Observatory Hive 2 5 0

8. The Cottager's Hive 0 10 6

9 and 10. Bee Feeders each 5s. and 0 4 0

11. and 12, Fumigators " 2s. " 0 2 6

13. Honey Cutters per pair 0 5 0

14. Improved Cottager's Hive 1 1 0

15. Honey Extractor for hand use 15s. and 0 17 6

16. Woodbury Bar Super 0 10 6

17. Neighbours' New Supers, Wood and Glass 1 1 0

Ditto ditto Straw and Wood 1 5 0

18. Taylor's Glass, to contain about 8 lb. 0 3 6

19. Payne's Glass, with hole in centre, to afford additional space to supers partly filled 0 3 0

20. Neighbours' Revolving Indoor Unicomb Hive 3 10 0

21. New Can Feeder, on the principle of a fountain, adapted for slow, stimulating feeding (3 pints) 0 5 0

22. New Frame Stand, to be used when manipulating with movable combs 0 5 6

23. American Sectional Supers per set of 14 0 3 6

24. Taylor's Super Glass

25. Bell Glass, to contain about 9 lb 0 0 0

26. Ditto ditto 5 lb 0 4 0

27. Ditto ditto 3 lb 0 1 0

28. New Shape Flat-top Glass, with lid to place on table inverted 0 3 6

30. Shallow Glasses, 9½ in. wide by 4 in.-deep 0 3 0

Ditto " 13½ in. " 4½ in. " 0 5 6

31. Bee Dress, with Sleeves (post free, 3d. extra) 0 6 0

32. India-rubber Gloves (by post, 2d. extra) per pair 0 6 0

33. Common Straw Hives 0 2 6

34. Small Straw Super Hives 0 2 0

36. Floor Boards, according to description, 2s., 2s. 6d. 0 3 0

37. Zinc Cover for Improved Cottage Hive 0 15 6

38. Ornamental Zinc Cover 2 2 0

39. Bee House, to contain two Improved Cottage' Hives 4 4 0

42. Woodbury Bar and Frame Hive 0 0 0

Ditto ditto with Window 1 1 1

Cover 1 1 1

Stand 0 0 0

44. The Bottle Feeder 0 0 0

45. Woodbury Straw Bar and Frame Hive, 18s. 6d. and 1 1 1

46. Outdoor Unicomb Hive, to take Woodbury Frames 5 5 5

Stand 0 0 0

47. Common Cottage Hive, 5s. 6d. each. Six for 1 1 1

49. Glass Frame Hive 1 1 1

51. Improved Wax Sheets per doz. 0 0 0

52. Lee's Octagon Straw Hive 1 1 1

Super 0 0 0

Cover and Stand 1 1 1

53. Lee's Octagon Hive, in Mahoghany 0 0 0

54. Ditto ditto Pine 0 0 0

55. Ditto ditto Glass Sides 0 0 0

56. Ditto ditto smaller, in Mahoghany 0 0 0

57. Ditto ditto Wooden Sides, Glass Top 0 0 0

58. Stewarton Hive (3 Stock Boxes, 1 Honey Box) 1 1 1

59. New Wood Bee Feeder 0 0 0

60. Neighbours' Cottage Frame Hive 0 0 0

61. Neighbours' Divisional Super, 3s. 6d. per pair 0 0 0

62. Cover for Neighbours' Frame Hive 0 0 0

63. Cottage Frame Hive, Woodbury Frames 0 0 0

64. Cheshire's Frame Hive, complete—Stand, Super, and Cover, the latter painted 1 1 1

65. Abbott's ditto ditto 1 1 1

66. Lanarkshire Stock Hive 0 0 0

Super 0 0 0

Roof 0 0 0

67. Neighbours' New Bee Veil (by post, 2d. extra) 0 0 0

68. Flat-top Glass with 3 inch hole in centre (similar to Payne's), for adding space to Supers 0 0 0

69. Same construction as above, 6½ in. wide, 3 in. deep 0 0 0

70. Lee's Double Super per pair 0 0 0

71. Cheshire's Nucleus Hive, for Queen Rearing 0 0 0

72. Cheshire's Transferring Board 0 0 0

73. Cheshire's Prize Smoker 0 0 0

74. Cheshire's Drone Trap 0 0 0

75. Syrup Can and Shovel 0 0 0

76. Vulcanite Feeding Plates each 6d. and 0 0 0

(Less by the dozen)

77. Bligh Bee Quieter each 0 0 0

78. Queen and Drone Preventers 1s. and 0 0 0

79. Crystal Palace Skep 0 0 0

Floor Board 0 0 0

Super 0 0 0

80. Neighbours' Straw Frame Hive, with New-shaped Cover and Stand, grained and varnished 3 3 3

81. New Cottage Frame Stock Hive, with Window 0 0 0

82. New Cover and Stand for the above (painted) 1 1 1

83. Neighbours' Cylindrical Honey Extractor 2 2 2

Two Wire Cases 0 0 0

84. Bee House for One Hive 2 2 2

85. Renfrewshire Stewarton Movable Comb Hive, consisting of 3 Stock Boxes and 1 Honey Box 1 1 1

86. Bee Traps, for clearing Bees from Supers 0 0 0

87. Philadelphia Hive, with Super, Stand, and Cover 2 2 2

88. Sectional Supers the set 0 0 0

89. New Cover for Cottage Frame Hive (carries its own Stand) 1 1 1

90. Quinby Smoker 0 0 0

PUBLICATIONS ON BEES.

"The Apiary;" or, Bees, Beehives, and Bee Culture, by Alfred Neighbour. 0 5 0

Hive and Honey Bee, by Rev. L. L. Langstroth (American). A New Edition 0 9 6

Quinby's Bee-Keeping (American) 0 8 6

Italian Alp Bee, by Hermann 0 1 0

PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED AT THE PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER EXHIBITIONS.

GEO. NEIGHBOUR & SONS'

PRICE CURRENT OF

Genuine Italian Alp or Ligurian Bees.

An Italian Queen in a small Box, accompanied by a few Worker Bees, with full directions for uniting to English Stocks, each from April and May, 12s.; June, 11s.; July, 10s.; August, 9s.; September, 8s.; October, 7s.

Orders should be given in advance.

For parcels of Six Queens at one time, 1s. each less.

A Stock, with genuine Italian Queen, packed so as to travel by rail with comparatively no risk of damage, including the Straw Frame Hive with window, £4; or if in New Cheap Frame Hive, No. 60 or 63, which has no window, £3 5s.

Swarms and Stocks of English Bees can be obtained.