The apiary; or, bees, bee-hives, and bee culture [1878] / being a familiar account of the habits of bees, and the most improved methods of management

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

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