A B C of Bee Culture  22
Abdomen of Insects  48
Air Tubes  28
Albino Bees  43
Alighting-Board  127
    separate from bottom-board  127
Alsike Clover—see clover  228
American Bee Journal  19
Amateurs  11
Anatomy and Physiology  48
    of bees  71
    of insects  48
    internal  56
Antenna  51
Ants  271
    remedies for  271
    function  51
Apiary,
    where to locate  120
    grounds  152
    house—see house apiary  255
    position of  152
Apiary Grounds  152
    arrangement of  152
    improvement of  153
    screens for  152
    shade for  153
Apiculture,
    adaptation to women  15
    as an avocation  15
    fascination of  12
    for amateurs  11, 15
    for specialists  11
    inducements to  12
        adaptation to women  15
        excellence for amateurs  15
        improves the mind  17
        recreation  12
        yields delicious food  17
    profits of  13
    requisites to  18
        conventions  19
        enthusiasm  24
        experience  18
        mental effort  18
        persistence  24
        prompt attention  23
        publications  19
        study and thought  18
        visits to other apiarists  18
        work  11
    unsuited to whom  12
Apidæ Family  34
    animals of  35
    instincts of  34
Apis Genus  38
    animals of  40
    characters of  38
Apis Mellifica  41
Aristotle  44
Articulate Branch  27
    animals of  27
Artificial Colonies  177
    advantages of  177
    how made  177
    one from one  177
    one from several  178
Axioms  277

Barberry  225
    figure  226
Barnes' Saw  151
Basswood  237
    figure of  237
Bees,
    as fertilizers  220
    burying  254
    how to procure  118
    injuring fruit  220
    kind to purchase  119
    kinds in each colony  71
    place in the animal kingdom  27
    quieted  197
        by jarring  198
        by smoking  198
    value of  120
    when to purchase  119
    who may keep  11
    why keep  12
Bee-Bread—see pollen  111
Bee Dress for Ladies  197
Bee Enemies  262
    ants  271
    bee-hawk  269
    bee-killer  267
    bee-louse  268
    bee-moth  262
    king-bird  272
    mice  272
    spiders  271
    tachina fly  270
    toads  272
    wasps  271
Bee Gloves  197
Bee Glue—see propolis  112
Bee Hawk  269
    remedy for  270
Bee-Keepers' Axioms  277
Bee-Keepers' Magazine  21
Bee-Killer  267
    figure of  268
    remedies for  268
Bee-Louse  268
    figure of  268
    remedy for  269
Bee-Moth  262
    cocoons of  264
        figure of  264
    eggs of  263
        figure of  264,  265
    larva of  263
        figure of  264
    remedies  266
    silk tube of  263
        figure of  262,  263
Bee Plants—see plants  220
    necessary to success  218
    list of  221
Bee Veil  196
    figure of  196
Bees Angered  195,  201
    by quick movements  195,  201
    by sweat  201
Bees Subdued  197
Beeswax  106
    from what  106
    how separated  211
Beggar-Ticks  244
Bergamot  238
Bevan on the Honey-Bee  22
Bevel-Gauge  126
    figure of  126
Bevel Joints  126
Bibliography  44,  113
Bingham Hive  140
    figure of  140
Bingham Smoker  199
    figure of  199
Black Bees—see German bees  41
Blackberries  236
Blood of Insects  57
Body of Insects  48
    parts of  48
Bombus  35
Boneset  288
    figure of  241
Bonnet  45
Books for the Apiarist  21
    A B C of Bee Culture  22
    Bevan's Honey-Bee  22,  113
    foreign  22
    Gray's Botany  244
    Huber  113
    Hunter's Manual  23
    King's Text-Book  52
    Langstroth on the Honey-Bee  21
    Neighbour's Apiary  23,  118
    Quinby's Mysteries  22
Books for the Entomologist  47,  113
    Duncan's Transformations of Insects  113
    Kirby & Spence  47
    Packard  47,  113
    Westwood  47
    Reports  47
        Fitch  47
        Harris  47
        Riley  47
Borage  231
    figure of  230
Bottom-board  127
    figure of  128
    immovable  129
Box Hives  122
Boxes  142
    Barker & Dicer  143
    crate for  144
    figure of  142,  143
    Harbison  142
        figure of  143
    Isham  142
        figure of  143
    position of  144
    Russell  142
    special support for  142
    use  142
Box Honey  142
    when to secure  215
    where to keep  216
Branch  27
    articulata  27
    of the honey-bee  27
Breathing of Insects  59
Breathing-mouths  59
Buckwheat  242
    figure of  242
Button-ball  238
    figure of  240

Cages
    for introducing queen  184
    for shipping queen  186
      figure of  187
Calendar  274
Carpenter Bees  36
Catnip  232,  240
Chaff Hives  251
Chrysalids  69
Circulatory System  57
Class  28
    insecta  28
    of the honey-bee  28
Cleome—see Rocky M't'n bee plant  238
Clover  228
    Alsike  228
        figure of  229
    sweet  228
        figure of  230
    white  228
    figure of  228
Clustering Outside the Hive  153
    cause of  153
    how prevented  153
        adding room  176
        extracting  188
        shading  153
Cocoons  69
    of bees  98
College Course  118
Colonies,
    always strong  119
    how moved  187
Columella  44
Comb  108
    cells in  110
        worker  110
        drone  110
    figure of  109
    for guide  208
    how fastened  157,  158
    how made  108,  110
    transparency of  110
    use of  110
    what determines kind  110
Comb Foundation  203
    American  204
    figure of  203
    history of  203
    how cut  207
    how fastened  209
    how made  206
    use of  207
Comb Foundation Machine  205
    figure of  205
    inventor of  205
Comb Honey  215
    apparatus to secure  141
    care of  216
    in boxes  142
    in frames  144
    in what form  144,  215
    marketing  215
    when to secure  215
Conventions  19
Corn  235
Cotton  236
    figure of  236
Cover for Frames  129
Cover for Hives  129
    figure of  130,  131
Crates,
    section  149
    market  216
Cyprian Bee  43

De Geer  45
Digestive Organs  60
Diseases  259
    dysentery  247,  259
    foul brood  259
Dissection  50,  65
Dissecting Instruments  51,  65
    lenses  51,  65
    needle points  51
    dividers—see separators  146
Dividing Colonies—see artificial colonies  171,  177
Division-board  137
    figure of  137
    use of  138
Dollar Queens  186
Dorsata Bee  40
Dress for Ladies  197
Drones  86
    development of  87
    eggs of  87
    eyes of  86
    function of  83
    influence of, on drone progeny  89
    jaws of  86
        figure of  92
    leg of  86
        figure of  87
    longevity of  88
    number of  86
    tongue of  86
    when in hive  86,  88
    why so numerous  89
Dysentery  247,  259

Egg  67
    of insects  67
    of bee  96
Egyptian Bee  43
Empty Cells  188
    importance of  188
    how to secure  188
Entrance to Hive  128
Epicranium  48
Extractor,
    of honey  188
        figure of  189
        Everett's  190
        history of  188
        how to use  194
        knives for  191
            figure of  191
        rack for  189
            figure of  190
        use of  191
        when to use  192
        wire comb baskets for  189
            figure of  189
        of wax  212
            figure of  213
Extracted Honey  214
    market for  214
Extracting Honey  191
    how done  194
    why done  191
    when done  192
Eyes of Insects  53
    compound  54
    simple  54

Fabricius  46
Family  34
    apidæ  34
    of the honey-bee  34
Feeder  160
    figure of  160,  161
Feeding  159
    amount to feed  159
    use of  159
    what to feed  160
        honey  160
        sugar  160
        flour  163
Female Organs  64
Fertile Workers  77
Fertilization of Flowers by Bees  220
Figwort  238
    figure of  238
Fitch's Report  47
Foot-power Saw  151
Foul Brood  259
    cause  260
    cure for  200
    symptoms of  259
Foundation  203
    figure of  203
    history of  203
    use of  203,  207
    how cut  207
    how fastened  209
    how made  206
Frames  132
    arrangement for surplus  147
    block for making  134
        figure of  135
    cover for  136
    figure of  133,  134
    form of  132
    Gallup  133
    gauge for construction  135
        figure of  135
    inventor of  123
    Langstroth  132
    number of  132
    section  148
    small—see sections  144
    space about  136
    space between  136
Fruit trees  225

Gallup Frame  133
Geoffroy  45
Genus,
    apis  38
    of the honey-bee  38
German or Black Bee  31
Gleanings in Bee Culture  20
Gloves  197
Golden-rod  242
    figure of  243
Grapes Injured by Bees  220
Grape Vines for Shade  153
Gunther  12

Handling Bees  195
Harris' Injurious Insects  47
Harvey  44
Head of Insects  48
    organs of  43