238
    figure of  239
Royal Jelly  76
Russell Hive  141

Salicylic Acid  261
    use of  261
Sage  232
    white  226
        figure of  227
Sawdust  154
Saws  151
    Barnes'  151
    foot-power  151
Second Swarms  102
Secretion  62
Secretory Organs  61
Sections  147
    dove-tail  147
        figure of  146
    Hetherington  146
        glassing  146
    Phelps-Wheeler-Betsinger  147
        figure of  147
    veneer  144
        glassing  145
Section Block  145
    figure of  145
Section Frame  147
    figure of  148
    where placed  148
Section Rack  149
    Doolittle  151
    figure of  150,  151
    Southard & Ranney's  150
    use of  149
    Wheeler  151
Senses of Insects  51
    hearing  51
    seeing  54
    smelling  52
    feeling  51
Separators  146,  150
    figure of  146
    tin  148
        figure of  149,  150
    wooden  146
        figure of  146
Shade for Hives  153
    ever-greens  154
    grape-vines  153
    houses  153
    use of  153
        prevents idleness  153
        prevents melting of comb  153
Smokers  198
    bellows  198
        how used  201
    Bingham  199
        figure of  199
    Quinby  193
        figure of  199
Sour-wood  240
Spanish Needles  244
Specialists  11
Species of the Honey-Bee  41
Spermatheca  65
Spiders  271
Spiracles  59
Spring Dwindling  254
Starting an Apiary  117
Sting  95
    figure of  95
Stingless Bees  35
Stings  201
    cure of  201
St. John's Wort  240
Stomach  60
    sucking  60
    true  60
Sub-Order  31
    Hymenoptera  31
    of the honey-bee  31
Sumac  226
Sun-Flower  243
Swammerdam  44
Swarming  101,  171
    after-swarms  103
    clustering  103
    drone-brood started  101
    old colony—how known  102
    preparation for  101
        drone-brood  101
        queen cells  101
    prevented  176
    when to expect  176
Swarms  172
    hiving  173
        easy method  172
    second  172
        how prevented  172

Tachina Fly  270
    figure of  270
Tailor-Bee  36
Teasel  235
    figure of  236
Thorax of Insects  48
    appendages of  55
Tick-Seed  244
Toads  272
Tongue  49
Trachea  28,  59
    figure of  28
Transferring  156
    method of  160
    when easiest  156
Transformations of Insects  66
    incomplete  70
Trigona  35
Tulip Tree  234
    figure of  235

Uniting  253
    when advisable  253

Varieties of the Honey-Bee—see races  41
Veil  196
    figure of  196
Virgil  44

Wagner  19
Wagner's Theory  81
Wasps  271
    remedies for  272
Water for Bees  98
Wax  106
    composition of  107
    function of  108
    how secured  211
    importance of  211
    source of  106
Wax Extractor  212
    figure of  212
Wax Pockets  106
    figure of  106
Weiss' Foundation Machine  204
    figure of  205
Westwood on Insects  47
Willow  224
    figure of  223
Wings  65
    clipping  168
    figure of  38
    of drone  86
    of queen  73
    of worker  92
        figure of  38
Wintering  246
    requisites to safe  248
        absorbents above bees  253
        chaff hives  261
        chamber contracted  253
        colonies prepared  248
        depositories for  252
            cellar  232
            house  252
            house apiary  255
        good food  248
        late breeding  249
        packing-box  250
            figure of  250
        protected if left out  250
    why disastrous  246
        excessive moisture  248
        extremes of temperature  247
        spring dwindling  254
        too early cessation of storing  247
        unwholesome food  247
Women as Bee-Keepers  15
Workers—see Neuters  90
    fertile  77,  90
Wistaria  225
    American  225
        figure of  225
    Chinese  225
        figure of  226

Xylocopa  36