INDEX.

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Page
Apiary, situation of[1]
Apiary, to be near the residence of the proprietor[3]
Adapter, description of[33]
Aspect for an apiary[1]
Bee-boxes, size of[22]
Bee-glasses, to place[21]
Bee-houses, injurious[3]
Bee-mask and gloves[29]
Bee-sting, to cure[78]
Bees, their disposition to swarm in a wet season[24]
Bees, to expel from a glass or box[31]
Bees, age of[35]
Bees, to purchase[10]
Bees, torpid at 32° of Fahrenheit[19]
Bees, swarm at 130° of Fahrenheit[25]
Bees, enemies of[36]
Bees, to dislodge from trees[85]
Cleaning floor boards[5]
Comb-knife, description of[76]
Condenser, Taylor's[92]
Damp, to guard against[102]
Diseases, in Bees, the cause of[20]
Duration of a hive[63]
Early flowers, a list of[7]
Elevation of a hive[4]
Enemies of Bees[61]
Entrances for hives[18]
Feeding, method of[54]
Feeding, proper time for[54]
Feeder, fountain[56]
Feeder, Wildman's[57]
Floor-boards, to clean[100]
Food proper for Bees[58]
Gelieu, his Work on Bees recommended[15]
Glass of honey, to take[30]
Glass of honey, to expel Bees from[31]
Gloves, proper for defence against stings[29]
Honey quantity to take from a swarm[74]
Hive, flat top, advantages of[17]
Hive-guard, described[66]
Hive-dressing, remarks on[71]
Hive, improved cottage[17]
Hive, Nutt's described[87]
Hive, small (or Cape) described[22]
Hives, manner of placing[5]
Hives, materials for making[15]
Hives, to paint recommended[16]
Human breath offensive to Bees[29]
Increase of Bees[35]
Interior of a hive to be examined before purchased[11]
Instructions for depriving Bees[30]
Knife for cutting out combs[76]
Man, the principal enemy of Bees[60]
Manual, Apiarian's Monthly[96]
Method of giving food to Bees[54]
Method of uniting swarms and old stocks[46]
Method of uniting second and third swarms[42]
Method of uniting second and third swarms (preface)[5]
Method of placing glasses upon the Improved Cottage Hive[21]
Milk-pan, good protection for hives[22]
Mortar or clay, injurious to hives[4]
Moths' wax, described[63]
Operations, noon the best time for[28]
Painting hives, benefit of[16]
Plants, to cultivate[7]
Pollen, useless as food[11]
Purchas, quotations from[36], [67]
Purchasers of hives, caution to[11]
Queen, Bees power to produce a[40]
Queen-wasps, to kill in spring[66]
Robber-bees, to know[33]
Removing Bees[10]
Slider, Taylor's described[18]
Snow, a great cause of the destruction of Bees[19], [96]
Snow, Bees to be confined in their hives so long as it remains upon the ground[19]
Stealing of Bees to prevent[82]
Sticks in a hive, injury of[72]
Stocks, method of joining[44]
Stocks and swarms to unite[46]
Stocks, ages of[73]
Tomtit, an enemy to Bees[65]
Temperature of hives[25]
Thermometer useful in swarming time[27]
Ventilation and room prevents swarming[25]
Ventilator, Taylor's recommended[26]
Wasps-nests, easy way of destroying[101]
Water, important in the breeding season[3]
Water, method of supplying it[3]

London: Newby, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square.

Figures 1-7

Fig. Description
1Improved Cottage Hive
2Improved Cottage Hive with small hive affixed
3Hive showing the opening on top
4Small Hive with glass opening
5Adapter for small Hive or Box
6Knife for cutting out the comb
7Box to be used instead of small Hive

Figures 8-10

Transcriber Note

The text constantly refers to illustration figures from "The Cottager's Guide" by the same author and are included in the Fourth Edition. Therefore, a copy of the two Illustrations which show Figures 1-10 have been provided at the end of the volume.