Manual of the apiary

by Albert John Cook

Fig. 133.

GENERAL INDEX.

[ [A] ][ [B] ][ [C] ][ [D] ][ [E] ][ [F] ][ [G] ][ [H] ]
[ [I] ][ [J] ][ [K] ][ [L] ][ [M] ][ [N] ][ [O] ][ [P] ]
[ [Q] ][ [R] ][ [S] ][ [T] ][ [U] ][ [V] ][ [W] ][ [X] ]

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]

Heart of Insects [57]
Hexapods—see Insects [30]
Hives [122]
alighting-board of [127]
Bingham [140]
figure of [140]
bottom-board of [127]
figure of [128]
box not good [122]
chaff [251]
cover of [129]
division-board for [137]
entrance to [128]
figure of [124], [130], [155]
frames for [132]
Huber [138]
joints of [126]
square [126]
figure of [125]
bevel [126]
figure of [130]
Langstroth [123]
figure of [124]
lumber for [124]
movable comb [123]
movable frame [122]
near the ground [128]
nucleus [165]
position of [154]
figure of [115]
Quinby [139]
figure of [139]
rabbet of [125]
size of [124]
Honey [104]
collected, not secreted [104]
defined [104]
extracted [193]
for food [17]
granulated, how dissolved [193]
how collected [105]
how deposited [105]
how transported [105]
marketing of [213]
natural use of [106]
source of [105]
bark lice [105], [218]
honey-dew [105], [219]
plants [105], [210]
plant lice [105], [218]
other sources [105], [219]
Honey-Comb—see comb [108]
Honey Extractor—see extractor [188]
figure of [189]
importance of [188]
requisites of [189]
use of [191]
when to use [192]
Honey Knives [191]
figure of [191]
Honey Plants—see plants [218]
for April [223]
for May [225]
for July [237]
for June [228]
for August [242]
importance of [218]
list of [221]
House Apiary [255]
advantages of [256]
are they desirable? [256]
objections to [257]
Huber [71]
Huber Hive [138]
kinds of [133]
Hunter's Manual [23]
Hymenopterous Insects [31]
the highest [32]
parasitic [32]
Imago [70]
Insecta [28]
animals of [30]
class [28]
Insects, or Hexapods [30]
abdomen of [30]
head of [30]
imago of [30]
larva of [30]
pupa of [30]
thorax of [30]
transformations of [66]
transformations, complete [66]
transformations, incomplete [70]
Introduction of Cell [185]
figure of [167]
Introduction of Queen [183]
Intestines [61]
Italian Bees [41], [180]
description of [42], [181]
figure of Frontispiece
history of [41]
superiority of [181]
Jaws [50]
figure of [92]
Judas Tree [225]
figure of [224]
King Bird 27?
King's Text-Book [22]
Kirby & Spence's Entomology [47], [113]
Labium [48]
Labrum [48]
Ladies' Bee Dress [197]
Langstroth, Rev. L. L. [123]
Langstroth Frame [132]
figure of [124]
Langstroth Hive [123]
figure of [124]
Langstroth on the Honey-Bee [21]
Larva [68]
Latreille [45]
Leaf-Cutting Bee [36]
Legs of Insects [90]
Linnæus [45]
Ligula [49]
figure of [91]
Location of Apiary [120]
Locust Trees [236]
Lyonnet [46]
Male Organs [62]
figure of [63]
Mandibles [50]
figure of [92]
Maple [224], [225]
figure of [222]
Market—for honey [213]
crate for [216]
figures of [216], [217]
for comb [215]
for extracted [214]
how to stimulate [213]
rules for [215]
Mason Bees [36], [37]
Maxillæ [50]
Megachile [36]
Melipona [35]
Mice [272]
remedy for [272]
Mignonette [231]
figure of [231]
Milk-Weed [232]
pollen masses of [233]
figure of [233]
Mimicry [31]
Mouth Parts [48]
figure of [49]
variation of [50]
Movable-Comb Hives [123]
two types [123]
Moving Colonies [187]
Multiplying Colonies [171]
Muscles of Insects [56]
Mustard [233]
figure of [233]
Natural History of the Honey-Bee [27]
Natural Method of Increase [171]
Natural Swarms [171]
means to save [173]
implements required [173]
not desirable [171]
second swarms prevented [175]
Neighbour, The Apiary [23]
Nerves of Insects [57]
figure of [58]
Neuters [90]
cocoon of [98]
development of [96]
eggs of [96]
eyes of [92]
figure of [90]
function of [99]
old workers [99]
young workers [99]
honey stomach of [92]
figure of [60]
jaws of [92]
figure of [92]
larva of [97]
figure of [97]
longevity of [99]
number of [90]
pollen baskets of [93]
figure of [93]
pupa of [98]
figure of [97]
size of [90]
sting of [95]
figure of [95]
tarsi of [93]
figure of [93], [94]
tibia of [93]
tongue of [92]
figure of [91]
wings of [92]
figure of [38]
Nymphs [69]
Order [30]
of insects [30]
of the honey-bee [30]
Osmia [37]
Ovaries [64]
figure of [64]
Packard's Entomology [47]
Palpi [49]
Papers [19]
American Bee Journal [19]
Bee-Keepers' Magazine [21]
Gleanings in Bee Culture [20]
Paraglossæ [49]
Parasitic Insects [32]
Parasitic Bees [37]
Parthenogenesis [80]
in bees [80]
in other insects [81]
Plants [220]
asters [243]
figure of [243]
April [223]
August [242]
barberry [225]
figure of [226]
basswood [237]
figure of [237]
beggar-ticks [244]
bergamot [238]
blackberry [236]
boneset [238]
figure of [241]
buckwheat [243]
figure of [243]
button-ball [238]
figure of [240]
catnip [232], [240]
clover [228]
Alsike [228]
figure of [229]
sweet [228]
figure of [230]
white [228]
figure of [228]
coffee berry [226]
corn [235]
cotton [236]
figure of [236]
figwort [238]
figure of [238]
fruit trees [225]
golden-rod [242]
figure of [243]
Judas tree [225]
figure of [224]
July [237]
June [228]
list of [221]
locust [236]
maples [221], [225]
figure of [222]
milk-weed [232]
pollen-masses [232]
figure of [233]
mints [232]
figure of [232]
mignonette [231]
figure of [231]
mustard [233]
figure of [233]
okra [232]
figure of [231]
poplar [225]
rape [234]
figure of [234]
Rocky Mountain bee [238]
figure of [239]
sage [232]
white [226]
figure of [227]
sour-wood [240]
Spanish needles [244]
St. John's wort [240]
sumac [226]
teasel [235]
figure of [236]
tick-seed [244]
tulip tree [234]
figure of [235]
willow [224]
figure of [223]
wistaria [225]
American [225]
figure of [225]
Chinese [225]
figure of [226]
Pliny [44]
Poison from Sting [12]
innoculation of [12]
Poison Sack [95]
Pollen [111]
function of [112]
how carried [111]
nature of [111]
source of [111]
where deposited [112]
Preparation for Apiculture [117]
college course [118]
plan [118]
read [117]
visit [117]
Products of Bees [104]
comb [108]
figure of [109]
honey [104]
pollen or bee-bread [111]
propolis or bee-glue [112]
wax [106]
Products of Insects [104]
Propolis or Bee-Glue [112]
function of [113]
nature of [112]
source of [112]
Publications [19]
American Bee Journal [19]
Bee-Keepers' Magazine [21]
Gleanings in Bee Culture [20]
Pupa [68]
figure of [69]
Queen [71]
brood from eggs [78], [164]
cages [184]
cell [75]
figure of [109], [167]
introduction of [167]
figure of [167]
when started [164]
where built [164]
figure of [109]
clipping wing of [168]
how done [169]
not injurious [168]
why done [169]
cocoon of [77]
development of [75]
eggs of [80], [81]
how impregnated [81]
Wagner's theory [81]
fecundity of [83], [84]
figure of [72]
food of larvæ [76]
function of [83]
how procured [185]
importance of [163]
impregnation of [78]
only on the wing [79]
introduction of [183]
laying of [82]
longevity of [83]
must have empty cells [188]
never to be wanting [163], [176]
never to be poor [186]
no sovereign [85]
ovaries of [72]
figure of [64]
oviduct of [64]
piping of [102]
rearing of [78], [163], [186]
sex of [71]
shipping [186]
size of [72]
spermatheca of [72]
sterility of [83]
sting of [71]
tongue of [73]
figure of [73]
wings of [73]
Queen Cells [75]
figure of [109], [167]
how secured [164]
introduction of [167]
figure of [167]
Queen Rearing [163], [186]
Queen Shipping [186]
cage for [186]
figure of [187]
Queen White Ant [84]
fecundity of [84]
Quilt [136]
Quinby, M. [138]
Quinby Hive [139]
figure of [139]
Quinby's Mysteries of Bee-keeping [22]
Quinby Smoker [198]
figure of [199]
Rabbets for Hive [125]
of tin [125]
Races of the Honey-Bee [41]
Egyptian [43]
German or black [41]
Italian or Ligurian [41]
history of [41]
characters of [42]
superiority of [181]
other [43]
Ray [44]
Réaumur [45]
Respiration [59]
Riley's Reports [47]
Robbing [258]
how checked [258]
how prevented [259]
when to fear [258]
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant

[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]

INDEX TO APPENDIX.

Bark Louse [286]
of Tulip Tree [286]
Bee Enemies [286], [293]
Berlepsch [284]
Debeauvoys' Hive [282]
Della Rocca [283]
Dzierzon [283]
Dzierzon Hive [283]
Fossil Honey Comb [301]
figures of [301], [302]
Grecian Hives [278]
Harbison Hive [284]
History of Movable Frames [278]
Hives [278]
Berlepsch [284]
Debeauvoys [282]
Della Rocca [283]
Dzierzon [283]
Harbison [284]
Huber [278]
Langstroth [283]
Munn [279]
figures of [279], [280]
Schirach [283]
Schmidt [281]
Shaw [282]
Insects [286], [293]
Laphria thoracica [300]
Lecanium tulipiferæ [286]
Mallophora bomboides [297]
Mallophora orcina [297]
Phymata erosa [293]
Japan Medlar [293]
Kleine [281]
Langstroth Hive [283]
Laphria thoracica [300]
Lecanium tulipiferæ [286]
figure of [288]
Mallophora bomboides [297]
" orcina [297]
Motherwort [289]
figures of [289], [290], [291]
Munn Hive [279]
figures of [279], [280]
Phymata erosa [293]
figures of [294], [295], [296]
Plants [289]
Japan medlar [293]
Motherwort [289]
Sour-wood [293]
Réaumur [278]
Schmidt's Hive [281]
Schirach's hive [283]
Shaw's Hive [282]
Sourwood [292]
figure of [292]
Southern Bee-killers [297]
figures of [297], [298]
Stinging Bug [293]
figures of [294], [295], [296]
Swammerdam [278]
Triangular Hive [280]
figure of [280]

COOK'S NEW MANUAL OF THE APIARY.