When hives are liable to such raids, perforated zinc, or small strips of glass, fixed on edge across the entrance will often serve to frighten the birds off.

Another bird that raids directly on bees is the flycatcher, one of the migratory birds which come here for breeding purposes. Their usual swooping movement when catching insects on the wing is not practised when bees are their objective. It would seem that they avoid bees when flying. When raiding them, the bird alights at the back of the hive, and rushing under the alighting board, gathers up as many bees as he can from the ground in front of the hive.

It is quite possible that flycatchers could account for many a missing virgin queen.

The Toad.—Perhaps it is hardly right to class the toad as an enemy to the bee, seeing that the bulk of its food consists of insects that are injurious—either directly or through their larvae—to vegetable or plant life. But, inasmuch as it varies its diet with bees when they can be obtained, we have included it in this list.

INDEX

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

A[Top]
Air-organs of bee, [9], [14]
Alighting board, [26], [81]
Ammonia as remedy for bee-sting, [19]
Antennæ of bee, uses of, [15]
Ants in hives, [114]
Aphis and bees, [116]
Artificial pollen, [85]
Autumn feeding, [87-8]
B[Top]
Bar frame, advantages of, [28];
how to handle, in hive, [60], [74]
Bar-framed hive, working for profit and, [4];
comb formation and, [35];
how to transport, [81];
essential to profit-making, [93];
how to work, [92] et seq.
"Bee-bread," [56]
Bee escapes, [32]
Bees, as heat producers in hive, [5];
and swarming, [8], [44], [68];
metamorphosis of, [13];
anatomy of, [13-9];
sting of, [18];
and fowls, [19];
stingless, [19];
scent of, [46-7];
and comb-making, [50];
and varnish, [51];
and cross fertilisation of flowers, [53];
and honey gathering, [54-5];
and pollen, [56-7];
treatment of chilled, [58];
manipulation of, [58-9];
how to stimulate, [65];
and reserve food, [72], [81];
how to drive, [79];
how to transport, [81];
when food is declined by, [89];
diseases of, [106] et seq.;
enemies of, [112] et seq.
Bees-wax, how formed, [49-50], [92];
value of, [104];
how to melt and sort, [104-5]
Birds and the bee-keeper, [117]
Blind louse and bees, [115]
Blue-bag as remedy for bee sting, [9]
Blue-tit and bees, [118]
Brood-chamber, [26];
when to expand, [61];
standard frames from, as super, [73]
Brood-nest, choked, treatment of, [67]
Brood-rearing, artificial feeding, and, [66];
time of commencement of, [66];
use of old honey stores in, [90-1]
Brushes, best form of, [41]
C[Top]
Calico, unbleached, for quilt, [33]
Camphor, use of, in hives, [42], [96], [114]
Canadian feeders, [37]
Candy, for winter feeding, [88]
Carbolic acid, use of, as disinfectant, [42]
Carbolic cloths, how to use, [40-1]
Carr, W. B., and "self spacers," [28], [29]
Cells, queen, [6], [8], [74];
drone, cappings of, [12], [13];
shapes of, [49]
Cheese-cloth as strainer, [100]
Chilled brood, [110]
Chyle food, [7], [9], [50-1]
Cleanliness, necessity for, [38], [61], [71], [107]
Comb-foundation, and drone rearing, [12];
varieties of, and how to use, [35];
how to use old, [36];
and wax-making, [50];
how to use, [92-3];
handling of hives containing, [94]
Confidence, necessity for, [58]
D[Top]
Disinfectants, [42]
Doubling stocks, method of, [62]
Driven bees, taking old queen from, [65]
Driving, method of, [79]
Drone, the, and mating, [7], [11];
life history of, [11];
how to keep down number of, [12];
period of incubation of, [13];
comb-foundation and breeding of, [35];
cells of, [49];
means of escape from super for, [74]
Dummy, how used, [32], [61]
Dysentery, symptoms of, and remedy for, [108]
E[Top]
Earwig and bees, [112]
Embedder, a simple, [94]
Enemies of bees, [112]
Excessive swarming, remedy for, [73]
Excluder, zinc, [36], [74], [76]
Extractor, necessity for, [38];
how to work, [98-9]
Eyes of bee, [16]
F[Top]
Fanning as a sign of trouble in hive, [17], [107]
Feeders, varieties of, and how to use, [37]
Feeding, circumstances in which it is useless, [5];
varieties of feeders, [37];
use of propolis in, [52];
when necessary, [61], [81];
weak stocks, [63];
inside, [64];
to encourage brood rearing, [66];
after supering from brood-chamber, [75];
necessity of, in spring, [82];
method of, in spring, [83];
syrup food, [84];
artificial pollen food, [85];
water in, [85];
when to stop, in spring, [86];
in autumn, [86];
in winter, [88];
injurious, [107];
in cases of suspected disease, [109]
Fermentation in hive, [18], [90]
Float-feeders, [37]
Flowers and bees, [53]
Flycatcher and bees, [119]
Formic acid, in bee sting, [19]
Fold brood, [18];
symptoms of, [107]
Fuel for smoker, [40]
G[Top]
Gloves, use of, [43], [59]
Green-fly and bees, [115]
H[Top]
Heather honey, shallow frames and, [30];
colour and flavour of, [55];
extraction of, [56]
Hive, bees as heat producers in, [5];
bees and ventilation of, [17];
hints on selection of, [21];
the skep, [22];
disadvantages of wooden, [24];
size of, [25];
floorboard of, [26];
brood-chamber, [26];
queen-rearing, [33], [75];
observation, [34];
scent of, [46];
position of, [58];
how and when to clean, [61];
weak, [61];
for swarm, [71];
re-queening of, [75], [77];
transport of, [81];
heating when bees are starved in, [90];
dangers of fermenting food in, [90];
use of old honey-stores in, [90-1];
mice in, [18], [113]
Honey, what it is, [48];
flowers and nectar for, [54];
influence of source of on colour, [55];
flavour of, [55];
formation and sealing of, [96];
extraction of, [97-9];
ripening, [99];
straining, [100-2];
storing and bottling, [103];
marketing, [103]
Honeycomb, composition and purpose of, [48-9];
care of, [95],96;
removal from hive of, [96-7]
Honey dew, [116]
Honey press, [39]
I[Top]
"Imps" for skep hive, [23]
Incubation, period of, [13]
Isle of Wight disease, [108]
J[Top]
Jaws of bee, how used, [17]
L[Top]
Lime honey, colour of, [55]
M[Top]
Metamorphosis of bees, [13]
Methylated spirit, as remedy for bee sting, [19];
bees' objection to, [19], [51]
Mice and hives, [18], [113]
Mildew, in honeycombs, [96];
in quilts, [107]
Modern methods, necessity for, [3]
Montbretia leaves, brushes of, [41]
Moths in hives, [114]
N[Top]
Naphthalene as disinfectant and insecticide, [42], [96], [114]
"Nucleus" hives, [33]
O[Top]
Observation hives, [34]
Onion as remedy for bee-sting, [19]
Outside feeding, advantages of, [83];
method of, [83-4];
in cases of suspected disease, [109-10]
P[Top]
Pollen, and worker bees, [10];
bees as transferrers of, [53];
how used by bees, [56];
artificial, [85]
Pollen-baskets of bee, [16], [56]
Pollen mites, [115]
Porter escape, [32]
Prevention of swarming, [72]
Profit, necessities to secure, [3], [36], [38]
Propolis, on old quilts, [33], [52];
what it is, [51];
excess of, [51-2];
use of, in artificial feeding, [52], [85]

Q[Top]
Queen bee, life history of, [5-7];
chyle food and, [7];
mating of, [7];
egg-laying capacity of, [7];
virgin, and unfertile eggs, [7], [12];
and swarming, [8], [44], [68], [70];
size of, [8];
how to prevent rearing of, [8];
period of incubation of, [13];
susceptibility to cold of, [14];
hives for rearing, [33];
excluder, [36];
scent of, [48];
shape of cell of, [49];
wing-clipping of, [72];
exclusion of, from super, [74];
rearing of, [75]
Queen-cage, [78]
Queen excluders, [36];
use of, in driving, [65];
use of, in supering, [74], [76]
Queen-rearing hives, [33], [65], [75]
Queen-rearing, methods of, [75]
Quilt, its use and material, [32-3]
R[Top]
"Ringing the swarm," [68]
Ripening honey, method of, [99]
Rot in wood hives, [24]
"Rot preventers," [25]
Rust, and frame "ends," [29];
and frame wires, [93]
S[Top]
Scent of bees, [46] et seq.
Sections, shallow frames and, [31];
how made, [31];
how to work, [94];
how to market, [104]
"Self-spacers" for bar frames, [28]
Shaking, a swarm, [70];
frames, [74]
Shallow frames, [30]
Skep hive, development of, [22];
uselessness of, in modern practice, [22];
how "taken," [23];
"imp" and super for, [23];
its immunity from fungus and rot, [24];
how to pack for transport, [81]
Slow feeders, [37]
Slugs and the bee-keeper, [117]
Smoker, object and use of, [39-40];
how to use, [59], [80]
Snails and the bee-keeper, [117]
Soda as remedy for bee sting, [19]
Spiders in hives, [115]
Spring feeding, [83-6]
Standard frames, sizes of, [28];
"ends" for, [28-9], [60];
how to hang, [29];
"wide-shouldered," [29];
as super, [29], [75];
comb foundation and, [92];
wiring, [91]
Starvation, symptoms of, [89]
Stimulating, process of, [65]
Sting of bee, as weapon of defence, [18];
remedy for, [19];
scent of, [47];
safeguards against, [59]
Stingless bees, [19]
Straining honey, [100-2]
Super, and queenless stock, or weak hive, [5];
for skep, [23];
standard frames as, [29];
shallow frames as, [30];
what it is, [31];
for use with choked brood-nest, [67];
of standard frames from brood-chamber as, [73];
removal of, for winter feeding, [87];
in section working, [95]
Swarm, how to handle the, [45], [69];
virgin, [45];
"ringing" the, [68];
shaking the, [70];
first, [71]
Swarming, cause of, [8], [44];
signs of, [44-5];
times of, [45];
scent in, [46];
excessive, [72];
prevention of, [72]
Syrup food, recipes for, [84], [87]
T[Top]
Tongue of bee, uses of, [15]
Tracheæ, [9], [14]
Transporting bees, methods of, [81]
U[Top]
Uncapping, [98]
Uncapping knives, how to use, [38]
Uniting stocks, method of, [64]
V[Top]
Varnish, and bees, [51]
Veil, how to use, [42-3], [59]
Ventilation of hive, [17], [81]
Virgin queen, and unfertile eggs, [7];
swarm, [45], [70]
W[Top]
Wasps and the bee-keeper, [116]
Water, necessity for providing, [85];
in autumn feeding, [87]
Weak hive, [61];
"robbery" from, [62];
treatment of, [62-5]
White clover honey, colour of, [55]
Wings of bee, arrangement and uses of, [17]
Wiring of frames, methods of, [93]
Worker bee, description of, [8];
occasional fertility of, [8], [12];
life history of, [8], [10];
and pollen, [10];
as honey-gatherer, [10];
period of incubation of, [13], [85];
sensibility to cold of, [14];
cells of, [49];
and pollen, [56-7]

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