INDEX.

EDITORIALS:-Directly Personal,

1; Cultivation of Bacterium,

11; Bee Associations and

Legislation, 31; Points Re-

quiring Attention, 51; Assist-

ing "The Cause," 71; County

Associations and Legislation,

91; Sending Live Bees hy

Post, 121; Compulsory Powers,

151; Plain Words Regarding

Plain Facts, 171; Improving

the Occasion, 181; June First,

211; The Jubilee Week, 241;

Judging at Shows, 251:

Shallow Frames for Extract-

ing, 331; Buying Diseased

Bees, 391; Dairy Show, 401;

Record "Take of Honey,

411; Foul Brood Legislation,

451; Unreported Bee Talks,

461; To our Readers, 511

Agricultural Tenants, Legal

Rights of, 438

American and Colonial Bee

Journals, 120, 430

Anti-swarming Chambers, 35,

65

246, 291; Northumberland

and

Durham, 183; North

Norfolk, 321; Perthshire, 373;
Pickering and District, 421;
Roxburghshire, 393; Stafford-
shire, 141, 334; Scottish, 201,
337, 463; Surrey, 302, 433, 422;
Shropshire, 332; South of
Scotland, 336; Wotton-under-
Edge, 63; Warwickshire, 153;
Worcestershire, 233; Wilts
Border Co-operative, 354;
Wellington and District, 416;
Yetminster County Council
District, 336

Association for Bucks, an, 207;

for Cumberland, 356; for Devon

and Exeter, 482; Village Bee-

keepers', 486

Average Returns, 50

Bacterium, Cultivation of, 11

BEE AND HONEY SHOWS at:

Barrow in - Furness, 341;

Basingstoke, 492; Biggar,

342; Biankney, 301; Burton-

on Trent, 334; Bradford

Abbas, 836; Bramhall, 359;

Chester, 301; Delapre Park,

Northants. 313; Dumfries,

237; Derby, 361; Edinburgh,

463; Fallowfield, Manches-

ter, 313; Fairfield, Man-

chester, 343; Farnham, 433;

Gloucester, 335; Goole, 341;

Glasgow, 424; Harrogate

(Yorks), 221, 302, 340, 343;

Hampton, 281; Hamilton,

491; Hucknall, 291, Helsby,

314; Hastings, 353; Hereford,

372; Juniper Green, 341; Jed-

burgh, 393; Kingsbridge, 322;

Leicester, 312; Loughborough,

373; Ludlow, 452; Manches-

ter, 251, 261, 262, 271; Melton

Constable Park, 321; Notts,

246; Northenden, 342; Neston

(Wilts), 354; Perth, 373;

Reading, 232; Sleaford (Lincs),

291; Southwell, 291; Shrews-

bury, 332; Woking, 302; Wel-

beck, 322: Dublin, 501

Bee as a Weather-prophet, the,

512

Appliance Dealers and Custo-
mers, 119, 310
April Showers, 177
"Art Honey," Swiss Bee-keep-
ing and, 244

Artificial Increase, 215

Assisting the Cause, 71

ASSOCIATIONS, BEE-KEEPERS' :-

British, 11, 62, 91, 101, 111, 121,

131, 161, 182, 271, 352, 361, 401,

421, 441, 481; Berks, 232, 306;

Bristol, Somerset, and Glouces-

ter, 41; Cornwall, 153; Derby-

ahire, 22, 361; Dalry, 373;

Essex, 136, 161, 443; Glouces

ter, 35; Helmsley and Dis-

trict, 53; Herefordshire, 91,

372, 430; Irish, 22, 63, 92, 161,

183, 318, 353, 490; Kent and

Sussex, 31, 91, 161, 353; Lan-

cashire and Cheshire, 71, 313;

Lanark, 491; Leicestershire,

92, 312, 372; Lincolnshire, 102,

291, 301; Middlesex, 281;

Northamptonshire, 63, 313, BEE FOOD: Granulated Honey

346; Nottinghamshire, 82, for, 97; Preparing, 100, 379;

Bee Associations and Legisla

tion, 143

and Foul Brood,
68
Bee-Clubs, Suggested, 364, 381
Bee-County, Wiltshire as a, 129,

136

Bee Case, a Pending, 366

at New Romney, 380

Bee Farm, Location for, 36; an

American, 95; in Scotland,

Starting a, 104; New Zealand,

100, 119

155

trip, 279; Blocking Entrances,

30; Buying, 198; Buying

Diseased, 117, 384, 390, 391;

and Drinking Troughs, 10; and

Honey Production, 34; and

Birds, 93; and Spring Feed-

ing, 127; and Orchids, 212;

and Historic Devices, 222; by

Post, Sending, 121, 141, 256,

314, 322; Bad Start with, 278;

Building Combs in Trees, 296;

Cyprian, 99; Cast Out, Dead,

219; Dying, 19, 98, 180, 370,

500; Dying in Snow, 78;

Dying behind Queen Excluder,

338; Dead through Famine,

140, 157, 170, 180; Deserting

Brood in "Wells" Hives, 200;

Dwindling, 280; Ecclesiasti-

cal, 498; for Profit, Keeping,

6, 320; for Transit, Packing,

36, 266; for Object Lessons,

460; Flowers for, 147; from

House Roof, Removing, 237;

Fighting among Themselves,

189, 387; Hybridising, 267, 508;

Hedgehogs and, 306; in Rail-

way Lamp, 329; Dividing, 327;

Dysentric, 330; in a Rectory

House, 449, in co. Kilkenny,116,

404; in Cumberland, 362; in co.

Down, 416; in Dumfries, 406;

in Diseased Hives, Destroying,

346; in Early Spring, Moving,

178; Buying in Frame Hives,

138; in Greenhouses,90; in India

(by Lord Roberts), 110; in

Jamaica, 146; in Japan, 402;

in New Zealand, 22, 42, 57; in

Scotland, 5; in South Africa,

53; in skeps for Travelling,

Packing, 310; in the Malay

Archipelago, 307; Materials

for Packing, 346; in the

Far North, 396; in Wales, 5,

17, 26; in "Wells" hives, 5;

in West Cornwall, 101; in

Winter, Moving, 37; Italian

119; Leaving Hives, 210;

Moving, 30, 100, 156, 310, 508;

My First Year with, 448; My,

60; Mice and, 70; Manipulat-

ing, 93; Near London, 456; on

Frames, Price of, 119; Price

of Driven, 80; Planting

for, 317, 337; Preventing

Swelling when Stung by, 330;

Pigeons and, 418; Races of,

220, 320, 420; Refusing to

Enter Supers, 248; Refusing

Sections, 268; Refusing Foun-

dation, 269; Recording Obser-

vations on, 296; Superseding

Queens, 18; Safe Journey with

Driven, 53: Summer Manage-

ment of, 131; Short of Stores,

198; Subduing, 280; Special-

ised Development in, 439;

Smothered in Transit, 444;

Tits and, 87, 93, 103, 128, 136;

15638

Transferring Themselves from
Skeps to Frame Hives,
268, 330; Uniting, 147, 179,
217, 226, 310, 319, 324, 350, 368;
Utilising Driven, 248, 268, 278,
350; Unable to Fly, 299;
Varieties of, 139, 390; Vicious,
279, 289; Short of Food, 81;
Italianising, 88;
Buying
Diseased, 117, 218; by Auc-
tion, Selling Infected, 211; in
Natal, 504; in Essex, 507
Bees' Eggs, Vitality of the, 454
Beginners: Assisting, 155;

Advice to, 76; Experiences,
94; Hiving Swarms for, 97;
Balance-sheet, 5, 448; Plans
for '98, 499; Queries, 29, 89,
318, 417

Bell Glasses on Skeps, 266, 292
Bound Volumes of BEE JOURNAL,
50

British B.K A. and its Affiliated
Associations, 361

Brice, H. W., Mr., his "Poings
of the Past Month," 32, 72,
113, 153, 193

Brood spreading, 76, 203, 235

Canadian Bee Journal (an ac-
knowledgment), 150
Candy Making, 26, 46, 70, 78, 90,
100, 378, 460

Carbolised Cloths, Using, 367
Carniolan Queens, Non-Delivery
of, 426, 435
Casts, Returning, 298

Celluloid for Feeding Stages,
17, 36

Chapman Honey Plant, Free
Seeds of, 476, 500
Chilled Brood, 179
Christmas Holiday, My, 13
Chickens Stung by Bees, 292
Cider Industry, the, 27
Colony of Bees, What Consti-
tutes a, 516
COMB-FOUNDATION: 18, 87, 89,
98, 103, 179, 250, 263; and
Honey Samples, 500; How it
should Hang, 146, 164, 168,
229; Bees Refusing, 279, 310;
The New Deep-cell "Weed
282; Thin Super, 389
Comb Cappings, Colour of, 450
Comb-Honey Preserving, 231
Comb-Rack for Fumigating, 437
Combs, Hard Pollen in, 60
Combs: Using Mouldy, 160;
Utilising Old, 81; Using Dis-
eased, 217; Renewing, 233,
420; Storing Pollen, 339;
Storing Empty, 350; With
Dead Larvae, 350; Misshapen,
430; Old Used Up, 440;
Patched Up, 448
Contribution from Wilts, A, 187
Contributors, Sparing, 372
Conversazione of B.B.K.A., 111,
182, 40, 406, 421, 431, 441
Copies of JOURNALS for Free
Distribution, 370, 476
Cottagers, A Hint to, 214

Attempt at Modern
Methods, 218
County Trophy, Labels, 21
Competitions, 61, 206
County Associations and their
Work, 94, 104, 106, 116
Criticising Contributions, 150
Current Topics, 513

Dairy Show: 353, 374, 401, 422,
435; Suggestions for next
year's, 448; Prize List, 450
Dealers Catalogues, 60
Dead Bees on Floor Boards, 387

Detecting Disease, 389
Devonshire Bee-keepers, To, 482
Distance Pins in Bottom Bars,

18

Disadvantages of a Warm
Location, 226

Diseased or Queenless, 320
Diseased Bees, Buying, 391, 400
Disinfecting Store Combs, 499
Divided Sections, 516
Division Boards in "W.B.C."
Hives, 450

Doolittle, Mr. G. M., on Uniting
Nuclei and After-swarms, 19;
on Giving Foundation in
Brood Frames, 39; on Securing
Worker Combs, 116; on In-
crease and Extracted Honey,
223; on the Value of Strong
Colonies, 49; on Saving Time
in Bee work, 149; on Feeding
Back Extracted Honey, 348;
on Combs and Honey for Next
Season, 349; on Preparing
Honey for Market, 358; on
Long Hives v. Tiering Up, 376;
on Italian Bees not Working
in Sections, 377; on Making
Sugar syrup for Bees, 410; on
Preventing Swarms in an Out-
Apiary, 418; on Winter Pas-
sages, 459

Double Queen System, 68
Doubling and Sterifying, 97, 109,
138

DRIVEN BEFS: Utilising, 248,
268, 35, 368; Uniting, 347,
357; Candy for, 360; Desert-
ing Hives, 378; Feeding, 379,
430, 438; Buying by Weight,
436, 447

Driving Bees, 330

Driving Bees, A Lady's Ex-
perience of, 73; Date for, 137,
219; Driving Experiences, 408
Drone Brood, Early, 187
in Worker Cells,
138
Cells in Brood
Chambers, 263
Drone-fly, The, 414, 427
Drones : Returning to their
Hives, 292; in Autumn, 387;
Bees Killing, 299, 310, 490
Drunken Humble Bees, 169
Dysentery through fermenting
food, 168; Suspected 7, 49

tageous? Is it, 202; Driven
Bees and Spring, 127; Bought
Honey for, 480; for Winter,
340; Inside Open Air, 4 3;
Feeding under, Difficulties,
Late, 399
Feeding Bottles, 230
Feeders, Regulating, 37
Five Days Weather in May, 204
Floorboards, Thickness of 6, 18
Ventilating, 203,
Flowering Ampelopsis, 500
Food Adulteration, Bee-keeping
and, 84

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in Brood-Combs, Excess of,
138

for Winter, Amount of, 368
over Winter, Keeping Un-
sealed, 410

Utilising unsealed, 79
Stocks short of, 81
FOUL BROOD: 163, 174, 187, 219,
222, 300, 376, 400, 466; Vitality,
of Spores, 36; Suspected, 50,
97, 110, 170, 299, 409; Bee
Associations and, 68, 188; and
Legislation, 91, 143, 151, 164,
175, 181, 187, 188, 196, 210, 29,
451; Pessimism and, 176;
Cottagers and, 187; Com-
ments from Bucks, 188
Foul Brood and its Remedy,
482, 497; How it is Spread,
211, 317, 337; Dealing with,
197, 198, 219, 227, 236, 237, 309,
330, 340, 357; Legislation,

Need for, 376; Helping to
Stamp out, 397, 437
FRAMES: Glass Covers for, 17;
Block for Making, 357, 397,
39; Standard, 296; Disin-
fecting, 236; Spacing, 326,
459; For Wintering on, 360.
FRAME HIVES: Starting with,
28; from skeps, Stocking,
190, 209; Removing Skeps
from, 238; Transferring to
316, 318, 327
French Honey Industry, 509

Glass Quilts, 17, 60, 65, 66, 136
Glass Covers, Cutting Feed

Holes in, 17, 109, 115; and
Non-porous Quilts, 100
Gosforth Agricultural Society, |

356

Hive Roof, Wild Bees in, 222
HIVES: The Langstroth, 50;
The "Cowan," 70; The
"W.B.C.," 245, 256, 299;
Can We have Too Many Bees
in? 34; Requeening, 309;
Kinds of Bees in a, 360;
Entrance, Aspect of, 436; Best
Aspect for, 59, 80; Buying
Second-hand, 128, 827; Black
Shiny Bees in, 219; Deserted,
70, 275; Disinfecting, 239;
Double v. Single Walled, 308;

Enlarging the Brood Nest of
Small, 288; for Ventilation,
Wedging up, 28: for a Bee-
house, 360; for Transit
Abroad, Packing, 390; How
Frames Should Hang in, 168;
Home-made, 480; Inspecting,
389; in Summer, Shading, 69;
in which Bees have Died,
Using, 100; Enlarging in
Early Spring. 98; Lattice-work
in Front of, 99; Loose Stands
for, 500; Moving, 400; Moth
Larve in, 169; Mice in, 90;
Near Public Roads, 430:
Weight of on Scales, 221, 234,
254, 263, 274, 286, 287, 302;
Suitable for India, 300
Honey Imports, 20, 63, 92, 142,
183, 233, 277, 324, 361, 412, 452,

500

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HONEY: Bright Outlook for,
233; a Find of, 400; a Record
"Take of 402, 411; Buying,
340, 400; Broom, 444; Cali-
fornian, 110; Cats'-Claw, 323;
Colour of, 350; Do Early
Spring Flowers Yield? 97;
Doubling for Extracting, 97;
Dark, 360; Extracting and
Grading, 118; Effect of Tin on,
378, 398, 427, 454, 484, 496;
Extraordinary Take of, 411,
415, 427, 449, 456; for Sending
by Rail, Packing, 33; Fer
menting, 80, 450, 480; of 1896
in Straw Supers, 130; from
Infected Hives, 230; for Show-
ing, 286, 311, 339, 340, 350, 380,
410; from Limes and Heather,
320; for Market, Preparing,
358; for Exhibition, Clearing,
379; for Profit, Comb v. Ex-
tracted, 416; Granulation of,
109, 310, 370; Hampshire
Heather, 119; Harvest in
Athol, 381; Harvest, my Re-
cord, 404; Increase and Ex-
tracted, 223 ; Labels, 70:
Mount Hymettus (?), 110; My
First Take of, 212; November,
468, 478; Out of Condition,
490; Packing, 471; Price of,
449; Quality of, 360; Selling,
45, 214, 371, 387, 402; Storing,
340; Supply, Source of, 360,
380; Shows, Starting, 468;
Trophy Class at
Royal

Show of 1897, 3; Trophy, the,
61; the Record "Take" of,
427, 456; Unripe, 299; Varie
ties of, 350; Welsh, 500; What
Plants Yield Best, 417; end-
ing by Parcels Post, 504; But-
ter and, 507; Australian, 516
Honey-comb Devices, 367
Honey-crates Making, 338
Honey-press, The Peebles, 14

Law of Breeding Applied to
Bees, 8

Law of Ownership in Swarms,
179

Lecture on Apiculture, 478
Limes for Bees, 292

Linoleum for Hive-floors, 17
Location for Bee-farm, 36
"LORDSWOOD": : Philosophy,
12; a January Day, 48;
January Days, 54; Echinops
Sphærocephalus, 66; Bees and
Bob-howlers, 74; Eryngium
Maritimum, 83; a Correction,
84; an Up-to-date Bee-keeper,
92; Days of February, 107;
Eryngiums and Pianos, 109;
March Winds, 123; Tardy
Spring, 134; My Out-Apiary,
106; April Showers, 177;
"Melpop," 184; Memories,
194; a Jubilee Holiday, 204;
Days of June, 275, 294;
Weather Aftercast, a, 47,
Eulogy of the Linden-tree,
306; Condemned Bees, 315;
323; Jack Bannell to "Lords-
wood," 397: July Days, 382;
the Drone Fly, 414; For the
Bee's Sake, 474; Christmas-
tide," 502; My Native County,

511

Athol Beta: Phenol and,
6; Solution, 180; Fit for
Use, How long, 390
New Zealand, Introduction of
Bees into, 22, 42, 57; Bee
Farming in, 100, 119; Humble
Bees in, 21
New Danger, a, 187
Non-swarming Chambers, 47, 76,
90; Hives, 514
Notes by the Way: 3, 27, 45, 65,
83, 102, 124, 126, 142, 162, 183,
282, 314, 854, 374, 403, 453, 472,

492

Notes, Northern, 413, 444; Town
and Country, 236; Apical-
tural, 233; from a District
Secretary, 86; from Manches-
ter, 155; from Devon, 212;
from the West, 235, 283; from
Oxford, 284; from the North,
370; from Midlothian, 426;
from Yorks, 467

ley, 162; M. Georges de
Layens, 433

Observatory Hive for Indoor
Use, 338; Putting in Queens
for Exhibition, 330; Making,
360

Old Bee Books, 420

Opening Hives in Winter, 508
Our Contributors, Sparing, 372

Packing, Uses of, 158
Packing Bees for Transit, 36;
Honey for Post, 467; Honey
for Shows, 471
Parthenogenesis, 25, 122
Patents, Validity of, 486
Payments to BEE JOURNAL
Office, 148

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from Drone Eggs, 283; Renew-
ing, 363; Piping, 299; Simple
Plan of Raising, 146; Select-
ing, 449; Thrown Out, 297
Queenless Hives, 70; Bees,
Utilising, 160; Bees, Dealing
with, 490
Queenlessness, 83, 430
Queries from Would-be Experts,
37

Quilts, Non-Porous, 100

Rack v. Crate, 407, 430
Receptacles for Honey, 454
Recipes, Using Guide Book,"

59

Reports of Shows, 321
Re-queening, 444; in August,
326

Report of Bee Work done in
Wilts, 414

Reviving Bees, 508
Robbing, 379

"ROYAL" SHOW at Manchester:-
3, 66, 152, 221, 251, 281, 271;
Exhibits at, 40; Prize Sche-
dule, 61, 89; Trophy Class, 3,
201, 253; Judging at, 262, 272,
280; A Protest re Trophy-
Class, 262; Showing at, 37;
Berkshire B. K.A. and, 384

Atchleys, 95

QUEENS: Age of, 180, 237, 259;
and Queen-cells, 228; Balled,
227, 440; Cast out of Hive, 157,
170, 217, 229, 230, 249, 269,
320; "Case," a 204; Ceasing
to Lay, 222; Cast out after
Hiving Double Swarm, 255;
Drone-breeding, 188, 209, 249,
390; Deferred Mating of, 228;
Excluders and Winter Pack-
ing, 89; Failing, 180; in April,
Unmated, 160; in Spring,
Suspected Loss of, 184, 180;
Killed, 100, 266; Loss of, 218,
220, 227, 247, 288; Laying Two
Fggs in One Cell, 278; Mating,
279, 290, 298, 409, 412; Rear-
ing, 79, 239, 278, 318, 386; în
Canada, 433, 484; Refusing to
Leave with Swarm, 229; Rais-
ing Carniolan, 330; Rearing,
Syrup v. Candy and, 438;
Sending by Post, 435; Sus-
pected Death of, 10, 203; Sigus
of Age of, 259; Sterile, 378;
Smashed in Post, 390; Traps
and Drone Traps, 80; Trap-
alleys, 90; Traps and Lost
Swarms, 169; Unable to Fly,
300; Unmated, 430
Queen Cells in March, 138;

Causes of Construction, 158;
Distinguishing Used, 229; 118
Raised in One Hive, 447; and
Swarmed Hives, 320
Queen Bees from Abroad, 452
Queens and Worker Bees, 130;
Superseding, 18, 29; Sending
by Post, 370; Capturing, 289;
Drone-Breeding, 308; Fly for
Mating, Distance, 227; in one
Colony, Two, 30; Introducing.
9, 70, 370; Mating of, 466; of
any Use? Are Unfertile, 129;
on Combs, Finding,326; Reared

Royal Counties Show at Read-
ing, 155

Season: The, 66, 494; The Show,
206; in Scotland, 397; Close
of the, 409; in Ireland, 415
SECTIONS: as "Christmas
Cards," 449; Brood in, 267,
300; Brace Combs in, 388;
Cheap Covers for, 452; Dark
Honey in, 350; Divide 1, 497;
for Exhibition, 310; in May,
Giving, 199; in Brood Frames,
Starting, 246; Leaking, 20;
Over Winter, Keeping, 470;
Patent Rights in 498; Re-
moving, 70; Railway Com-
panies and Damaged, 367;
Split - top v. Plain, 418;
Sladen's, 475, 4:6; Spring
Travelling Crates for, 490;
Side-cut, 464, 474, 486; Un-
finished Heather, 338; Using
Excluder Zinc Below, 219
Second Swarm, Adding Bees to,
320

Self-hivers, 78, 128, 146
Shamrock, The, 455, 467, 471,
475

SHALLOW-FRAMES: Cleaning up

Boxes of, 387; for extracting,
331; in Surplus Chambers, 18
"Showing," Success in, 488
Sketches by a Roving Bee-
keeper, 477, 495, 515
Skeps, 413

SKEPS: Transferring from, 28,
89, 98, 198, 226, 247, 278; Sus-
pected Combs in. 148; Wax-
Moth in, 156; Stocking Frame-
Hive from, 190, 200; Queen
Cast Out of, 217; for Surplus,
247; from Frame-Hives, Re-
moving, 238

STOCKS: in Autumn, Dividing,
246; from Driven Bees, Estab
lishing, 299; in Autumn,
Diseased, 391; in Spring,
Dividing, 469; Variations in
Strength of, 208
Stings, Effects of, 159, 328
Sugar, Porto Rico, 90; for Bee-
Syrup, 310, 320
Sundry Bee Notes, 494

Supering Hives, Date for, 55
S npers Warm, Keeping, 156

Supers, Separate Entrance to,
246

Honey of '96 in Straw,
130

Nonsectional, 516
Super-Clearers, 374
Surplus-boxes, Windows in, 29
Surplus Room, Giving, 231
Working for, 238
Chambers, Bees Refusing
to Enter, 248
Chambers, How Combs
Should Run in, 388
Removing, 340
Swarm-Catchers, 98, 128, 110,
146, 227, 286, 328
SWARM; an Unlucky Stray,
118; Working from Skep into
Frame Hive, 267; Leaving
Hive, 268; Suffocated, 297;
Uniting Queenless Stocks with,
299; Young Bees and, 300;
Destroying Vagrant, 330
SWARMS: Dealing with, 217, 221;
Artificial, 99, 208, 249, 263;
and Undesired Increase, 237;
Desertiog Hives, 264, 282;
Early, 197; Hiving, 300; Loss
of, 169; Law of Ownership in,
179, 412; Preventing, 110, 129;
Price of, 119; Returning, 340;
Virgin, 330

SWARMING: 239; Dealing with

Skeps after, 25; Dividing
stocks after, 297; Erratic, 280;
Excessive, 259, 317, 328, 447;
Foul brood and, 266, 267;
Fever, 287; Factors influen-
cing, 368; Immature Larvæ
cast out after, 279; Natural,
436; or Returning Swarms,
136; Propensity, 255, 287; pre-
venting, 456, 506; Queen lost
in, 220; Queen" balled " after,
227; Vagaries in 1897, 236, 255,
266, 284, 288, 293
Syrup-making, 78
Syrup, using unsealed, 80