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 "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 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 TONGUE of bee, uses of, 15 Tracheæ, 9, 14 Transporting bees, methods of, 81 U UNCAPPING, 98 Uncapping knives, how to use, 38 Uniting stocks, method of, 64 V 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