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