Spring, time to begin bee-keeping 11 Spring, First flight of bees in, a poem 116, 117 Sprinkling bees 77 Stand for hives, engraving 24, 28, 36, 42 Sticks in hives not necessary 115 Super for bar and frame hives 41 Bell glass (see Glasses) Straw 35, 36 Straw hives: Advantage of 34 Preference for 34, 37 Swarming:-- Usual time of year for 11 Cause of 11 Agitation before 12 Provisioning for 13 Usual time of day for 13 Poetical description of 13 Ringing on occasion of, needless 13 Desirable to prevent 16 Swarms:-- Devices for inducing settlement of 13 Consequences of a second flight 14 Means of preventing ditto 14 Two sometimes depart at same time and mingle 14 Necessity of having hives in readiness 14 Bee dress essential 15 Time for removing 15 Care to be exercised when confined 18, 24, 25, 29, 30 First swarms most valuable 16 Second, cause of 16 Premonitory symptoms 16 Royal wailing indicative of 16 Numerical composition of 16 Third, name of 16 Fourth, name of 16 Care required to prevent loss of 14, 109 T. Taking honey, mode of 21, 22 Thomson's " Seasons," extract from, on murdered bees 11 V. Ventilation 17, 18, 20, 21, 115 W.