238figure of239Royal Jelly76Russell Hive141Salicylic Acid261use of261Sage232white226figure of227Sawdust154Saws151Barnes'151foot-power151Second Swarms102Secretion62Secretory Organs61Sections147dove-tail147figure of146Hetherington146glassing146Phelps-Wheeler-Betsinger147figure of147veneer144glassing145Section Block145figure of145Section Frame147figure of148where placed148Section Rack149Doolittle151figure of150,151Southard & Ranney's150use of149Wheeler151Senses of Insects51hearing51seeing54smelling52feeling51Separators146,150figure of146tin148figure of149,150wooden146figure of146Shade for Hives153ever-greens154grape-vines153houses153use of153prevents idleness153prevents melting of comb153Smokers198bellows198how used201Bingham199figure of199Quinby193figure of199Sour-wood240Spanish Needles244Specialists11Species of the Honey-Bee41Spermatheca65Spiders271Spiracles59Spring Dwindling254Starting an Apiary117Sting95figure of95Stingless Bees35Stings201cure of201St. John's Wort240Stomach60sucking60true60Sub-Order31Hymenoptera31of the honey-bee31Sumac226Sun-Flower243Swammerdam44Swarming101,171after-swarms103clustering103drone-brood started101old colony—how known102preparation for101drone-brood101queen cells101prevented176when to expect176Swarms172hiving173easy method172second172how prevented172Tachina Fly270figure of270Tailor-Bee36Teasel235figure of236Thorax of Insects48appendages of55Tick-Seed244Toads272Tongue49Trachea28,59figure of28Transferring156method of160when easiest156Transformations of Insects66incomplete70Trigona35Tulip Tree234figure of235Uniting253when advisable253Varieties of the Honey-Bee—see races41Veil196figure of196Virgil44Wagner19Wagner's Theory81Wasps271remedies for272Water for Bees98Wax106composition of107function of108how secured211importance of211source of106Wax Extractor212figure of212Wax Pockets106figure of106Weiss' Foundation Machine204figure of205Westwood on Insects47Willow224figure of223Wings65clipping168figure of38of drone86of queen73of worker92figure of38Wintering246requisites to safe248absorbents above bees253chaff hives261chamber contracted253colonies prepared248depositories for252cellar232house252house apiary255good food248late breeding249packing-box250figure of250protected if left out250why disastrous246excessive moisture248extremes of temperature247spring dwindling254too early cessation of storing247unwholesome food247Women as Bee-Keepers15Workers—see Neuters90fertile77,90Wistaria225American225figure of225Chinese225figure of226Xylocopa36