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1 Index to: The Practical Beekeeper Volumes I, II & III by Michael Bush
2 Index to: The Practical Beekeeper Volume I, II & III This index is valid for all three separate volumes and the complete book. Copyright 2015 by Michael Bush All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of the author. Cover Photo 2011 Alex Wild ISBN: X-Star Publishing Company
3 About This Index: I had originally planned to have an index for the book when it was released, but as I worked on getting it done it become obvious that it would delay the release of the book by at least a year or more. That turned out to be true as it took four more years to get it completed. But here it is at last. I apologize that it is a separate book but have tried to keep the cost at a minimum. This index is valid for all editions and all volumes that do not have their own index. The page numbering for the separate volumes has always been the same as the complete set. So if, for example, you have just Volume one, this index will work. Of course you may find more entries on that topic that fall into other volumes that you don t have. The page numbering on the index picks up where the three volume book leaves off. Michael Bush
4 Index to: The Practical Beekeeper absconding, 83, 183 acaracide, 10, 31, 36, 110, 434, 435, 594 Acarapis A. dorsalis, 184 A. externus, 184 A. woodi, 183, See tracheal mite Africanized honey bee, 7, 184, 380, 407, 478 cell size, 377 Varroa mite, 380 American foulbrood (AFB), 103, 186, 192, 238 Apis mellifera mellifera. See native bees Apistan, 35, 110, 114, 117, 267, 594, 628, See fluvalinate bait hive, 188, 475, 476, 514 Baudoux, 10, 30, 356, 362 bears, 87 bee escape, 152, 189, 201, 233 bee math, 167, 437 bee parasitic mite syndrome. See parasitic mite syndrome bee vacuum, 472 beekeeping philosophy, 45, 266 beespace, 580 BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front), 3 5, 87, 166 breaking brood cycle, 106 Brother Adam, 161, 174, 548, 597 Buckfast bees, 195, 440 cell size drone, 362 Honey Super Cell, 361 PermaComb, 361 Varroa, 29 chalkbrood, 42, 100, 101, 102, 197 Ascosphaera apis, 435
5 634 Index CheckMite, 35, 110, 116, 267, See coumaphos Collison, Clarence, 31 Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), 200, 628 Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus, 219 comb, 20, 26, 133, 159, 200, 251, 363 bar width, 549 brace comb, 194 brood comb, 253, 346, 349 burr comb, 157, 181, 195, 288 cell size, 361 drawn, 205, 211 drone comb, 31, 69, 125, 165, 205, 289, 406, 606 guide, 549, 550 Housel positioning theory, 218 messed up, 78, 81, 140, 397 movable comb, 226, 241, 248 natural comb, 10, 48, 59, 77, 140, 227, 365, 369, 378, 383, 385 replacing, 34 scientific studies, 605 wax moth, 93 width (thickness), 11, 366, 375 comb honey, 28, 68, 70, 143, 200, 238, 240, 247 confine confine queen, 352 contamination, 36, 92, 385 Maryann Frazier, 30 coumaphos, 110, 267, 398, 629, See CheckMite DCA. See drone congregation area different profit formula, 44 disease, 11, 96, 105, 106 disease resistance, 478 small cell, 106 division board feeder. See frame feeder drone, 21 22, 205, 348, 429 cell size, 70, 363, 365 drone brood, 112, 349, 401, 543 drone egg, 20, 168 drone escape, 273 frame spacing, 403, 406
6 drone (cont.) life cycle, 437, 491, 591 mating, 461 natural cell size, 10 queen excluder, 79 when to split, 349 drone congregation area, 16, 21, 162, 206, 437, 491, 591 Dzierzon, Jan, 581, 583 natural cell size, 375 eight frame medium, 48, 52, 63, 72, 85, 279, 297, 423, 507, 515 enemies of bees, 87 equipment American foulbrood (AFB), 104, 159 box jig, 568 essential, 57 lighter, 515 miscellaneous, 573 used, 159 wax dipping, 525 European foulbrood (EFB), 102, 225, 243, 246 feeder baggie feeder, 80, 188, 305 Boardman feeder, 192, 309 bottom board feeder, 54, 80, 418, 423, 426 considerations, 307 frame feeder, 80, 204, 209, 212, 305, 308 jar feeder, 309 Jay Smith bottom board feeder, 192, 313, 320 Miller feeder, 311, See top feeder top feeder, 46, 305 types, feeding, 46, 128 honeycomb, 276 honeycomb versus syrup, 285 natural food, pollen substitute, 135 winter, 136 feral bees, 372, 464, acclimatized, 478 acquiring, 471
7 636 Index feral bees (cont.) beelining, 191 myths, versus wild bees, 210 winter cluster, 410, 420 fluvalinate, 267, 398, See Apistan foraging distance, 161 foundation 4.9 mm, mm, 356 contamination, 10 Honey Super Cell, 45, 51, 63, 69, 138 natural cell size, PermaComb, 45, 51, 52, 63, 69 plastic, 138 small cell, 356 small cell plastic, 51 small cell wax, 51 standard, 356 wax, 139 four simple steps to healthy bees, 29 frame 10 frame, 48, 50, frame, 48, 51, 207, 582 depth, foundationless, 32, 68, 139, 282, 386, 390, 399 Hoffman, 215, 240 interchangeable, 60 kinds, 70 Mann Lake PF120, 51, 53, 71, 359 movable, 227 narrow, number, number of cells, 180 plastic, 45, 71, 231 spacing, 156, 158, 366, 378 style, 51 frames narrow, 584 Fumagilin-B, 97, 212
8 Fumagilin-B, 100 Fumidil-B. See Fumagilin-B genetics, 29, 38, 44, 101, 139, 140, 593 Genetics, 461 hive bearding, 176 clustering, 416 contamination, 10, 110 drones, 21, 125 ecology, 36 37, 43, frame depth, 49 horizontal. See horizontal hive hot, 462 installing packages, landing board, 134 Langstroth, 202, 222, 546, 555, 581 location, losses, microbes, 110 moisture, 97, 101, 302, 416, 418, 426 moving, 130 natural comb, 397 not painting, 587 nucleus hive, 63 64, 66, 422 number, 60, 83, 163 observation. See observation hive products of the hive, queenless, 17, 88, , 429, 592 stores, 411 thermodynamics, 624 top bar. See top bar hive top entrance, 272 two queen hive, 203, 249, ventilation, 134 width, 50 wintering, , wrapping, 291, 416 hive stand, 575 hives painting, 293 Holst milk test, 103
9 638 Index honey, 28 harvesting, honey bee castes, 16 honeycomb, 191 stains, 248 horizontal hive, , Huber, François, 161, 366, 369, 376, 547, 580, 583, 584, 596 natural cell size, 10, 365 natural frame spacing, 400 Hutchinson, W.Z., 261, 269, 302 inner cover, , 219, 246 canvas, 494 top entrance, 419 Jay Smith, 499 bottom board feeder, 192 queens, 18, 155, 162, 242, 453 Koover, Charles, 406, 584 Langstroth, L.L., 174, 391, 583, 606 laying worker, 133, 223, Lusby, Dee and Ed, 10, 162, 361, 364, 373, 381, 382, 384, 578, 588, 605 Mann Lake PF120. See frame mite. See Varroa mite, tracheal mite mortality, mouse guard, 160, 414 top entrance, 273 moving bees, myth, 130 queen excluder, 474 myths of beekeeping, narrow frames chalkbrood, 422 Nosema, 584 native bees, 440 natural cell size, 10 11, 30 31, 365, 588 no treatment, 29, 35 36, 44, 45, 110, , 266, 364, 382, 451
10 Nosema, Fumagilin-B, 212 microflora, 434 N. apis, 96, 228 N. ceranae, 141 ph, 11, 36, 42 nuc, 60 observation hive, 62 67, 121, foundationless frames, 555 wintering, 424 package. See hive:installing packages packages, 60 race, 61 parafoulbrood, 105 parasitic mite syndrome, 230 pests, 7, 87 adaptation to, 8, 372 resistance to treatment, 9, 267 pollen, 26 pollen trap, 26, 232 drone access, 263 misuse, 593 top entrance, 329 predators, 87 propolis, 25, 233 Caucasian honey bees, 196 scraping, 292 queen, 16 buying, 7 double eggs, 131 emergency, 16, 132, 167, , 480, 501 finding, hygienic, 102 locally adapted, 9, no brood, 132 number per hive, 131 panacea for queen issues, 4 supersedure, 18 swarming, 18
11 640 Index queen catcher, 56 queen cells, 17, 106, 126, 180 destroying, 345 queen excluder, 47, 166, 235, 262, 542 winter, 411, 415 queen rearing, , calendar, 491 Jay Smith, 498 mating nucs, queen rearing methods accelerated, 184 Alley, 186 Better Queens, 191 Doolittle, 204, 482 Ezi Queen, 209 Hopkins, 217, 486 Jenter, 482 Miller, 226 Nicot, 228 Smith, 242 races of honey bee, requeening, 106, 119, 169, 513 Africanized honey bees, 40 feral bees, 462 hot hive, lazy beekeeping, 297 myths, 135 robber screen, 90, 238 robbing, 87 90, 238 royal jelly, 28 sacbrood, 104, 105, 230 screened bottom board, 240, 415 Varroa mite, 110, 111 Seeley, Tom, 528, 605 small hive beetle, , 242 foundation, 51, 69 splits, 141, cut down, 351
12 splits (cont.) cutdown/combine, 352 even, 350 swarm control, 350 walk away, 350 starter strip, 370, 379, 394, 395, 549 stimulative feeding, 300 stonebrood, 100, 435 supersedure, 127, 244 parasitic mite syndrome, 190 queen cells, 126, 129 survivor stock, 244, 381, See feral bees sustainable beekeeping, 9 11, 595 swarm cell, 345, 412 artificial swarm, 512 location, 18, 129 removing, 289 split, 427 swarm control, 289, , 426 checkerboarding, 198 cut down split, 345 Demaree, 203 myths, opening brood nest, 589 top bar hive, 546 swarming, overcrowding, 480 reproductive, 480 switching hive bodies, 294 syrup, 243, ph, 11, 100, 298 winter feeding, 303, 304 Taylor, Richard, 174 burr comb, 287 do nothing, 3, 290 extractors, 143 lighter boxes, 279 thelytoky, 247, 441
13 642 Index top bar hive, , 379, top entrance, 47, , , 588 Elisha Gallup, 329 migratory cover, 173 preparing for winter, 160, 419, 543 ventilation, 548 tracheal mite, FGMO, 111 uniform frame size, 274 unsustainable beekeeping, 7 9 Varroa mite, , 117 breaking brood cycle, 106, 352 capping time, 368 chemical treatment, 110, 267 colony losses, 141, 177 deformed wing virus, 202 monitoring, 110, 185, 243 natural cell size, 29, 68, 284, 365, 370, 385 parasitic mite syndrome, 230 ph, 100 phoretic phase, 231, 450 seasonal management, species, 107, 250 treatment, 450 Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH), 244 washboarding, 176 wax, 26 clean, 10, 31 clean foundation, 34 contamination, 9, 10, 35 wax moth, worker, Wright, Walt, 188, 232, 347 yearly cycle, 22, 24, 410
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