-20 CONTENTS. 



Description of a swarm leaving the hive. Question dis- 

 cussed whether the Bees send out a scout. Confirmed 

 by Mr. Knight. Opinion of St. Jean de Crevecceur. 

 Duchet Ducarne. Dubost New hives to be kept in 

 readiness for the swarms. No specific rules for hiving 

 a swarm. -Depend on circumstances. -Description of 

 the dress to be used when hiving a swarm. Me- 

 thod to be adopted with a swarm having no Queen. 

 Swarms divided into clusters. Junction of swarms. 

 Method to be adopted in that case. Practice of 

 the ancients to induce the Bees to enter the hive. 

 The value of a swarm determined by its weight. 

 Second swarms Signs of them. Supernumerary 

 Queens massacred. Second swarms seldom worth 

 preserving. Method of uniting swarms. Food to be 

 given to a swarm in rainy weather. Virgin 

 swarms. -Clustering Bees. Artificial swarms. Differ- 

 ent methods.* Method of obtaining Queens. Suggested 

 by Ducarne, .186 



CHAP. XVI. 



ON THE METHOD OF PREPARING HoNEY AND WAX FOR MAR- 

 KET. Situation of the place for the manipulation of the 

 honey. Implements required for the purpose. Me- 

 thod of extracting primary honey. Particular rules to be 

 observed. Method of obtaining secondary honey. 

 The operation not to be performed in cold weather. 

 The instruments to be used, to be taken to the Apiary 

 for the use of the Bees. Directions for the same. 

 .Rules for the preservation of honey. Proportion of ho- 

 ney and wax. Adulteration of honey. Two methods of 

 discovering it. Rules for choosing honey. Medicinal 

 properties of honey, . . . , .193 



CHAP. XVII. 



ON THE CAUSE OF THE MORTALITY OF BEES. TWO kinds of 



mortality. Cold not injurious to Bees. Error of keep- 

 ing Bees warm in winter. Travels in Russia. Bees 

 kept in Siberia.- Never die from cold. Travels in 

 Lapland. Experiment to determine the interior tempe- 

 rature of a hive in this country. More hives destroy- 

 ed by heat than cold. Hives ruined by the too great 

 influence *f tke sun, Method of averting it, Daugej- 



