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CHAPTER XV 

 SWARM CONTROL AND INCREASE 



Loss from division of the working force Variation in 

 swarming Variation in colonies in respect to swarming 

 preparations Direction of the beekeeper's efforts Pre- 

 ventive measures Breeding Mechanical devices Pre- 

 ventive manipulations Miller's methods Remedial meas- 

 ures Control of natural swarms Automatic hivers 



Location for the swarm Disposition of the brood after 

 swarming What to use in the brood chamber in hiving 

 swarms Remedial manipulations Unbalanced condition 

 of swarming colonies Break in the emergence of brood 

 Requeening combined with dequeening Removal of brood 



Mechanical appliances Increase . .. .... 



CHAPTER XVI 

 THE PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED-HONEY 



Increase in the production of extracted-honey Advan- 

 tages of extracted-honey Disadvantages of extracted-honey 



Extracted-honey hives Choice of storage combs Use 

 of extracting combs smaller than brood combs Number 

 of supers Manipulation of supers Need of abundance of 

 drawn combs System in producing extracted-honey Re- 

 moving honey from the bees House for extracting 

 Portable extracting outfits Uncapping Cans for cappings 



Capping melters Types of extractors Extracting 

 Straining the honey Storage tanks Reduction of the 

 lifting of honey Returning combs to the hives . 



CHAPTER XVII 

 THE PRODUCTION OF COMB-HONEY 



Purity of comb-honey The "Wiley lie " Decrease 

 in comb-honey production Demand for fancy comb-honey 



Advantages of comb-honey Disadvantages of comb- 

 honey Restrictions in comb-honey production Honey- 

 house The best hive for comb-honey The early devel- 

 opment of the section Types of sections Types of supers 



Other equipment Preparation of the sections Manip- 



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