CONTENTS. 



Chapter X. 



SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, AND WINTER 

 MANAGEMENT. 



Spring Management — Candy — Robbing — Hive Roofs Blowing off — 

 Planting for Bees— Summer Management — Introducing Queens 

 — Shading Hives— x\utumn Management — Condemned Bees- 

 Driving — Robbing — Packing up Bees for Winter — Winter 

 Management ........ pp. 67 — 76 



Chapter XI. 



THE WELLS' SYSTEM OF KEEPING TWO QUEENS IN 

 ONE HIVE, THE DISEASES OF BEES. 



How to Keep Two Queens in One Hive— Mr. Wells' Discovery — 

 Autumn the Best Time to Start— The Wells' Hive — The Wells' 

 Dummy Board and How to Make It— Section Racks for Wells' 

 Hive — Metal to be Avoided as a Material for Wells' Dummies 

 — What to do when the Bees Swarm — The System only Suit- 

 able for Experienced Bee-keepers .... pp. 77 — 79 



Chapter XII. 



THE DISEASES OF BEES. 



Dysentery — Foul Brood — Symptoms of Foul Brood — Remedies — 

 Salicylic Acid — Phenol — Formic Acid — Naphthol Beta —Treat- 

 ment of Foul Brood in its More Advanced Stages — ^The 

 "Starvation" or "Fasting" Method of Treating Foul Brood 

 — Destruction of Badly Diseased Stocks — Necessity for 

 Disinfection — Isle of Wight Bee Disease — Its Symptoms — 

 Cures and Prevention — Prevention Better than Cure — 

 Naphthaline . pp. 80—93 



Chapter XIII. 



FINAL HINTS. 



Keep all Stocks Strong — Use Cane Sugar — Manipulating — Extract- 

 ing Wax pp. 94—97 



