CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE DISEASES OF BEES. 



PAGES 



Dysentery : How Produced Indications Treatment. Foul- 

 Brood : two kinds Nature Propagation. Mr. Cheshire's 

 Discoveries and Treatment Fatal Effects of Disease De- 

 tection Vertigo Analogy of Human and Bee Diseases. 129 138 



CHAPTER XVI. 



THE ENEMIES OF BEES. 



Birds Mice Moths Braula Cceca Hornets and Wasps 

 Spiders Toads " Robber Bees" Prevention of robbing. 



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CHAPTER XVII. 



HIVES. 



Natural Abodes of Wild Bees Taking Honey from Roof of 

 House Straw Skeps Cottager's Hive Supering Nutt's 

 Collateral Hive Village Hive Woodbury Hive Abbott's 

 Hives Sectional Supering Stewarton Hive Carr- 

 Stewarton Hive Observatory Hives Bee-houses . . 148 170 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



NATURAL SWARMING. 



General Facts connected with Swarming Reconnoitring Settl- 

 ing Hiving Curious Incidents Transferring Swarms to 

 Bar- Frame Hives Division of Swarms Placing Swarm in 

 Permanent Position Number of Bees in Swarming 

 "Casts" and Later Swarms Prevention of Swarming 

 Feeding of Swarms I7 1 



CHAPTER XIX. 



ARTIFICIAL SWARMING. 



Advantages -Driving: Close and Open Transfer to Bar-Frame 

 Hive Conditions of Successful Driving Various Methods 

 of Artificial Swarming with Bar-Frame Hives .... 187195 



