ii CONTENTS. 



PART II.— Hives and Appliances. 



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Chapter VI il. — Hives and Frames ... ... ••■ 4= 



Ancient hivea, 76. The skep, 77. Uses of «keps, 78. The skep 

 giving place to the moveable comb hive, 79. Genesis of the move- 

 able comb hive, 80. Advantages of the moveable-comb hive, 81. 

 The hive in general use in Ireland, 82. Internal measurements, 

 83. "Federation" hive, 81. Floor-board, 8S. Body-box, 86. 

 Lift or Riser, 87. Roof, 88. " W.B.C." hive, 89. Observatory 

 hive, 90. " I.B.A. 1909 " hive, 91. " Hibernian " hive, 92. 

 Dummy or Division Board, 93. Use of Dummy, 9*. " Federation " 

 dummy, 95. Sheet and quilts, 96. Frames, 97. Various sizes of 

 frames, 98. " Claustral Detention Chamber," 98b. 



Chapter IX. — Appliances for Supering ... ... S3 



Supering, 99. Section, 100. Sections of varioue kinds, 101. Separa- 

 tor, 102. Section orate, 103. Divisional orate, 104. Observatory 

 crate, 108. Follower, 106. Hanging orate, 107. Super box, 108. 

 Excluder, 109. 



Chapter X. — Comb Foundation ... ... ... 5° 



Use of, 110. Invention of, 111. Varieties of, 112. Advantages of, 

 113. Adulteration of, 111. Change of colour, IIS. Quantity 

 required, 113. Fixing foundation, 117. Wiring appliances, 118 



Chapter XI. — Appliances for Feeding Bees ... ... (>-\ 



I'ocding, 119. Economic feeder, 120. Bottle and stage feeder, 121. 

 Graduated feeder, 122, Slow and rapid feeders, 123. Canadian 

 feeder. 124. Division board feeder. 125. 



Chapter XII. — Appliances for Subduing and Handling 



Bees ... ... ... ... 67 



Smoker, 126. Carbolic cloth, 127. Use of veils, 128. Lady's veil, 

 129. Wire-cloth veil, 130. Use of gloves, 131. Various gloves, 132. 



Chapter XIII. — Appliances for Honey and Wax Extrac- 

 tion ... ... ... ... 72 



Invention of the honey extractor, 133. Honey extractor, 134. Un- 

 capping knife, 135. Strainer and Ripener, 136. Honey press, 137. 

 Wax extractors, 1S8. Solar wax extractor, 139. Steam wax 

 extractor, 140. 



PART III. — Modern Bee-Kaeping. 



Chapter XIV. — Past and Present ... ... ... yi 



Past ignorance, 141. Survival of the unfit, 142. Modern bee 

 keeping, 143. A profitable industry, 144. 



Chapter XV. — Arranging an Apiary ... ... ... 80 



Selecting a position, 145. Bees near dwellings, 146. Position of the 

 hives, 147. Appliance press and apiary house, 148. 



