CONTENTS 



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i. Introduction, .... 6 



11. The honey-bee and its melbods of working, . . 6 



III. Hives, appliances, acoessoi ies, and their uses, . . .12 



IV. Subduing, controlling, and handling bees, .... 23 



V. Arrangement of apiary, ...... 26 



VI. Wiring frames, and fixing foundation in frames, .27 



VII. Hiving, . . 29 



VIII. Driving 32 



IX. Transferring bees from a fixed comb hive to a bar frame hive, . 34 



X. Brood-spreading, ....... 37 



XI. Natural swarming, ........ 38 



XII. Feeding 43 



XIII. Production of surplus honey for sale or consumption, ' . 46 



XIV. Working hives for extracting, .... 62 

 XV. Extracting, ....... 56 



XVI. Wintering, . . • • . , . 58 



XVlI. Uniting, 60 



XVIII. Wax extracting, ...... 63 



XIX. Robbing, . . - 63 



XX. Rearing, changing, introducing, forwarding, and wintering quecna, 65 



XXI. Storing and marketing honey, ..... 70 



XXn Chilled Brood and Foul Brood, , . . 72 



XXIII. Curative treatment of Foul Biood, ... 74 



XXIV. Recipes, .... ... 78 



XXV. Moving hives, . . ■ ■ • 80 



XXVI. Artificial swarming, . . • .82 



XXVII. Spring cleaning, ..... 84 



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