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PART II. — Hives and Appliances. 



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Chapter VIII. — Hives and Frames ... ... ... 40 



Ancient hives, 76. Tlie skep, 77. Uses of skeps, 73. The skep 

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

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

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

 83. "Federation" hive, 8i. Floor-board. 85. 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, 9i. " Federation 

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

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



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



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

 tor, 102. Section crate, 103. Divisional crate, 10*. Observatory 

 crate, 105. Follower, 106. Hanging crate, 107. Super box, 108. 

 Excluder, 109. 



Chapter X. — Comb Foundation ... ... ... SQ 



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

 113. Adulteration of, 114. Change of colour. 115. Quaniitv 

 required, 116. Fixing foundation, 117. Wiring appliances, 118.. 



Chapter XI. — Appliances for Feeding Bees ... ... 64 



Feeding, 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, 138. Solar wax extractor, 139. Steam wax 

 extractor, 140. 



PART III.— Modern Bee-Keeping. 



Chapter XIV.— Past and Present ... ... ... 76 



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. 



