122 



PROFITABLE REE-KEEPING 



English honey supply in- 

 sufficient, 13 



Feeding Principles — 



Autumn Food, Composition 

 of, and how to give it, 

 40-44 



Occasional feeding and 

 reasons for, 42, 43 



Spring Food, Composition 

 of, and how to give it, 41, 

 44.45 



Sugar-feeding necessary, 40 



Formation of bees; The, 1 5 

 Foul-brood, To guard against, 

 22 



Frames — 



Comb foundation, filling for, 

 33 



Correct method of hand- 

 ling, 67 



Wiring of, The, 35 



" Woiblett " tool for wiring, 

 36 



Habits of bees month by 

 month, 17-19 



Heather honey, How to get, 96 



Hives- 

 Excluder zinc and how to 



use, 50 

 Frame hive " W.B.C.," 28 

 How to deal with them, 67 

 How to place the supers, 50 



Hives — 



Number of frames in, 29 



Separators and how to use 

 them, 49 



Single-walled frame, 28 ; To 

 make, 117 



Spring examination of, 68 



Two supers for each hive, 

 49 

 Hiving operation, The, 55 

 Honey — 



Comb honey, 49 



Extracted honey, Advant- 

 ages of, 51 



Extracting process, The, 90 



Glaze sections of comb 

 honey, 93 



Grading, and how to do it, 

 89 



Heather honey, Facts about, 



95, 96 

 Packing for trade, 92 

 Ripening process for, 92 

 To remov'e surplus, 51 

 To secure in quantity, 48 



Marketable Goods, Practical 

 advice on, 60 



Marketable Produce — 



Advice on selling, 105-107 



Cakes and confectionery, 59 



Comb, 59 



Dark honey for confection- 

 ery, 62 



