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deBtroyiMg birds, 270. Other enemies of the bee. Precautions against rfysenfe-. 

 ry. Bees not to be fed on liquid honey late in the season. Foul brood of th& 

 Germans,. 27J. Produced by "American Honey." Peculiar hind of dysentery ^ 



272. 



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Loss OF THE GtuEEN. Queen often lost. Queens of stTong hives seldom per- 

 ish without providing for successors. Their death commonly occurs under fa- 

 vorable circumstances, 273. Young queen sometimes matured before the death 

 of the old one. Superannuated queens incapable of Inying worker eggs. Case 

 of precocious superannuation, 274. Si'gns that there is a queen in a hive. Signs- 

 of queenless hives, 275. Exhortation to wives, 276. Difficult iH common hives, 

 to decide on the eondition of the stock. Always easy with the movable comb 

 hive, 277. Bees sometimes refuse to accept of aid in their queenless state. Par- 

 allel in human conduct. Young bees in such hives will at once provide for a- 

 queen. An appeal to the young, 278. Hives should be examined early in Springs 

 Destitute stocks should be united to others having queens. Reasons therefor. 

 General treatment in early Spring,, 279. Hives shou/d be cleansed in Spring- 

 Durability and. cheapness of hives, 280. Undue regard to mere cheapness. Va- 

 rious causes destructive of queens, 281. Agitaiion of the bees on missing their 

 queen, 282. Treatment of swarms that have Jost their queens, 283. Examina- 

 of the hive needful, 284. Examination and treatment in the Fall. Persons who 

 cannot attend to their bees themselves, may safely entrust their care to others^ 

 285. Business of the Apiarian united with that of the gartjner. Experiments 

 with q,ueen bees, 286.. 



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tTNiow OF Stocks. Transferring Bees. Starting an Apiart. Queen- 

 less colonies should be broken up, Spring and Fail. Small coloniBs should bfr 

 united. Animal heat necessary in a hive. Small swarms in Winter consume 

 much honey, 287. Colonies to be united, should stand side by aide. How to 

 effect this. Removal of an Apiary in the working season , 288. To secure the 

 largest quantity of honey from a given number of stocks, 289. Non-swarming 

 plan. Moderate increase best, 290. Transferring bees from' common, to the- 

 movable comb hive, 291. Bueceseful experiment. Should not be attempted Id 

 cold weather. The process of transfer, 292; Best time. May be done at any 

 season when the weather is warm, 294. Precaution against robbing, 295, Combs 

 should be transferred with the bees, 296. Caution on trying new hives, 297* 

 Thrifty oldiswarms. Conditions of their thrift, 298. Procuring bees to start 

 Qia Apiary. Nev*r early swarms- best. Signs to guide the inexperienced buyer^ 

 299. Directions for removing old colonies. For removing new swarms, 300. 

 To procure honey the first season. Novices should begin in a small way^ 

 Neglected Apiary, 303. Superstitions about bees. Cautions to the inexpe~ 

 rienced, against transfferring| renewed. Parallel between, bees and covetous 

 meUf 304: 



