B^gs-auiy tithe;. 



Chapter XLIY, 



I 



Importance of Bee-Kebping as an Industry — Bees in a State of Nature — 

 Effect of Modern Pro&ress in Bee-Culture — Description of Bees, and 

 Process of Making Honey — Internal Economy of the Hive — Swarming 

 — How to Manage and Prevent Swarming — Various Inventions' for this 

 * Purpose — Artificial Swarming — Various Kinds of Hives — Bee Pas- 

 turage — Preparing Honey for Market — Liquid Honey — Honey Ex- 

 tractor — Comb Honey- — Its Preparation — Root's Improvement on the 

 Langstroth Hfve — Guarding against Robbery of Hives — Preparing 

 Bees for Winter — Proper Methods of Storing Honey. 



T must 

 doubtless 

 have been 

 surprising t o 

 many, as stated 

 under the head 

 of poultry-rais- 

 ing, 1 that the 

 product of the 

 poultry busi- 

 ness is really 

 more than that 

 of the wheat 

 grown in the 

 country. It is 

 equally remark- 

 able that bee- 

 culture, small 

 as it may seem, 

 is, if anything, 

 still more prof- 

 itable, with an 

 illimitable mar- 

 ket ; in fact, no 

 industry, if at- 

 (1065) 



Fig. 1431.— Ambrosial Hives. 



