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CONTENTS. 



Theimportanceoffeedingwell, 110 

 What happens if not well fed. 111 



HTmger-swarms, Ill 



Wealthy mUl-owners of Lanca- 

 shire, Ill 



Best artificial food, 112 



In what proportions mixed,... 112 

 Many ways of feeding bees, ... 113 

 Feeding - board, cistern, and 



trough, 113 



The express method of feeding, 115 



Feeding in winter, 116 



Feeding at home, 116 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



The diseases of bees, 117 



Dysentery, 117 



Foul brood, 117 



How to discover its existence, 119 

 Incurable, 120 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Enemies of bees, 120 



Mice, 120 



Snails, 121 



Robbers, 121 



How bees know each other,... 122 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Transporting bees 123 



Great care required, 123 



Ventilation, 124 



The value of cross-sticks, 125 



CHAPTER XXX. 



The selection and preparation 

 of stock-hives for another 

 year, 126 



Should be fuU or nearly full 

 of combs, 126 



Should contain young queens, 127 



The destruction of swarms 

 condemned, 127 



What should be done with 

 them, 127 



Greater consumption of food 

 in populous hives, 128 



What to do with very light 

 hives, ;. 128 



Value of fresh combs to a 

 young swarm, 128 



What is to be done when all 

 the hives are too heavy for 

 keeping, 129 



Sugar -syrup healthy winter 

 food 130 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



On driving and uniting 



swarms, 132 



How bees are driven, 132 



How to succeed in cold wea- 

 ther, 132 



How to shake swarms out, .... 133 

 Often done in. candle-light,.... 134 

 Minted syrup and nutmeg,.... 134 

 The hilarity of children and 

 bees, 135 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



On taking honey and wax, 137 



How to know the quantity of 



honey in a hive, 137 



The process of taking honey,.. 138 

 The American sUnger has not 

 power to sling heather- 

 honey from comb, 139 



Is never likely to come into 

 general use amongst bee- 

 farmers, 140 



Taking waT 141 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



On winter treatment, 142 



The importance of keeping 

 bees warm, 142 



Fresh air necessary in win- 

 ter, 142 



Many destroyed for want of 

 sufficient attention 143 



