CONTENTS. 



Xlll 



The Irishman's secret 68 



Old corduroy 68 



Nothing else necessary, 69 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Swarming and non-swarming,.. 70 

 Can swarms and honey be ob- 

 tained from hives the same 



season? 70 



Swarming system best, 71 



Eeasons given, 71 



Which system yields most su- 

 pers? 74 



Great success of Mr Fox, 75 



His magnificent supers, 76 



His adjusting principle, 76 



CHAPTER XX. 



Supers and supering, 77 



Straw, wood, and glass supers, 77 

 The art of supering unfolded, 78 

 Assisting bees to fill large su- 

 pers, 79 



No doors in supers, 82 



Cutting supers off, 83 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Ekes, 84 



Betterforgettingagreatweight 



of honey than supers 84 



They prevent swarmiog, 84 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Nadirs, 85 



Used when both honey and 

 stocks are sought from the 



swarms of the current year, 86 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Artificial swarming 87 



Probably invented by Bonner, 87 



Invaluable, 87 



Easily performed, 87 



How? 87 



Prevents waste of time 88 



Can be performed at any hour, 89 

 How to know when hives are 



ready for swarming, 90 



Where to place swarms, 91 



Bee-barrow, 92 



Vacant thrones, 93 



Successors provided 93 



A little difficulty with second 



swarms, 94 



Surplus queens, 95 



Very useful in many ways 95 



How to find the queens in a 



swarm, 97 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Natural swarming, 98 



Time of swarming, 98 



Small hives cluster before, 98 



Large hives seldom cluster, ... 98 



Miscarriages, 99 



Their cause, 99 



The hiving of swarms 100 



Artificial thunder and rain, ... 101 



Fugitive swarms, 101 



Cannot be stopped 101 



American swarm-catcher, 102 



Third and fourth swarms, 103 



Conflict of queens, 103 



Regicidal knots, 103 



The loss of queens, 104 



Making good the loss, 104 



Virgin swarms, 105 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Turnouts, 106 



New honey, 106 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Feeding 109 



Bad seasons, 109 



Disappointment of beginners, 109 

 Success is certain to the per- 

 severing, 109 



The profits of bee-keeping dur- 

 ing the last five years, 110 



The author's profits since 1870. 110 



