CONTENTS. 



PRACTICAL ADVICE. 



I. The Use of Comb-foundation 



II. The Bipening and Maturing of Honey 



Amount of Moisture in Honey . . 



Testing Honey for Ripeness 



Specific Gravity of Honey 



Tests made 



Method of .Tesoing .. 



Honey Vinegar 



Ripening Honey inside and outside the Hive 



Ripening and Maturing Tanks 



Size of Honey-tanks 



B. W. Alexacder's Honey-tank 



Heatiog the Honey-house at Night 



III. Dealing with Thick Honey 



Flora from which Thick Honey is gathered 

 Making the Best of the Difficulty 

 Honey-press 



IV. Diseases of Bees and their Treatment 



Poul- brood 



Pickle-brood 



Chilled, Overheated, and Starved Brood 



Palsy or Paralysis . . 



V. The Large Bee or Wax Moth 



" The Apiaries Act,. 1907 " 

 A Cheap Frame Hive 



VI Spring Feeding of Bees 



The Cause of Starvation 

 When and how to feed 

 Feeders . . 



Pf.ge 



APICULTURE IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE 

 Are Bees Trespassers ? . . 

 Beneficial Influence of Bees on Agriculture 

 Can Bees harm the Soil or the Crops ? 

 Saccharine Matter of Plants not derived from the Soil 

 Derived from the Atmosphere and Rain-water . . 

 Nectar of Plants intended to attract Insects 

 Sometimes thrown off as superfluous . . 

 Superfluous Nectar evaporated if not taken by Insects 

 Question as to Grazing stock 

 Quantity of Honey furnished by Pasture Land . . 

 Proportion possibly consumed by Stock 

 Beekeeping as a Branch of Farming . . 



