CONTENTS 



Editor's Note 



PAGE 



xi 



Section 1. — Bees- 



-The Arrangement of the Apiart — 

 Bee Pasturage, 



I. Introductory . 



II. Natural Histort . 

 III. The Domestic Economy of the Hive 

 IV The Apiary and its Arrangement 

 V. Sources of Honey 



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4 



7 



'4 



i6 



Section II. — On Bee Appliances and their Uses. 



I. The Hive ....... zi 



II. The Home-made "W.B.C." Hive . . . ^^ 



III. The Frame and its Fittings — Division Boards — 



Foundation ...... 34 



IV. Quilts, Veil, Gauntlets and Bottle-feeder . . 43 



Section III Practical Work. 



I. How to Begin 



II. To Secure or "Take'' a Swarm 



III. Transferring 



IV. Undesired Swarms 

 V. Artificial Swarming 



VI. The Artificial Feeding of Bees . 

 VII. Subduing and the Manipulation of Bees 

 VIII. Surplus Honey 



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