SECTION II 



ON BEE APPLIANCES AND THEIR USES 



CHAPTER I 



BEE APPLIANCES THE HIVE 



Having made up one's mind to keep bees it is absolutely 

 essential that all appliances necessary for their well-being 

 should be procured and be in readiness before the bees 

 themselves are acquired. 



The following is a list of the articles necessary : — 



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The above appliances suffice for the comfortable hous- 

 ing and well-being of a stock or swarm until the honey 

 flow commences, when, in order to secure the surplus 

 honey over and above the bees' requirements, further 

 apparatus will be needed, all of which will be found 

 fully described together with all necessary instructions 

 for use under the heading of surplus honey. 



The Hive. — The invention of the bar frame (or, to give 

 it its older name, bar-and-frame hive), together with the 

 introduction of comb foundation, has revolutionised bee- 



