CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE AMATEUR SYSTEM OF BEE MANAGEMENT IN TEE OPEN AIR. 



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Of the depriving system ; unsuitable to out-door apiaries — Plan hera recommended to 

 the amateur not essentially different in its different features to that before detailed 

 in the fifth chapter— History of artificial swarming — Dr. -fiaudamore — Difficulties 

 in the way or a general adoption of this method — Proper time for making artificial 

 swarms — Depends on two things ; state of weather and season, and forwardness 

 of stock — Importance of waiting till the commencement of the grand honey harvest, 

 and the considerable appearance of drones— Process of forming artificial swarms 

 — Treatment of the old stook — No casts to be permitted — Summer management of 

 the prime swarm — Arrangement of the hives in an apiary — Preservation of brood 

 in the autumn— And of comb — Reasons for recommending artificial swarming 45 



CHAPTER VIII. 



OP BOXES, ETC., SUITABLE FOR AN IN-DOOR APIARY. 



Wooden boxes preferable to straw hives — Construction and quality of wood— Dimen- 

 sions — Two collateral boxes to one colony sufficient — Plenty of room to be given 

 in glasses or caps over the stock hive— Adapters — Bars and their arrangement — 

 Thermometers, how useful, and where to be placed — Guide comb to be affixed to 

 the roof of the box, diagonally — Two bottom boards to each colony ; one to every 

 box — Closing sides of zinc - 



CHAPTER IX. 



OF THE BEE HOUSE AND WINDOW APIARY; 



Observations on bee houses — 'Sheds objectionable — Dr. Bevan's beehouse — Instruc- 

 tions for ereeflng a bee house — Cross-barred frame for supporting the boxes- 

 Window apiary ; its advantages — Entrance blocks - 



CHAPTER X 



MANAGEMENT OP THE BEE HOUSE OR WINDOW APIARY. 



A few hives of straw to be kept in the open air — The depriving system not perfect — 

 Treatment of straw hives — How to stock a bee house, &c. — I. First Year— With 

 a prime swarm — Forcing artificial swarms and destruction of queen — Caution 



