Contents. 



PAGE 



To Ship Queens 272 



Viallon Candy 272 



The Good Candy .' 273 



Preparations to Ship 273 



To Move Colonies 274 



CHAPTER XII. 



Extracting^, and the Extractor 276 



Honey Extractor 276 



Desirable Points in an Extractor 278 



Use of Extractor ;. 280 



When to use the Extractor 281 



How to Extract 283 



To Keep Extracted Honey 285 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Working for Comb Honey , 287 



Points to Consider 287 



To Secur(f Strong Colonies 287 



To Avoid the Swarming Fever 288 



Adjustment of Sections 289 



Getting Bees into Sections 290 



Removal of Sections 291 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Handling Bees 294 



The Best Bee Veil 295 



To Quiet Bees 297 



Bellows Smoker 298 



The Quinby Smoker... 298 



To Smoke Bees 299 



Chloroform 299 



To Cure Stings 300 



The Sweat Theory „ 301 



The Bee Tent ^ 301 



CHAPTER XV. 



Comb Foundation 304 



History 304 



American Foundation 305 



The Press for Foundation ~ 307 



How Foundation is Made 308 



To Secure the Wax Sheets 309 



Use of Foundation 310 



Wired Frames 314 



Save the Wax 316 



Methods 316 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Marlteting Honey 320 



