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CONTENTS 



PEEPAKING HONEY FOE SALE. 



Paste for labels 



How to solder honey-tins 



Cases for honey 



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 . 191 



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Eetail trade . . . . 191 



A flow of honey in the winter. . 192 



A WINTEE FLOW OF HONEY. 

 Sometimes detrimental ... 193 | Exhausted queens in spring 



GENEEAL WOEK IN WINTEE. 



Warming extracting combs 

 To keep hive covers on , 

 Painting hives, etc. . . 



Preparations 

 Lectures, etc. 



How obtained 

 What is beeswax 

 Melting wax at out-yards 



Its manufacture 



The factory-made article 



196 

 197 

 198 



How to mix paint 

 Numbers on hives 



EXHIBITING. 



. . 201 I Show points in Australasia 



.. 202 



BEESWAX. 



.. 205 

 .. 206 

 .. 208 



Colour, etc. 



How to render wax 



Eeflning beeswax 



FOUNDATION. 



. . 213 I The value of foundation 

 ..216 



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 210 

 212 



218 



Cool weather best 

 Wire screens 



TEAVELLING -BEES. 



. . 220 I How far should bees be moved 224 

 . . 222 I Travelling swarms . . . . 225 



AUSTRALIAN HONEY-PLANTS. 



HONEY-FLOWS AND THEIE SOUECES. 

 Dearth of information 



LIST AND PAETICULAES IN ALPHABETICAL OEDER. 



Wattles 



Eucalyptus . . ... 



Honey from Eucalypts 



Alphabetical List of Eucalypts 

 Exotics 



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