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CONTENTS 



OUT- YARDS AND ITALIANIZING. 



PAGE 



Stocking out-yards . . . . 71 



Italian stock . . . . 74 



To remove black or old queens 



in Langstroth hives . . 74 



Finding queens in Bolton hives 76 

 Preparing for swarms . . 77 



SUMMER. 



SWAEMS AND SWAEMING. 



Swarming time 

 Hiving swarms 

 Swarming box 



Equipment 



78 

 80 

 81 



Disposal of surplus brood 

 Ventilation and shade 



COMB-HONEY. 



. . 88 I Folding sections 



WOEKING FOE OOMB-HONEY. 



84 



91 



Fixing foundation . . . . 92 



To get bees to work in supers 93 



Bolton hives for comb-honey . . 95 



Drawn comb . . . . 96 



Taking off comb-honey . . 97 



Black bees best for comb . . 98 



Packing eases . . . . 99 



Catering for a special class of 



consumer . . . . 100 



Bees hanging out . . . . 100 



QUEENS. 



Perfectly developed female . . 102 

 Eggs . . . . . . 103 



Queen food or royal jelly . . 104 

 Queens fly on or about 2l3t day 105 

 Queens fertilised during flight 106 



Difliculty in finding virgin 



queens . . . . 106 



Queen destroys cells . . . . 107 



Young queens lay drone eggs . . 108 



QUEEN-EEAEING. 



Pollen shortage 

 Substitutes 



POLLEN AND POLLEN SUBSTITUTES. 



. . 125 1 Analysis of pollen 



.. 127 I 



GENEEAL SUMMEE WOEK. 



Working out-yards . . . . 129 



Waste of time to hunt for queen- 

 cells . . . . . . 132 



Clipping the queen 



129 



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