v1 CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER VI.—Hrvzs anp Boxes. 
Movable Comb Hive—Construction and Advantages—Intelligent Manipu- 
lation Necessary—Hanging Frame or Langstroth Hive—Frames— 
Division Board—Side-boxing Hives—Observatory Hive —New 
Quinby Hive—Standing Frame—Panels or Side-boards—Small 
Bottom-board for Quinby Frames—Outcr Case not Always Essential 
—Complete New Quinby Hive—Position of the Frames—Stands for 
Hives—Alighting Boards—Roofs—Painting Hives—Accuracy Essen- 
tial— Honey Boxes—Section Frames Objectionable—Two-comb 
Boxes—Block for Setting up Boxes—Single-comb, or Section Boxes 
—Construction of Section Box—Guide Combs—Separators—The 
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CHAPTER VII.—TRANnsFERRING. 
Advantages—Time to Transfer—Preliminaries—Process...........0..++.125-129 
CHAPTER VITIL— QUEENS. 
Importance of Selecting Good Stock—Fertilization in Confinement— 
Rearing Queens; When to Rear—How to Rear Queens—Another 
Method—Forming Nuclei—Queen Nursery—Queen Cages—Introduc- 
ing Quecns—Clipping Queens’ Wings—Process—How to Handle a 
Queen—Age of Queens—Drone-Laying Queens—Loss of Queens— 
Indications of Loss—More than one Queen in a Hive................129-152 
CHAPTER IX.—Naturat anp ARTIFICIAL INCREASE. 
Natural Increase—When Swarming Commences—Indications of Swarm- 
ing—Preparations— Which Bees Compose the Swarm—Immediate In- 
dications of a Swarm—How to Hive them—Emergencies—Separating 
Swarms—Swarms Returning to the Old Hive—After-Swarms—Pre- 
venting After-swarms—Artificial Increase—Straight Combs—Controll- 
ing Swarming—Non-Swarming Hives—Methods — Depriving of a 
Queen—Suggestions—Hints for Exceptional Seasons...,..... ....+.152-172 
CHAPTER X.—Boxine anp Surpivus Honey. 
Putting on Boxes—Removing Boxes—Care of Box Honey—Presence of 
Larve—Suggestions for Securing Choice Specimens of Honey..... 172-179 
CHAPTER XI.—Tut Honey EXTRAcTOR AND ITs Use. 
Its Value—Description—Desirable Features—The Use of the Honey Ex- 
tractor--When to Extract—Arranging Hives for Extracting—How to 
Extract—Curing Extracted Honey—Honey Knife—Sccuring Extra 
Combs of Honey—Securing Guide Combs—Relative Amount of Box 
and Extracted Honey. ............... aa vaereasedare: si Cae teeeeesass 180-190 
CHAPTER XII.—Wax anv Coms. 
Wax—Honey-Comb—Size of Cells—Hexagonal Shape not Essential— 
Cost of Comb—Artificial Comb—Supplying Material for Comb— 
Comb-Foundation—Sheeting Wax—Wire in Foundation — Advan- 
tages of Wire—Heavy Foundation Preferable—Uses and Value of 
Foundation—Fonndation in Surplus Boxes—To fasten Foundation in 
Frames—Expense of Foundation Machines—Rendcring Wax........190-203 
