CONTENTS. 



11 



Effects of Saovr considered, . 849 



Stocks to be protected on some oc- 

 casions, . . . , S50 



Do (he Bees cat more wnen allowed 

 to come out occasionally in Win- 

 ter ? 362 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



SAGACITY OF BEES. 



Are not Bees directed alone by in- Mending broken Comos, . . . 854 



Btinct? 353 Making passages to every part of 



What they do with Propolis, . . 353 their Combs, . . . .355 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



STRAINING HONEY AND WAX. 



Methods of removing Combs from 

 the Hive, 357 



DiOerent modes of straining Honey, S58 

 . Getting out Wax — different methods, 360 



CHAPTER XXV. 



PURCHASING STOCKS AND TRANSPORTING BEES. 



Why the word luck is applied to Size of Hives important, , 367 



Bees, 362 How large Hives can be made 



Rule in taking Bees for a share, . 364 smaller, 368 



A man may sell his "luck," . . 364 Moderate weather best to remove 



First-rate stocks recommended to Bees, 369 



begin with, .... 365 Preparations for transporting Bees, 370 



Old stocks are good as any if Securing Bees in the Hive, . . 370 



healthy^ 365 Best Conveyance, . . . .370 



Caution respecting diseased brood, 366 Hive to be inverted, . . .871 



Beailt of ignorance in purchasing, 366 Conclusion, 873 



APPENDIX. 



First experience with tiie Movable- 

 comb Hive, .... 377 

 Urst artificial s-vrarm, . . . 378 

 How to prevent second swarms, . 378 

 Loss of Queens readily ascertained, 378 

 How to secure an extra swarm — a 

 Tenable operation for those 

 who wish to increase their 

 stoctcs to the utmost . . . 878 

 ^w to strengthen weak stodcs, . 870 

 TopreventrearingtoomanydroneB, 380 

 Drone-combs, containing Honey, 



should be gjven to a colony 

 needing stores, . . . 380 

 Advantage in wintering. . . 380 

 Directions for making mves, . 381 

 Whiter passages, . . . .382 

 Bee-hat, • . . . . 383 



How to quiet Bees for examination, 384 

 ■Directions for examining combs, . 384 

 How to hive a swarm, . . . 384 

 How to transfer Bees and combs 



flrom common £QTe into frames, 384 

 UovlDgBees, ... .884 



