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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XII. 



LOSS OF QUEENS— 1S5 



When lost by swarms 195 



Drone-comb 195 



Speculations .195 



Disputed question 198 



A multitude of drones needed 107 



"When the loss occurs 193 



Time of leaving varies 193 



Indication of loss 200 



Result 200 



Age of bees '. . . .201 



Duty 201 



Remedy 201 



Mark date of swarm 203 



Other remedies 203 



Indiciitions of loss in early spring 203 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PRUNING.— 205 



Seldom necessary... 205 



The time 203 



Difficulty In driving In cool weather. ..207 



Best time 207 



Little risk of stings 209 



Frequent pruning not recommended. .209 



CHAPTER XIV. 



DISEASED BROOD.— 210 



What is it?.. 



Italians less affected 210 



Where found 211 



When first discovered 211 



Description 211 



Remedies attempted 213 



, .210 Supposed cause 213 



How It spreads,... 316 



Theory 217 



Caution ...218 



Examiaatiou 218 



Assumed knowledsre 230 



CHAPTER XV. 



ANGEti OF BEES.-221 



Causes of irritability 331 



How they make an attack 323 



Never irritable when after honey 223 



Smoker described 2U 



Italians leas docile 335 



Bee-charms unreliable 325 



Sting 236 



Does its loss prove fatal ? 336 



Protection 227 



Remedies for stings 327 



CHAPTER XVI. 



ENEMIES OF BEES.-228 



Rats and mice 3'i9 



A word for King-bird 239 



Chickens will eat drones 333 



Ca^blrd acquitted 230 



Toad 331 



Black wasp ...332 



Ants— a word in their favor 233 



Spiders 234 



Moth 231 



Where thel' iggs are deposited 233 



Worms sometimes work in centre of 



comb .237 



BeG.5 mutilated by webs 237 



Bees fastened in tlie cells 33S 



Different appearance In old stocks. . .239 

 Worms grow larger when undisturbed„210 



Freezing destroys tliem 241 



Extermination of the moth 2-Jl 



Seldom exempt In ordinary manage- 



luent 243 



Remedies. ,, , ,241 



