IV. CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



Increase of Colonies 171 



Swarming 171 



Hiving Swarms 173 



To Prevent Second Swarms 175 



To Prevent Swarming 176 



How Best to Increase 177 



Dividing 177 



How to Divide 177 



CHAPTER XI. 



Italians and Italianizing 180 



All Should Keep only Italians 188 



How to Italianize 183 



How to Introduce a Queen 183 



To Get Italian Queens 185 



Rearing and Shipping Queens 186 



To Ship Queens 186 



To Move Colonies , 187 



CHAPTER XII. 



Extracting and the Extractors 188 



Honey Extractor 188 



What Style to Buy 189 



Use of the Extractor 191 



When to use the Extractor 192 



How to Extract 194 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Handling Bees 195 



The Best Bee Veil 196 



To Quiet Bees 197 



Bellows Smoker 198 



The Quinby Smoker 198 



The Bingham Smoker 199 



How to Smoke Bees 201 



To Cure Stings 201 



The Sweat Theory; 201 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Comb Foundation 203 



History 203 



American Foundation 204 



How Foundation is Made 206 



To Secure the Wax Sheets 206 



Use of Foundation 207 



To Fasten the Foundation 209 



Save the Wax 211 



Methods 211 



