Contents xiii 



CHAPTER XV 

 SWARM CONTROL AND INCREASE 



PAGES 



Loss from division of tlie working force — Variation in 

 swarming — Variation in colonies in respect to swarming 

 preparations — Direction of the beekeeper's efforts — Pre- 

 ventive measures — Breeding — Mechanical devices — Pre- 

 ventive manipulations — Miller's methods — Remedial meas- 

 ures — Control of natural swarms — Automatic hivers 



— Location for the swarm — Disposition of the brood after 

 swarming — What to use in the. brood chamber in hiving 

 swarms — Remedial manipulations — Unbalanced .condition 

 of swarming colonies — Break in the emergence of brood — 

 Requeening combined with dequeening — Removal of brood 



— Mechanical appliances — Increase 265-285 



CHAPTER XVI 



THE PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED-HONEY 



Increase in the production of extracted-honey — Advan- 

 tages of extracted-honey — Disadvantages of extracted-honey 



— Extracted-honey hives — Choice of storage combs — Use 

 of extracting combs smaller than brood combs — Number 

 of supers — Manipulation of supers ^ Need of abundance of 

 drawn combs — System in producing extracted-honey — Re- 

 moving honey from the bees — House for extracting — 

 Portable extracting outfits — Uncapping — Cans for cappings 



— Capping melters — Types of extractors — Extracting — 

 Straining the honey — Storage tanks — Reduction of the 



lifting of honey — Returning combs to the hives . . . 286-300 



CHAPTER XVII 



THE PRODUCTION OF COMB-HONEY 



Purity of comb-honey — The "Wiley lie" — Decrease 

 in comb-honey production — Demand for fancy comb-honey 



— Advantages of comb-honey — Disadvantages of comb- 

 honey — Restrictions in comb-honey production — -Honey- 

 house — The best hive for comb-honey — The early devel- 

 opment of the section — Types of sections — Types of supers 



— Other equipment — Preparation of the sections — Manip- 



