Contents. v - 



CHAPTER XIII. —EDUCATING BEES. 



Ornamental comb building — How to select bees and hives for the. Page. 

 purpose — Results — Sucoesses and failures — Differences in 

 working abilities of bees — Physical energy . . . . • • 74-7b 



CHAPTER XIV.— WHY DO BEES SWARM? 



Nature's reasons — Francoise Huber on swarming — Some errors — 

 Early Spring conditions— Supply of pollen an incentive — 

 Drones on the wing — Hours of swarming — Queen not .hrsc 

 to leave — Piping of queens — Swarming not for want of room 

 — Naturalist's errors in regard to swarming — Signs of swarm- 

 ing — Parables — Natural and artificial swarming . . . . 77-85 



CHAPTER XV.— SWARM CATCHING, HIVING, AND TRANS- 

 FERRING. 



Special call notes — Scouts — Bee-song on settling — Not led by the 

 queen — Origin of beating frying pan when swarming — 

 Queen, not first to settle — "Be gentle" — Natural swarms — 

 How to hive — Place of rendezvous — Decoy boxes — Early 

 swarms — To prevent swarming — Vagabond swarms — How to 

 find queen in swarm — An adage — Site for permanent home — 

 Queen handling — Queen's wing should not be clipped — Time of 

 swarming — Swarm removed to permanent home — The next 

 day— Casts 86-100 



CHAPTER XVI.— TAKING BUSH SWARMS. 



Tools and implements — Smoke bellows — Get the bees into a 

 box — Save all brood comb — To secure the queen — Main 

 object; bees and brood-combs not honey .. .. .. 103-107 



CHAPTER XVII.— HANDLING. 



Eyes, ears, fingers — Manipulation — Kindness and gentleness — 

 Docility — Bee knowledge — Length of bee life — Subdued by 

 smoke — Language of bees — Don't stand in their way — 

 When and how to examine — Charging the smoker — How 

 to smoke — Signs of subjugation . . . . . . . . 108-112 



CHAPTER XIX.— DIVISION OP SWARMS. 



When to divide — Conditions for — The season for — Internal 

 appearances of hive — Virgin queen — Necessity for fertile 

 queens — Summary . . . . . . . . . . , . 113-116 



