CONTENTS. 



XIU 



The Irishman's secret 68 



Old corduroy 68 



Nothing else necessary, 69 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Swarming and non-swarming,.. 70 

 Can swarms and honey he ob- 

 tained from hives the same 



season? 70 



Swarming system test, 71 



Reasons given 71 



Which system yields most su- 

 pers? 74 



Great success of Mr Fox, 75 



His magnificent supers 76 



His adjusting principle, 76 



CHAPTER XX. 



Supers and supering, 77 



Straw, wood, and glass supers, 77 

 The art of supering unfolded, 78 

 Assisting bees to fill large su- 

 pers, 79 



No doors in supers, 82 



Cutting supers off, 83 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Ekes, 84 



Better for getting a great weight 



of honey than supers, 84 



They prevent swarming 84 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Nadirs, 85 



Used when both honey and 

 stacks are sought from the 

 swarms of the current year, 86 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Artfflcial swaxming 87 



Probably invented by Bonner, 87 



Invaluable, 87 



Easily performed, 87 



How? 87 



Prevents waste of time 88 



Can be performed at any hour, 89 

 How to know when hives are 



ready for swarming, 90 



Where to place swarms, 91 



Bee-barrow 92 



Vacant thrones 93 



Successors provided 93 



A little difBculty with second 



swarms 94 



Surplus queens 95 



Very useful in many ways 95 



How to find the queens in a 



swarm, 97 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Natural swarming, 98 



Time of swarming, 98 



Small hives cluster before, 98 



Large hives seldom cluster, ... 98 



Miscarriages, 99 



Their cause, 99 



The hiving of swarms, 100 



Artificial thunder and rain, ... 101 



Fugitive swarms, 101 



Cannot be stopped 101 



American swarm-catcher, 102 



Third and fourth swarms, 103 



Conflict of queens, 103 



Regicidal knots, 103 



The loss of queens, 104 



Making good the loss, 104 



Virgin swarms, 105 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Turnouts, 106 



New honey, 106 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Feeding 109 



Bad seasons 109 



Disappointment of beginners, 109 

 Success is certain to the per- 

 severing, 109 



The profits of bee-keeping dur- 

 ing the last five years 110 



The author's profits since 1870, 110 



