CONTENTS. m. 



Take a College Course 118 



: Decide on a Plan 118 



How to Procure our Bees .ii8 



Kind of Bees to Purchase ; .119 



In What Kind of Hives '. 119 



When to Purchase 119 



How Much to Pay 120 



Where to Locate .' .120 



CHAPTEE V. 



Hives and Boxes 122 



Box Hives 122 



Movable Comb Hives :123 



The Langstroth Hive 123 



Character of the Hive 124 



The Bottom Board 127 



The Cover 129 



The Frames 132 



How to Construct the Frames 133 



A Block for making Frames 134 



Cover for Frames 136 



Division Board 137 



The Huber Hive ;i38 



Apparatus for Securing Comb Honey 141 



Boxes 142 



Small Frames or Sections 144 



Requisites of Good Frames 144 



Description 144 



How to Place Sections in Position 147 



Sections in Frames 147 



Sections in Eacks 149 



CHAPTEE VI. 



Position and Arrangement of the Apiary 152 



Position 152 



Arrangement of Ground 152 



Preparation for each Colony -153 



CHAPTEE VII. 



To Transfer Bees 156 



CHAPTEE VIII. 



Feeding and Feeders 159 



How Much to Feed 159 



How to Feed • ^ 60 



CHAPTEE IX. 



Queen Rearing ■ 163 



How to Rear Queens 163 



Nuclei -les 



Shall we Clip the Queen's Wing? 168 



