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queens. 599, Bees by the pound. 600. How many ina pound? 601. 
Raising queens in the South. 602. Bees inthe North. 603. Transport- 
ing colonies. 603 (bis). Shade board in front. 604. Transporting 
swarms. 
Cuaprer XII.—Feeding Bees. 
605. Feeding often necessary, 606. Spring feeding. 607. Bees starv- 
ingin Spring. 608. Fall feeding. 609. Feeders. 610. Feeding syrup. 
G11. Sugarcandy. 612. Root’s experience. 613. Scholz method. 614. 
Loafsugar. 615. Feeding not to be encouraged. 616. Beesdo not make 
honey. 617. Beware of candy shops. 618. As bad for bees as grog- 
shops for men. 
Cuaprer XIII.—Wintering Bees. 
619. Wintering in cold climates. 620, How becs cluster. 621. Their 
tremulous motions. 622. Eating tokeep warm. 623. Amount of food 
needed. 624, Beware of mistakes. 625, An unlooked-for experiment. 
626. Quality of the food. 627. Bad food. 628. How to dispose of it. 
629. Syrup instead ofhoney. 630. Narrowing the hive. 631. Winter 
passages. 632. On summer stands. 632 (bis). Scant population in 
Winter. 633. Uniting colonies. 634. How to prevent fighting. 635. 
Winter protection. 636. Warm absorbents above. 637. Entrance left 
open. 638. No disturbance in cold weather. 639. Advantages ofa Win- 
ter flight. 640. Chaff hives. 641. Their defects. 642. Less trouble. 
643. Outer boxes. 644. Best conditions. 645. Indoor wintering in 
Europe. 646. Cellar wintering. 647. Directions. 648. Temperature. 
649. Cellar blinds. 650. Quietness and darkness. 651. Results of bad 
wintering. 652. Selecta warm day. 653. Lowest degree nceded. 654. 
Putting colonies in same place. 655. Danger of robbery. 656. Flight 
during winter. 657. Beesinclamps. 658. Beware of cold repositories. 
659. Spring dwindling. 660. Constipation. 661. Best condition. 662. 
Water needed. 663. Care to be given. 
Caarter XI V—Robbing. 
664. Robber bees. 665. Difficult to detect. 666, Promoted by the bee- 
keeper. 667. How detected. 668. Difficult to stop. 669. Exchang- 
ing places. 670. Carbolized sheet. 671. Latent robbing. 672, 
Prevention. 673. Weak colonies. and precautions. 
CuHaprer X V.—Comb-Foundation. 
674. Its advantages. 675. Replacing drone comb, 676. Value of 
workercomb. 677. Theinventor of comb foundation. 678. His imitat- 
ors. 679. Root’sroller mills. 680. Goodresults. 681. His followers 
682. Given press. 683. Plaster mould. 684. Improved mills. 685. 
Selected wax. 686. Atsolutely pure. 687. Light and heavy machines. 
688. Foundation for comb honey. 689. Preparing the sheets. 690. 
Printing. 691. A special industry. 692. Weight of the different grades. 
692 How fastened. 694. Wiring foundation. 695. How to cut it: 
696. The right position. 697. It is a success. 
