LIST OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Introduction 4 



Leaflet No. Title. 



128. Advice to Bpginners in Bee Keeping ... 5 



The Sive — Stocldny — Methods of obtaining Soney 

 — Subduing and Handling. 



. 349. Methods of Obtaining Strong Colonies of 



Bees for Wintering ... ... 19 



Union of Weak Colonies —Addition of Frames — 

 Temperature — Feeding to hicrease Brood- 

 Rearing-Syrup — ■ Winter Storage '- — Candy — 

 Late Swarms, 



334. How to Increase Colonies of Bees ... 23 



Preparation — Vethods — ProduoliOn of Queen Cells. 



378. Beeswax 27 



How to collect Wax — Methods of Extraction — 

 Characteristics of Pure Wax — Adulteration. 



141. The Preparation and Packing of Honey for 



Market 30 



Qualities — Cmnb Honey in Sections — Completed 

 Hacks — PacMng and Glazing Sections — 

 MxtiroJited Honey, 



32. Foul Brood 34 



Description — Symptoms — Sources of Infection — 

 Prevention and Bemedies. 



395. Diseases of Adult Bees — 38 



Nosema Disease {Microsporidiosis) ... 38 



Acarine Disease ... ... ... ... 42 



Acarine Disease in Summer ... ... 43 



Dysentery ... ... ... ... 44 



Appendix: Acarine Disease. Examination of Bees ... 46 



