CONTENTS. 



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PART I.— ADVICE TO BEGINNERS. 



I. Introductory 



Who should not keep Bees 

 Beekeeping for Ladies 

 Cadetsliip . . 



Cadets at the State Apiaries 

 Profits in B'>ekeeping 

 Beekeeping combined with other 



Pursuits . . 

 Beekeeping Literature 



II. The Hive to adopt 



The Langstroth Hive 



Making Hives 



A Cheap Langstroth Frame Hive 



III. When and how to start Beekeep 



ing 

 Start with Common Bees 

 The Honey to raise . . 

 Raising Section-honey 

 Cost of a Beginner's Outfit 



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PART II.— PRACTICAL ADVICE. 



I. The Use of Comb-foundation 



II. The Ripening and Maturing of 



Honey 



Amount of Moisture in Honey . . 



Testing Honey for Ripeness . . 



Specific Gravity of Honey 



Method of Testing 



Ripening Honey inside and out- 

 side the Hive 



Ripening and Maturing Tanks . . 



Honey-strainers 



Size of Honey-tanks . . 



E. W. Alexander's Honey-tank. . 



Heating the Honey-house at 

 Night 



Liquefying Granulated Honey . . 



Remarks 



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III. Dealing with Thick Honey . . 41 



Flora from which Thick Honey 



is gathered . . . . 42 



Making the Best of the Difficulty 42 

 Honey- press . . . . 42 



Objections to the Use of Queen- 

 excluders 



IV. Spring Feeding of Bees 



The Cause of Starvation 

 When and how to feed 

 Feeders 



V. The Solar Wax-extractor 



VI. Diseases of Bees and their Treat- 



ment 

 Foul-brood . . 

 Other Diseases 

 The Large Bee or Wax Moth 

 The Apiaries Act 



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PART III.— BEES IN RELATION TO FLOWERS AND FRUIT-CULTURE. 



I. In relation to Flowers generally . . Ti 1 

 Sexual Organs in Flowers . . 61 



Mechanism of Flowers . . 62 



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II. In relation to Fruit-culture . . 64 



Shelter . . . . . . 68 



Spraying FVuit - trees while in 



Blossom . . . . . . 68 



Do Bees injure Fruit ? . . 69 



