XlV TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chai'tkr XVI— Pasturage and Overstocking. 



Pasturaok — G9S Quantity \nries. 699, Bien in the same kind of blos- 

 soms 700 Stndy of tlie i-usonTces 7(il. Clovpr 708, Linden, 70S, 

 Alsike 704, Several others 70.1 Fall flowers 706 , List of 200 honey or 

 pollen-yieldintA" plants, 



OvEusTorKixG, — 707 Is it possible? 708, How far bees fly ? 7i'0, How 

 many colonies to the acre? 710 In Germany, 711 In California, 712. 

 The crop of our county , 713 Opinions on over.^tockiug. 714, Helping 

 bees, 715, A\erai?e of crops. 



Chapter XVII — Production. 



716, Its history, 717, 0urpT0,TCS3. 718 Conditions of success, 

 Co\m Honey, — 719. Very attractive, 720, Its improvements 721 

 Honey in sections, 722, Small sections. 723 Howmade, 724 Upper 

 story, 725. Difficulties. 726, Rcversin.y;, 727 Reversible hives. 

 72.S. Built sections. 729. Brood chamber full, 730. Exchanging 

 combs. 731. Straight com\)s. 732' Queen in the lower story. 733. 

 Sections given to the swarm. 7.34 No proi)Oll2lng. 735 Securing 

 sealed combs. 7.3I>. Fastened solid. 737. Preventint bridges. 738. 

 How deep the upper story . 739. Section crate. 740, Manum clamps. 

 741. Foster open -side sections. 742. Foster case. 743. Removing 

 sections. 714 Some other facts . 745. Conclusion. 

 Ex'ntACTEP IIONicY — 7*6 Strained honey. 747. In Europe. 748. From 

 hollow trees. 749. Invention of Hruschka. 750. Our first extractor. 

 751. Our mistake. 7i52. Advantages of extracting. 7J53. Advice to 

 be.Lilriners. 7.11. Less work. 7.'>5. Swarmlnix prevented. 756 Use of 

 extractor advised. 757. Hilf stories. 758. Defects of full depth upper 

 stories. 659. How to use upper stories. 760. Greater facilities for 

 bees. 761. Insi ectiou. 762 How many pounds of honey. 763. Fur- 

 nislilng empty combs. 764. Artificial ripening. 765. Equalizing the 

 surplus. 766. Harvesting. 767. Implements needed 768. Robber- 

 cloths. 769. How to proceed. 770. Implements In the honey house. 

 771 Extracting from the brood chamber. 772. Cappingcau. 773. Ex- 

 tractors 774. Uncapping knives. 775. Extracting 776. Inviting 

 neighbors. 777. Automatic extractors. 778. Emp ylng the extractor. 

 779. Caution. 780. Beware of robbing. 7S1. Returning the combs. 

 782. Separate the crops. 783. Conclusion. 



Chaptkr XVIII. — Diseases of Bees. 



7S4 Diarrhea. 785 Hairless bees 786. Contagious diseases. 787, 

 Foul-brood. 788. Experiments of Dupont. 789, Description of the dis- 

 ease. 790 Detected in Spring 791 . Jones' treatment. 792. Muth's 

 method. 793. Bertrand method. 794. Fumigating process. 795. 

 Cheshire method 796. Care and perseverance. 797. Preventive care. 

 798. Infected queens. 799 Antiseptics. SOU. Divers contagious dis- 

 eases. 801. Accidental dead brood. 



CnArxER XIX. — Enemies of Bees. 



80a. Bee moth 803. Description 804. Their actions. 805. Their gal- 

 leries. 806 Their worms. 80? Their food. 808. How they behave. 



