TABLE OF CONTENTS. XI t 



qaeens. S99. Bops by the pound. 00 1), How many In a pound? 601. 

 Raisiugqneens in the South. «03. Bws in the North. 60;». Transport- 

 lag colonies. 60 1 (bis) . Shade board in front. 604. Transporting 

 swarms. 



Chapter XII.— Feeding Bees. 



605. Feeding often necessary. 006. Spring feeding. 607. Bees starv- 

 ing io Spring. 61)8. Fall feeding. 609. Feeders. 610. Feeding syrnp. 

 611. Sugar candy. 613. Boot's experience. G 1 3 . Sohol/. method . 6 1 4 . 

 Loafsngar. 615, Feeding not to lie encouiaged. 616. Bees do not make 

 honey. 617. Beware of candy shops. 618. As bad for bees as grog- 

 shops for men. 



Chapter XIII.— Wintering Bees. 



619. Wintering in cold climates. 680. How bees cluster. 681, Their 

 tremulous motions, 622, Katiugtokecp warm, 633, 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. 

 689, Sirup instead of honey, 630, Narrowing the hive. 631. Winter 

 passages. 632. On summer stands. <i32 (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 of a Win- 

 ter flight. 610. 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, 

 640, Cellar blinds. 650. Quietness and darkness. 65 1 , Eesnlts of bad 

 wintering, 652, Select a warm day, 653 , Lowest degree needed , 654. 

 Putting colonies in same place. 655, Danger of robbery. 656. Flight 

 during winter. 657. Bees In clamps, 658, Beware of cold repositories. 

 659, Spring dwindling. 66.0, Constipation, 66 1 . Best condition . 663. 

 Water needed, 663 , Care to be given , 



Chapter XIV— Robbing. 



664. Bobber 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, 673, 

 Prevention. 673, Weak colonies, and precautions. 



Chapter XV. — Comb-Foundation. 



674, Its advantages 675, Beplaring drone comb. 676. Value of 

 workercomta. 677, Thelnventor of comb foundation. 678, His Imitat- 

 ors, 679, Boot's roller mills, « 80, Good results. 681. His followers. 

 682, Given press. 683. Plaster monld. 684, Improved mills. 685, 

 Selected wax, 686, Absolutely pure, 687 , Light and heavy machines . 

 688. Foundation for comb honey. 689, Preparing the sheets, 690, 

 Printing. 691 . A special industry . 693. Weight of the different grades. 

 693. How fastened. 694, Wiring foundation. 695. How to cut if 

 696. The right position. 697. It is a success. 



