CONTENTS. 



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CHAP. 



XXI. 



HOUSE APIARIES, STORE ROOMS, &c 



The Home Apiary— The Workshop 



The Window — Honey Room . 



The Covered Apiary 



The Hives under Cover . 



The Advantages — Bee-Houses so-called 



XXII. THE PRODUCTION OF WAX, AND NON-USE OF 

 FOUNDATION .... 

 A Test by Experiment . 



Aids to Production — To Produce Wax in Quantity 

 Swarms Hived upon Starters— Pollen in Sections 

 To Make Bees go into Sections . 

 When Foundation may be used to advantage . 

 Wax Extractors — Cost of Producing Wax 

 Cost of Living . • > . . 



Comparative Cost .... 



XXIII. MANAGEMENT FOR HEATHER HONEY 

 Whole Question centres upon Queen 

 Use a Young Queen 



Uniting with Nucleus — Moving to the Heather , 

 Supers should travel separated . 

 My " Tenth " Method— Another Plan 



XXIV. DRIVEN BEES 

 How to Carry them 



The Novice — Foul Brood^When to Hive the Bees 

 Place Hives in Position — Uniting to other Stocks 



XXV. HONEY, AND SOME OF ITS USES . 

 Medicinal Qualities .... 

 Honey as Food ..... 

 General Uses ..... 



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