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and other instruments recommended by Wildman — Origin 

 of the custom — Law respecting swarms— Substances where- 

 with to rub the interior of a new hive — Leaves of garlic 

 and onions recommended by the French and Italian api- 

 arians—Objected to by L'Abbe" della Rocca— Signs of a 

 queen not being in a swarm — Method of remedying the 

 evil — Several queens in a swarm — The superfluous queens 

 to be taken away — System of Lombard and Ducouedic — 

 Junction of swarms from different hives — System to be 

 adopted — The weight of a swarm the criterion of its value 

 — Different weight of swarms — Second swarms — Signs of a 

 hive not throwing off a second swarm — The superfluous 

 queens killed by the bees — The queens take no part in the 

 massacre of the young queens — The royal duels of Huber 

 — Description of a duel — Conduct of the bees towards the 

 victorious queen — The cause of it ascertained by Huber — 

 Its removal — Huber's opinion of the discoveries of Schi- 

 rach and Riems — The pretended discoveries of Huber con- 

 sidered as impossible — Situation of the royal nymphs in 

 the cell — The royal nymphs stung to death by the first- 

 born queen — Contradictions of Huber relative to the ex- 

 traction of the sting— The body of the bee impervious to 

 stings — Singular method adopted by the bees to kill a 

 queen — The royal duels of Huber denied by Dunbar — 

 Probable death of the queens of two swarms— A second 

 swarm seldom worth preserving — Comparative advantages 

 of a first and second swarm — Junction of second swarms 

 — System of Bonner on the junction of swarms— Its de- 

 fects—Practical skill of the German apiarians — The bees 

 recognise each other by the smell — Singular custom ad- 

 opted by the Germans on the introduction of a queen — 

 Junction of swarms by partial drowning — Two swarms 

 working together in the same hive — Curious statement of 

 Mr. Gagniard relative to three swarms — Food to be ad- 

 ministered to weak swarms — The hiving of a swarm on 

 the ground— System of Martin on the protracted cluster- 

 ing of bees — Method of strengthening a weak hive — The 

 swarm of a swarm — Remarks of L'Abbe' Tessier — A 

 swarm to be prevented from swarming — Virgin swarms 

 — Artificial swarms — Objections to them — Plan of Wild- 

 man, of Schirach — Method of forming artificial swarms in 

 the Huish hive — Plan recommended by Ducarne — Ap- 

 paratus to be worn in all apiarian operations— Efficacy of 

 smoke in the management of bees — General remarks 17 1 



CHAPTER IX. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FEEDING OF BEES. 



Erroneous system of feeding adopted by the cottagers of this 

 country— Coarse brown sugar a useless food for bees — 



