Re eos CONTENTS, 
Causes of Swarming—The Swarming Season— Symptoms | of 
Swarming—Issue of the Swarm—Objections raised against 
Natural Swarming—Preparing for Swarms—Swarm Box—Taking 
and Hiving Swarms—Absconding Swarms—Clipping the Queen's 
Wing — Process of clipping — After-Swarms — Prevention of 
Swarming—Prevention of After-Swarming—Supplying the old 
Stock with Fertile Queen—Preventing Increase of Colonies— 
Dividing - is a ee se 188 —207 
CHAPTER XII. 
QUEEN REARING. 
Necessity of the Practice—A Word concerning Drones—Entrance 
Guarés—How to secure choice Queen Cells—Forming Nuclei—How 
to insert Queen Cells—My Method of forming Nucleiand inserting 
Queen Cells—Mating Young Queens—Necessary Distance apart 
of different Races to insure pure Mating—Queen Nurseries— 
Introducing Queens —Direct Introduction of Queens—Introducing 
Virgin Queens—“ Shipping ” Queens—Shipping wocle Cone 
CHAPTER XIII. 
SURPLUS HONEY, MODE OF SECURING AND MARKETING. 
Spring Management—Division Boards —Spreading Brood—Putting on 
surplus Boxes—Reversing Frames—Heddon’s reversible Frames 
~Queen Excluder Honey Board—Taking surplus Honey— 
Ripening Honey—Comb Baskets—Marketing Honey—Extracted 
Honey—Comb Honey—Benefits of co-operation ... 231—243 
CHUA PAE Eumoxclye 
WINTERING, UNITING. 
Difference in Character of Winter Seasons—Australasian Winters— 
Precautions for Wintering—Reducing interior Room in Hive — 
Providing Food—Inner Covering of Frames—Reducing Entrance 
—Securing Covers— Providing Winter Forage —Ventilation— 
Chaff Hives—To make a Chaff Hive—Providing Space above 
Frames in Winter—Uniting weak and queenless Colonies— 
Uniting Swarms ae ae Hol She 244 —251 
CHAPTER XV. 
ROBBER BEES. 
Causes of Robbing—How to know Robber Bees—Precautions to be 
observed—Bee Tents—How to stop Robbing .  2562—255 
