CO NTENT S . 
11 
Effect! of Snow considered, . 319 
Stocks to be protected on some oc- 
casions, . • 350 
Do fhe bees eat more wnen allowed 
to come out occasionally in Win- 
ter 1 352 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
SAGACITY OK BEES. 
Are not Bees directed alone by in- Mending broken Combs, . . .354 
stinct? 
What they do with Propolis, 
. 353 .i Making passages to every part of 
. 353 their Combs, . . « • 355 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
STRAINING IIONEY AND WAX. 
Methods of removing Combs from Different modes of straining Honey, 358 
the Hive 357 Getting out Wax— different methods, 360 
CHAPTER XXV. 
PURCHASING STOCKS AND TRANSPORTING DEES. 
Size of Hives important, . 367 
How large Hives can he made 
smalleT, 333 
Moderate weather best to remove 
Bees, 369 
Preparations for transporting Bees, 370 
Securing Bees in the Hive, . .370 
Best Conveyance, . . . . 370 
Hive to be inverted, . . • 3Y1 
Conclusion, . • • • 379 
Why the word luck is applied to 
Bees, 39 ^ 
Rule in taking Bees for a share, . 361 
A man may sell his “luck,” . • 364 
First-rate stocks recommended to 
begin with, • 363 
Old stocks are good as any if 
healthy, 3(35 
Caution respecting diseased brood, 366 
Result of ignorance in purchasing, 366 
APPENDIX. 
First experience with the Movable- 
comb Hive, • 377 
First artifleial swarm, . • • J 
How to prevent second swarms, . 378 
Loss of Queens readily ascertained, 378 
How to secure au extra swarm — a 
vuluablo operation for thoso 
who wish to Increase their 
stocks to the utmost . .378 
How to strengthen weak stocks, . 8i9 
To prevont roaring too many drones, 380 
Drono-combs, containing Honoy, 
should bo glvon to a colony 
needing stores, 
Advantage in wintering. 
Directions for making Hives, 
Wintor passages, . 
Boo-bat, . • , • • 
How to quiet Bees for examination, 
Directions for examining combs, . 
How to hive a swarm, . • • 
How to transfer Boes and combs 
from common Hivo into frames, 
Moving Bees, ... 
380 
880 
381 
382 
383 
384 
384 
384 
384 
884 
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