CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XVII. 
DISEASED 
BROOD. 
Not generally understood, 
. 266 
Not easily detected a first, 
My own experience, 
. 267 
Symptoms to be observed, 
Description of Disease, . 
267 
Scalding the honey to destroy the 
The cause uncertain, 
. 268 
poison for feeding, . 
Remedial Experiments, . 
. 268 
When to examine stocks thaLhave 
Public inquiry and answers, . 
. 268 
swarrned, .... 
Answers not satisfactory, 
. 270 
Care in selecting stock-hives for 
A cause suggested, 
. 270 
winter, 
Reasons for the opinion, . 
. 272 
Accusations not always right, 
Cuuse of its spreading, . 
. 273 
CHAPTER 
XVIII. 
IRRITABILITY OF BEES. 
Their means of defence, 
. 277 
Smoker described, . 
Time of greatest Irritability, . 
. 278 
Effect of Tobacco Smoke, 
Proper Conduct, 
* 278 
Sting described, .... 
How to proceed when attacked, . 279 
Does its loss prove fatal ? 
A person’s breath offensive 
and 
Means of protection,^— . 
other causes, . . - 
. 279 
Remedies for stings, 
Their manner of attack, 
. 279 
CHAPTER XIX. 
ENEMIES 
OF BEES. 
Are they all guilty ? 
. 286 
Other symptoms of Worms, . 
Rats and Mice, 
. 287 
When they grow larger than usual 
Are all the Birds guilty? 
. 288 
Time of Growth, 
King-bird — one word in his favor,. . 288 
Time of Transformation, 
Cat-bird acquitted, . 
. 289 
Freezing destroys Worms, Cocoon 
274 
274 
284 
. 285 
Toad got clear, . . • • 290 
Wasps and Hornets not favored, . 290 
Ants — a word in their favor, . . 291 
Spider condemned, . . • 292 
Wax-Moth unrivalled for mischief, 293 
Indications of their presence, . 296 
Management, 296 
Care in turning over Hives, . . 297 
. 299 
. 300 
> 
and Moth, . . ... 300 
How they pass the Winter, . . 301 
Stocks more liable to be destroyed 
last of Summer, . . . 301 
When Bees are safe, . . . 302 
Means to destroy them, . . 302 
Making them drunk and their execu- 
tion by Chickens, . . . 303 
rhe Cause, 
Effects, . 
CHAPTER XX. 
MELTING DOWN OF COMBS. 
. 304 First Indications, 
. . 304 Prevention, . 
305 
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