CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER I. 
BRIEF HISTORY. 
Three kinds of Bees, 
9 
Description of Drones, 
11 
Queen described, . 
9 
Most Brood in Spring, 
. 11 
Description and Duty of Workers, . 
10 
Their Industry, . . 
. . 12 
CHAPTER II. 
HIVES. 
Hives to be thoroughly made, . 13 
Different opinions about them, . 14 
The Author has no Patent to recom- 
mend, 14 
Speculators supported long enough, 15 
Prefix of Patent a bad recommen- 
dation, 15 
Ignorance of officers and commit- 
tees, 15 
Opposition to simplicity, . . .16 
By gaining one point produce ano- 
ther evil, . ... 16 
First Delusion, . . . .17 
Chamber Hive, . . . .17 
Mrs. Griffith’s Hive, . . 18 
Weeks’ Improvement, . . .18 
Inclined Bottom-boards do not 
throw out all the worms, . 19 
Objections to suspended hives, . 19 
See bees often, . . • .20 
Hall’s Patent, .... 21 
Jones’s Patent 21 
An Experiment, . . . 21 
Reason of failure in dividing hive, . 22 
Cause of starving in such hives, . 23 
Advantages of the changeable hive 
considered 24 
Variation of these hives,\ . . 25 
Expense in constructing change- 
able hives, .... 25 
The surplus honey will contain bee- 
bread, 26 
Description of Cutting’s changeable 
hire, 20 
First objection cost of construction, 28 
Hives can be made with less ex- 
pense, ..... 29 
Old breeding cells will last a long 
time, 29 
Cells larger than necessary at first, 30 
Expense of renewing combs, . 30 
Best to use old combs os long as 
they will last, . . . .31 
Driving and Pruning when neces- 
sary, ... • . 31 
Tools for Pruning, . . .32 
Use of Tobacco Smoke, . . .33 
Further objections to a sectional 
hive, . . . .34 
Non-Swarmers, . . . .35 
Contrast of profit, . . . .35 
Principle of swarming not under- 
stood, 30 
Not to be depended upon, . . 37 
Hive* not always full before swarm- 
ing, 37 
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