CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I. 
BRIEF HISTORY. 
Three kinds of Bees, ... 9 
Queen described, .... 9 
Description and Duty of Workers, . 10 
Description of Drones, 
. 11 
Most Brood in Spring, 
. 11 
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, .... 26 
The surplus honey will contain bee- 
bread 26 
Description of Cutting’s changeable 
hive, 26 
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, . SO 
Best to use old combs as long as 
they will last, . . . .31 
Driving and Pruning when neces- 
sary, . . . • . 81 
Tools for Pruning, . . . .32 
Use of Tobacco Smoke, . . .33 
Further objections to a sectional 
hive, 34 
Non-Swarmer8, . . . .85 
Contrast of profit, . . . .35 
Principle of swarming not under- 
stood, 36 
Not to be depended upon, . . 37 
ki ves not always full before swarm- 
ing, 87 
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