Contents 
chapter xv 
SWARM CONTROL AND INCREASE 
Loss from division of the working force — Variation in 
swarming—Variation in colonies in respect to swarming 
preparations — Direction of the beekeeper’s efforts — Pre¬ 
ventive measures — Breeding — Mechanical devices — Pre¬ 
ventive manipulations — Miller’s methods — Remedial meas¬ 
ures — Control of natural swarms — Automatic hivers 
— Location for the swarm — Disposition of the brood after 
swarming — What to use in the brood chamber in hiving 
swarms — Remedial manipulations — Unbalanced condition 
of swarming colonies — Break in the emergence of brood — 
Requeening combined with dequeening — Removal of brood 
— Mechanical appliances — Increase. 
CHAPTER XVI 
THE PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED-IIONEY 
Increase in the production of extracted-honey — Advan- 
tagesof extracted-honey — Disadvantages of extracted-honey 
— Extracted-honey hives — Choice of storage combs — Use 
of extracting combs smaller than brood combs — Number 
of supers—Manipulation of supers — Need of abundance of 
drawn combs — System in producing extracted-honey — Re¬ 
moving honey from the bees — House for extracting — 
Portable extracting outfits — Uncapping — Cans for cappings 
— Capping melters — Types of extractors — Extracting — 
Straining the honey — Storage tanks — Reduction of the 
lifting of honey — Returning combs to the hives . 
CHAPTER XVII 
THE PRODUCTION OF COMB-HONEY 
Purity of comb-honey — The “Wiley lie” — Decrease 
in comb-honey production — Demand for fancy comb-honey 
— Advantages of comb-honey — Disadvantages of comb- 
honey — Restrictions in comb-honey production — Honey- 
house— The best hive for comb-honey — The early devel¬ 
opment of the section — Types of sections — Types of supers 
— Other equipment — Preparation of the sections — Manip- 
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266-285 
286-300 
