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CHAPTER XI 
THE FIRST STEPS IN BEEKEEPING 
Purchase of colonies—Purchase of bees to be shipped 
from a distance — Requirements in purchased colonies — 
How to learn beekeeping — Value of reading—Merits of 
beekeeping courses — Beginner’s outfit . 
CHAPTER XII 
THE APIARY SITE 
Apiary grounds — Exposure to the sun — Care of the api¬ 
ary grounds — Arrangement of hives — Number of colonies 
in one apiary — Out-apiaries — Conveniences less essential 
in out-apiaries. 
CHAPTER XIII 
THE MANIPULATION OF BEES 
Disturbance to be reduced to a minimum — Equipment 
for manipulation — When to handle bees — Opening a hive 
— Remedies for stings — Removing frames — Handling 
frames — Desirability of straight combs in manipulations — 
Closing the hive — Occasional manipulations — Feeding — 
What to feed — Feeders — Uniting — Influence of hive odor 
— Learning the new location — Transferring — The best 
time to transfer colonies — Methods — Transferring from 
walls of houses — Transferring from hollow trees — Prevent¬ 
ing robbing in the apiary — Moving bees — Elimination of 
non-essential manipulations — Two essentials — Increase in 
efficiency through system. 
CHAPTER XIV 
SPRING MANAGEMENT 
Object of spring manipulations — Prevention of drifting 
— Spring protection — First examinations — Cleaning the 
hives — Equalizing the colonies — Clipping queens — Sum¬ 
mary of favorable spring conditions — Questionable manipu¬ 
lations — Stimulative feeding — Spreading the brood — 
Substitutes for pollen. 
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