Chapter V

Hives and Boxes 122
Box Hives 122
Movable Comb Hives 123
The Langstroth Hive 123
Character of the Hive 124
The Bottom Board 127
The Cover 129
The Frames 132
How to Construct the Frames 133
A Block for making Frames 134
Cover for Frames 136
Division Board 137
The Huber Hive 138
Apparatus for Securing Comb Honey 141
Boxes 142
Small Frames or Sections 144
Requisites of Good Sections 144
Description 144
How to Place Sections in Position 147
Sections in Frames 147
Sections in Racks 149

CHAPTER VI.

Position and Arrangement of the Apiary 152
Position 152
Arrangement of Ground 152
Preparation for each Colony 153

CHAPTER VII.

To Transfer Bees 156

CHAPTER VIII.

Feeding and Feeders 159
How Much to Feed 159
How to Feed 160

CHAPTER IX.

Queen Rearing 163
How to Rear Queens 163
Nuclei 165
Shall we Clip the Queen's Wing? 168

CHAPTER X.

Increase of Colonies 171
Swarming 171
Hiving Swarms 173
To Prevent Second Swarms 175
To Prevent Swarming 176
How Best to Increase 177
Dividing 177
How to Divide 177

CHAPTER XI.

Italians and Italianizing 180
All Should Keep Only Italians 183
How to Italianize 183
How to Introduce a Queen 183
To Get Italian Queens 185
Rearing and Shipping Queens 186
To Ship Queens 186
To Move Colonies 187

CHAPTER XII.

Extracting and the Extractors 188
Honey Extractor 188
What Style to Buy 189
Use of the Extractor 191
When to use the Extractor 192
How to Extract 194

CHAPTER XIII.

Handling Bees 195
The Best Bee Veil 196
To Quiet Bees 197
Bellows Smoker 198
The Quinby Smoker 198
The Bingham Smoker 199
How to Smoke Bees 201
To Cure Stings 201
The Sweat Theory 201

CHAPTER XIV.

Comb Foundation 203
History 203
American Foundation 204
How Foundation is Made 206
To Secure the Wax Sheets 206
Use of Foundation 207
To Fasten the Foundation 209
Save the Wax 211
Methods 211

CHAPTER XV.

Marketing Honey 213
How to Invigorate the Market 213
Extracted Honey 214
How to Tempt the Consumer 214
Comb Honey 215
Rules to be Observed 215

CHAPTER XVI.

Honey Plants 218
What are the Valuable Honey Plants? 220
Description with Practical Remarks 222
April Plants 223
May Plants 225
June Plants 228
July Plants 237
August and September Plants 242
Books on Botany 244
Practical Conclusions 244

CHAPTER XVII.

Wintering Bees 246
The Cause of Disastrous Wintering 246
Requisite to Safe Wintering--Good Food 248
Secure Late Breeding 249
To Secure and Maintain Proper Temperature 249
Box for Packing 250
Chaff Hives 251
Wintering in Cellar or House 252
Burying Bees 254
Spring Dwindling 254

CHAPTER XVIII.

The House Apiary 255
Description 255
Are they Desirable 256
The Case as it Now Stands 256