Chapter I: Front Matter

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Text emphasis denoted as _Italics_ and =Bold=. WHole and fractional parts of numbers as 12-3/4.

THE
BEE-KEEPER'S MANUAL

THE
BEE-KEEPER'S MANUAL,

OR

PRACTICAL HINTS
ON THE
MANAGEMENT AND COMPLETE PRESERVATION
OF
THE HONEY-BEE;

WITH
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST APPROVED HIVES,
AND OTHER APPURTENANCES OF THE APIARY.

BY
HENRY TAYLOR.

SIXTH EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.

ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

LONDON:
GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCLX.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE

The Bee-Keeper’s Manual. 1
The Queen or Mother Bee 4
The Common or Working Bees 11
Swarming (or Single Hiving) and Depriving Systems 21
Common Straw (or Single) Hives 27
Straw Depriving Hives 30
Hive-Covers 37
Floor or Hive-Boards 42
Hive-Stands, or Pedestals 37
Wood Box Hives 51
Wood Bar Boxes 54
Bar Glass Hives 72
Straw Bar-Hives 73
Circular Wooden Hives 75
Collateral System 78
White’s Collateral Hive 81
Nutt’s Collateral Hive 82
Nadir Hive 87
Bee Sheds and Houses 94
Position and Aspect 97
Bee Passage and Number of Hives 101

Summer Management. 106
Wax and Combs 109
Propolis 112
Honey 113
Pollen and Farina 113
Water 115
Shade 115
Moths, Wasps, Hornets, and Other Enemies 116
Super-hiving 119
Bell-glasses 120
Triplets and Nadirs 122

Autumnal Management. 124
Remove a Full Box or Super 125
Honey Harvest 128
Comb-Knives 130
Robbers 131
Autumnal Feeding 132
Feeding-troughs 133
Bee Food 137
Winter Store 138
Autumnal Unions, Fuming, and Transferring Bees 140
Driving of Bees 152

Winter Management. 157
Winter Positioning 158
Damp in Hives 161
Temperature 162
Dysentery 164

Spring Management. 166
Cleaning or Changing Floor-boards 167
Comb-pruning 167
General Directions 168
Spring Feeding 170
Enemies and Robbers 175
Super-hives 176
Temperature and Weather 177
Swarming 180
Returning of Swarms 183
After-swarms 186
Uniting of Swarms 192
Prevention of After-swarms 193
Maiden Swarms 196
General Directions on Swarming 196
Artificial Swarming 199
Dividing Bar-Hive 204
Bee-Protector 208
Remedy for the Sting of a Bee 210

Conclusion. 212

Index. 217