Preparation 117 Read a Good Manual 117 Visit some Apiarist 117 Take a College Course 118 Decide on a Plan 118 How to Procure our Bees 118 Kind of Bees to Purchase 119 In What Kind of Hives 119 When to Purchase 119 How Much to Pay 120 Where to Locate 120 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.