Mysteries of Bee-keeping ExplainedQuinby, M. (Moses)
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Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
Quinby, M. (Moses)
Bees
Its location, 132
Decide Early, 133
Bees mark their location on leaving the hive, 134
Changing stand attended with loss, 134
Can be taken some distance, 135
Danger of setting Stocks too close, 135
Space between Hives, 136
Small Matters, 136
Economy, 137
Cheap arrangement of stands, 138
Canal Bottom-board discarded, 139
Some advantage in being near the earth, 139
Utility of Bee-Houses doubted, 141
CHAPTER VIII.
ROBBERIES.
Not properly understood, 142
Improper Remedies, 143
Difficulty in deciding, 144
Weak families in most danger, 144
Their Battles, 145
Bad policy to raise in Hives, 146
Indications of Robbers, 146
A Duty, 147
A Test, 147
Robbing usually commences on a warm day, 148
Remedies, 149
Common Opinion, 149
A case in point, 149
Further Directions, 150
Common cause of commencing, 151
Spring the worst time, 152
No necessity to have Bees plundered in the fall, 153
CHAPTER IX.
FEEDING BEES.
Should be a last resort, 154
Care needed, 154
Apparent contradiction when feeding causes starvation, 155
How long it will do to wait before feeding, 156
Directions for feeding, 157
Whole Families may desert the Hive, 158
Objections to general feeding, 159
Arrangement for feeding, 159
Feeding to induce early swarms, 161
What may be fed, 162
Is candied honey injurious? 162
CHAPTER X.
DESTRUCTION OF WORMS.
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