The honey-bee: its nature, homes and products — John Shaqi
The honey-bee: its nature, homes and productsHarris, William Hetherington
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The honey-bee: its nature, homes and products
Harris, William Hetherington
Bee culture; Bees
Dysentery: How Produced--Indications--Treatment.
Foul-Brood: two kinds--Nature--Propagation. Mr.
Cheshire's Discoveries and Treatment--Fatal Effects of
Disease--Detection--Vertigo--Analogy of Human and Bee
Diseases.
129-138
CHAPTER XVI.
THE ENEMIES OF BEES.
Birds--Mice--Moths--_Braula cœca_--Hornets and Wasps--
Spiders--Toads--"Robber Bees"--Prevention of robbing.
139-147
CHAPTER XVII.
HIVES.
Natural Abodes of Wild Bees--Taking Honey from Roof of
House--Straw Skeps--Cottager's Hive--Supering--Nutt's
Collateral Hive--Village Hive--Woodbury Hive--
Abbott's Hives--Sectional Supering--Stewarton Hive--
Carr-Stewarton Hive--Observatory Hives--Bee-houses.
148-170
CHAPTER XVIII.
NATURAL SWARMING.
General Facts connected with Swarming--Reconnoitring--
Settling--Hiving--Curious Incidents--Transferring
Swarms to Bar-Frame Hives--Division of Swarms--Placing
Swarm in Permanent Position-Number of Bees in Swarming
--"Casts" and Later Swarms--Prevention of Swarming--
Feeding of Swarms.
171-186
CHAPTER XIX.
ARTIFICIAL SWARMING.
Advantages--Driving: Close and Open--Transfer to
Bar-Frame Hive--Conditions of Successful Driving--
Various Methods of Artificial Swarming with
Bar-Frame Hives.
187-195
CHAPTER XX.
QUEEN REARING.
Protection of Queen-cells--Nucleus Hives--Various Methods
of Queen Rearing--American Plan--Introduction of
Stranger Queens--Difficulties.
196-200
CHAPTER XXI.
FEEDING.
Troughs--Dangers of this Method--Bottle Feeders--Cheshire's
Feeding Stage--Neighbour's Can Feeder--The "Round Feeder"
--Autumn Feeding--Spring Feeding--Uses of Precautions--
Summer Feeding of Swarms--Flour-cake--Barley-sugar or
Sugar-cake--Mr. Hunter's Recipe.
201-213
CHAPTER XXII.
WINTERING BEES.
False and True Hybernation--Temperature of Hive in
Winter--Necessity for Quiet during Winter--Structure and
Winter-packing of Bar-Frame Hives--Prevention of Draught
and Condensation of Vapour--Supply of Water.
214-220
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