Manual of the apiary
FOURTH EDITION, REVISED, ENLARGED, MOSTLY RE-WRITTEN AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
SIXTH THOUSAND.
CHICAGO, ILLS.: THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON 1879.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
TO THE REVEREND L. L. LANGSTROTH, THE INVENTOR OF THE MOVABLE FRAME HIVE, THE HUBER OF AMERICA, AND THE GREATEST MASTER OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE, AS RELATING TO APICULTURE, IN THE WORLD; THIS MANUAL IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.
Why another treatise on this subject? Have we not Langstroth, and Quinby, and King, and Bevan, and Hunter? Yes; all of these. Each of which has done excellent service in promoting an important industry. Each of which possesses peculiar and striking excellences. Yet none of these combine all of the qualities desirable in a popular manual. Hence, the excuse for another claimant for public favor. Every cultured apiarist laments that there is no text-book which possesses all of the following very desirable characters: Simple style, full in its discussions, cheap, disinterested, up with the times. It is for the bee-keeping public to decide whether this treatise meets any more fully the demands made by the latest discoveries and improvements, by the wants of those eager to learn, and by the superior intelligence which is now enlisted in the interests of the Apiary.
The following is, in substance, the same as the course of lectures which I have given each year to the students of the Michigan Agricultural College, and their desire, as expressed in repeated requests, has led to this publication.
It will be my desire to consider subjects of merely scientific interest and value, as fully as scientific students can reasonably desire; and, that such discussions may not confuse or perplex those who only read or study with practical ends in view, a very full index is added, so that the whereabouts of any topic, either of practical or scientific value, can be easily ascertained.
Albert John Cook
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PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
THE APIARY.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
SPECIALISTS.
AMATEURS.
WHO ARE SPECIALLY INTERDICTED.
INDUCEMENTS TO BEE-KEEPING.
WHAT SUCCESSFUL BEE-KEEPING REQUIRES.
PART FIRST.
BRANCH OF THE HONEY-BEE.
THE CLASS OF THE HONEY-BEE.
ORDER OF THE HONEY-BEE.
SUB-ORDER OF THE HONEY BEE.
FAMILY OF THE HONEY-BEE.
THE GENUS OF THE HONEY-BEE.
SPECIES OF OUR HONEY-BEES.
VARIETIES or THE HONEY-BEE.
THE FASCIATA OR EGYPTIAN RACE.
OTHER VARIETIES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
VALUABLE BOOKS FOR THE STUDENT OF ENTOMOLOGY.
ANATOMY OF INSECTS.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HONEY-BEE.
CHAPTER IV.
PRODUCTS OF BEES; THEIR ORIGIN AND FUNCTION.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
PART SECOND.
THE APIARY;
PREPARATION.
HOW TO PROCURE OUR FIRST COLONIES.
KIND OF BEES TO PURCHASE.
IN WHAT KIND OF HIVES.
WHEN TO PURCHASE.
HOW MUCH TO PAY.
WHERE TO LOCATE.
BOX-HIVES.
MOVABLE-COMB HIVES.
APPARATUS FOR PROCURING COMB-HONEY.
DESCRIPTION.
POSITION.
ARRANGEMENT OF GROUNDS.
PREPARATION FOR EACH COLONY.
HOW MUCH TO FEED.
WHAT TO FEED.
HOW TO FEED.
HOW TO REAR QUEENS.
NUCLEI.
SHALL WE CLIP THE QUEEN'S WING?
SWARMING.
TO PREVENT SECOND SWARMS.
TO PREVENT SWARMING.
HOW TO MULTIPLY COLONIES WITH THE BEST RESULTS.
DIVIDE.
ALL SHOULD KEEP ONLY ITALIANS.
HOW TO ITALIANIZE.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A QUEEN.
TO GET OUR ITALIAN QUEEN.
REARING AND SHIPPING QUEENS.
HONEY EXTRACTOR.
USE OF THE EXTRACTOR.
WHEN TO USE THE EXTRACTOR.
HOW TO EXTRACT.
THE BEST BEE-VEIL.
TO QUIET BEES.
BELLOWS-SMOKER.
TO SMOKE BEES.
TO CURE STINGS.
THE SWEAT THEORY.
HISTORY.
AMERICAN FOUNDATION.
HOW FOUNDATION IS MADE.
TO SECURE THE WAX SHEETS.
USE OF FOUNDATION.
TO FASTEN THE FOUNDATION.
SAVE THE WAX.
HOW TO INVIGORATE THE MARKETS.
EXTRACTED HONEY.
HOW TO TEMPT THE CONSUMER.
COMB-HONEY.
WHAT ARE THE VALUABLE HONEY PLANTS?
THE CAUSE OF DISASTROUS WINTERING.
THE REQUISITE TO SAFE WINTERING—GOOD FOOD.
BOX FOR PACKING.
CHAFF HIVES.
WINTERING IN CELLAR OR HOUSE.
BURYING BEES.
SPRING DWINDLING.
DESCRIPTION.
ARE THEY DESIRABLE?
THE CASE AS IT NOW STANDS.
ROBBING.
DISEASE.
FOUL BROOD.
REMEDIES.
ENEMIES OF BEES.
HISTORY.
REMEDIES.
TACHINA FLY.
SPIDERS.
ANTS.
WASPS.
THE TOADS.
MICE.
AXIOMS.
LECANIUM TULIPIFERÆ—Cook.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE LECANIUM TULIPIFERÆ.
REMEDIES.
MOTHERWORT AS A HONEY PLANT.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT.
THE SOUR-WOOD TREE.
THE JAPAN MEDLAR.
THE SOUTHERN BEE-KILLERS.
HONEY-COMB CORAL.
GENERAL INDEX.
INDEX TO APPENDIX.
