A Manual or an Easy Method of Managing Bees
MANUAL:
OR AN
EASY METHOD
MANAGING BEES,
IN THE MOST
PROFITABLE MANNER TO THEIR OWNER,
WITH
INFALLIBLE RULES TO PREVENT THEIR
DESTRUCTION BY THE MOTH.
BY JOHN M. WEEKS,
Of Salisbury, Vt.
SECOND EDITION.
John M. Weeks
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RULE I.
ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BEE-HIVE.
RULE II.
ON SWARMING AND HIVING.
RULE III.
ON VENTILATING THE HIVE.
RULE IV.
ON PREVENTING ROBBERIES.
RULE V.
ON EQUALIZING COLONIES.
RULE VI.
ON REMOVING HONEY.
RULE VII.
THE METHOD OF COMPELLING SWARMS TO MAKE AND KEEP EXTRA QUEENS, FOR THEIR APIARIAN, OR OWNER.
RULE VIII.
ON SUPPLYING SWARMS, DESTITUTE OF A QUEEN, WITH ANOTHER.
RULE IX.
ON MULTIPLYING COLONIES TO ANY DESIRABLE EXTENT, WITHOUT THEIR SWARMING.
RULE X.
ON PREVENTING THE DEPREDATIONS OF THE MOTH.
RULE XI.
ON FEEDING BEES.
RULE XII.
ON WINTERING BEES.
RULE XIII.
ON TRANSFERRING SWARMS.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.