CONTENTS

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Breeding queen, where to keep[16]
Cell building, how to prepare a colony for[18]
Cell building, method number one[19]
Cell building, method number two[26]
Cell building, method number three[29]
Cell building, feeding while going on[29]
Cell building, how to prepare eggs for[21]
Cell building, destroying eggs[22]
Cell building, theory of using young bees[24]
Cell building, how to rear the best[27]
Drones, objectionable[37]
Drones, how to catch and destroy[37]
Drones, how to obtain and preserve[44]
Drone-trap, utility of[46]
Honey, how to prevent candying[54]
Nuclei, how to form[31]
Nuclei, how to feed[44]
Pipe for burning tobacco[41]
Queen-cell frame, description of[38]
Queen-cells, transferring[40]
Queens, how to care for[49]
Queens, age at which they mate[49]
Queens, virgin, forcing to mate[50]
Queens, age at which they lay[51]
Queens, to know fertile from unfertile[50]
Queens, fertilizing in confinement[51]
Queens, respect bees show them[51]
Queen-cells, destroying[51]
Queens, comparative size[53]
Queen-rearing, first improvements[11]
Queen-rearing, latest improved methods[12]
Queen-rearing, on a large scale[14]
Queen-rearing, proper conditions of apiary[15]
Queen-rearing, to prepare eggs for[16]
Queen-breeding colony, how to start[19]
Queen-breeding hive, how to make[17]
Queens, fertile, how to introduce[34]
Queens, unfertile, how to introduce[35]
Queen nursery, how to use[29]
Queenless bees, necessity of[28]

IMPROVED QUEEN-REARING

OR

How to Rear Large, Prolific and Long-Lived Queen Bees