CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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Situation of an Apiary and directions for placing the Hives
CHAPTER II.
Directions for Purchasing Bees
CHAPTER III.
Materials of which Hives should be made, and the Improved Cottage Hive described
CHAPTER IV.
Method of placing the small Hive, Box, or Glass, upon the Improved Cottage Hive, by which means fine Honey may be obtained without destroying the Bees
CHAPTER V.
Proper time for taking away the Box, and how to expel the Bees from it
CHAPTER VI.
Method to be pursued in case a Swarm should leave the Hive, after having commenced working in the Box
CHAPTER VII.
Method of uniting Second and Third Swarms
CHAPTER VIII.
Manner of uniting Swarms and Old Stocks in Autumn
CHAPTER IX.
Manner of Feeding weak Stocks, and the Time most appropriate for this operation
CHAPTER X.
Food proper for weak Hives
CHAPTER XI.
Enemies of Bees, and means of overcoming them
CHAPTER XII.
Directions for Hiving Swarms
CHAPTER XIII.
Description of the Knife for cutting out the Combs
CHAPTER XIV.
Remedies, proposed as Cures, for the Stings of Bees
CHAPTER. XV.
Means of preventing the Bees from being Stolen especially in the Country
CHAPTER XVI.
Method of dislodging Bees from Trees or Buildings, and putting them into hives
CHAPTER XVII.
Description of Nutt's newly invented Hive for obtaining the Honey without destroying the Bees
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Apiarian's monthly manual, or dints for the management of Bees for every month in the year upon the depriving System