Bee-keeping for profit

by W. S. Morley

INDEX

[[A]] [[B]] [[C]] [[D]] [[E]] [[F]] [[G]] [[H]] [[I]] [[J]] [[L]] [[M]] [[N]] [[O]] [[P]] [[Q]] [[R]] [[S]] [[T]] [[U]] [[V]] [[W]]

A[Top]
Air-organs of bee, [9], [14]
Alighting board, [26], [81]
Ammonia as remedy for bee-sting, [19]
Antennæ of bee, uses of, [15]
Ants in hives, [114]
Aphis and bees, [116]
Artificial pollen, [85]
Autumn feeding, [87-8]
B[Top]
Bar frame, advantages of, [28];
how to handle, in hive, [60], [74]
Bar-framed hive, working for profit and, [4];
comb formation and, [35];
how to transport, [81];
essential to profit-making, [93];
how to work, [92] et seq.
"Bee-bread," [56]
Bee escapes, [32]
Bees, as heat producers in hive, [5];
and swarming, [8], [44], [68];
metamorphosis of, [13];
anatomy of, [13-9];
sting of, [18];
and fowls, [19];
stingless, [19];
scent of, [46-7];
and comb-making, [50];
and varnish, [51];
and cross fertilisation of flowers, [53];
and honey gathering, [54-5];
and pollen, [56-7];
treatment of chilled, [58];
manipulation of, [58-9];
how to stimulate, [65];
and reserve food, [72], [81];
how to drive, [79];
how to transport, [81];
when food is declined by, [89];
diseases of, [106] et seq.;
enemies of, [112] et seq.
Bees-wax, how formed, [49-50], [92];
value of, [104];
how to melt and sort, [104-5]
Birds and the bee-keeper, [117]
Blind louse and bees, [115]
Blue-bag as remedy for bee sting, [9]
Blue-tit and bees, [118]
Brood-chamber, [26];
when to expand, [61];
standard frames from, as super, [73]
Brood-nest, choked, treatment of, [67]
Brood-rearing, artificial feeding, and, [66];
time of commencement of, [66];
use of old honey stores in, [90-1]
Brushes, best form of, [41]
C[Top]
Calico, unbleached, for quilt, [33]
Camphor, use of, in hives, [42], [96], [114]
Canadian feeders, [37]
Candy, for winter feeding, [88]
Carbolic acid, use of, as disinfectant, [42]
Carbolic cloths, how to use, [40-1]
Carr, W. B., and "self spacers," [28], [29]
Cells, queen, [6], [8], [74];
drone, cappings of, [12], [13];
shapes of, [49]
Cheese-cloth as strainer, [100]
Chilled brood, [110]
Chyle food, [7], [9], [50-1]
Cleanliness, necessity for, [38], [61], [71], [107]
Comb-foundation, and drone rearing, [12];
varieties of, and how to use, [35];
how to use old, [36];
and wax-making, [50];
how to use, [92-3];
handling of hives containing, [94]
Confidence, necessity for, [58]
D[Top]
Disinfectants, [42]
Doubling stocks, method of, [62]
Driven bees, taking old queen from, [65]
Driving, method of, [79]
Drone, the, and mating, [7], [11];
life history of, [11];
how to keep down number of, [12];
period of incubation of, [13];
comb-foundation and breeding of, [35];
cells of, [49];
means of escape from super for, [74]
Dummy, how used, [32], [61]
Dysentery, symptoms of, and remedy for, [108]
E[Top]
Earwig and bees, [112]
Embedder, a simple, [94]
Enemies of bees, [112]
Excessive swarming, remedy for, [73]
Excluder, zinc, [36], [74], [76]
Extractor, necessity for, [38];
how to work, [98-9]
Eyes of bee, [16]
F[Top]
Fanning as a sign of trouble in hive, [17], [107]
Feeders, varieties of, and how to use, [37]
Feeding, circumstances in which it is useless, [5];
varieties of feeders, [37];
use of propolis in, [52];
when necessary, [61], [81];
weak stocks, [63];
inside, [64];
to encourage brood rearing, [66];
after supering from brood-chamber, [75];
necessity of, in spring, [82];
method of, in spring, [83];
syrup food, [84];
artificial pollen food, [85];
water in, [85];
when to stop, in spring, [86];
in autumn, [86];
in winter, [88];
injurious, [107];
in cases of suspected disease, [109]
Fermentation in hive, [18], [90]
Float-feeders, [37]
Flowers and bees, [53]
Flycatcher and bees, [119]
Formic acid, in bee sting, [19]
Fold brood, [18];
symptoms of, [107]
Fuel for smoker, [40]
G[Top]
Gloves, use of, [43], [59]
Green-fly and bees, [115]
H[Top]
Heather honey, shallow frames and, [30];
colour and flavour of, [55];
extraction of, [56]
Hive, bees as heat producers in, [5];
bees and ventilation of, [17];
hints on selection of, [21];
the skep, [22];
disadvantages of wooden, [24];
size of, [25];
floorboard of, [26];
brood-chamber, [26];
queen-rearing, [33], [75];
observation, [34];
scent of, [46];
position of, [58];
how and when to clean, [61];
weak, [61];
for swarm, [71];
re-queening of, [75], [77];
transport of, [81];
heating when bees are starved in, [90];
dangers of fermenting food in, [90];
use of old honey-stores in, [90-1];
mice in, [18], [113]
Honey, what it is, [48];
flowers and nectar for, [54];
influence of source of on colour, [55];
flavour of, [55];
formation and sealing of, [96];
extraction of, [97-9];
ripening, [99];
straining, [100-2];
storing and bottling, [103];
marketing, [103]
Honeycomb, composition and purpose of, [48-9];
care of, [95],96;
removal from hive of, [96-7]
Honey dew, [116]
Honey press, [39]
I[Top]
"Imps" for skep hive, [23]
Incubation, period of, [13]
Isle of Wight disease, [108]
J[Top]
Jaws of bee, how used, [17]
L[Top]
Lime honey, colour of, [55]
M[Top]
Metamorphosis of bees, [13]
Methylated spirit, as remedy for bee sting, [19];
bees' objection to, [19], [51]
Mice and hives, [18], [113]
Mildew, in honeycombs, [96];
in quilts, [107]
Modern methods, necessity for, [3]
Montbretia leaves, brushes of, [41]
Moths in hives, [114]
N[Top]
Naphthalene as disinfectant and insecticide, [42], [96], [114]
"Nucleus" hives, [33]
O[Top]
Observation hives, [34]
Onion as remedy for bee-sting, [19]
Outside feeding, advantages of, [83];
method of, [83-4];
in cases of suspected disease, [109-10]
P[Top]
Pollen, and worker bees, [10];
bees as transferrers of, [53];
how used by bees, [56];
artificial, [85]
Pollen-baskets of bee, [16], [56]
Pollen mites, [115]
Porter escape, [32]
Prevention of swarming, [72]
Profit, necessities to secure, [3], [36], [38]
Propolis, on old quilts, [33], [52];
what it is, [51];
excess of, [51-2];
use of, in artificial feeding, [52], [85]

Q[Top]
Queen bee, life history of, [5-7];
chyle food and, [7];
mating of, [7];
egg-laying capacity of, [7];
virgin, and unfertile eggs, [7], [12];
and swarming, [8], [44], [68], [70];
size of, [8];
how to prevent rearing of, [8];
period of incubation of, [13];
susceptibility to cold of, [14];
hives for rearing, [33];
excluder, [36];
scent of, [48];
shape of cell of, [49];
wing-clipping of, [72];
exclusion of, from super, [74];
rearing of, [75]
Queen-cage, [78]
Queen excluders, [36];
use of, in driving, [65];
use of, in supering, [74], [76]
Queen-rearing hives, [33], [65], [75]
Queen-rearing, methods of, [75]
Quilt, its use and material, [32-3]
R[Top]
"Ringing the swarm," [68]
Ripening honey, method of, [99]
Rot in wood hives, [24]
"Rot preventers," [25]
Rust, and frame "ends," [29];
and frame wires, [93]
S[Top]
Scent of bees, [46] et seq.
Sections, shallow frames and, [31];
how made, [31];
how to work, [94];
how to market, [104]
"Self-spacers" for bar frames, [28]
Shaking, a swarm, [70];
frames, [74]
Shallow frames, [30]
Skep hive, development of, [22];
uselessness of, in modern practice, [22];
how "taken," [23];
"imp" and super for, [23];
its immunity from fungus and rot, [24];
how to pack for transport, [81]
Slow feeders, [37]
Slugs and the bee-keeper, [117]
Smoker, object and use of, [39-40];
how to use, [59], [80]
Snails and the bee-keeper, [117]
Soda as remedy for bee sting, [19]
Spiders in hives, [115]
Spring feeding, [83-6]
Standard frames, sizes of, [28];
"ends" for, [28-9], [60];
how to hang, [29];
"wide-shouldered," [29];
as super, [29], [75];
comb foundation and, [92];
wiring, [91]
Starvation, symptoms of, [89]
Stimulating, process of, [65]
Sting of bee, as weapon of defence, [18];
remedy for, [19];
scent of, [47];
safeguards against, [59]
Stingless bees, [19]
Straining honey, [100-2]
Super, and queenless stock, or weak hive, [5];
for skep, [23];
standard frames as, [29];
shallow frames as, [30];
what it is, [31];
for use with choked brood-nest, [67];
of standard frames from brood-chamber as, [73];
removal of, for winter feeding, [87];
in section working, [95]
Swarm, how to handle the, [45], [69];
virgin, [45];
"ringing" the, [68];
shaking the, [70];
first, [71]
Swarming, cause of, [8], [44];
signs of, [44-5];
times of, [45];
scent in, [46];
excessive, [72];
prevention of, [72]
Syrup food, recipes for, [84], [87]
T[Top]
Tongue of bee, uses of, [15]
Tracheæ, [9], [14]
Transporting bees, methods of, [81]
U[Top]
Uncapping, [98]
Uncapping knives, how to use, [38]
Uniting stocks, method of, [64]
V[Top]
Varnish, and bees, [51]
Veil, how to use, [42-3], [59]
Ventilation of hive, [17], [81]
Virgin queen, and unfertile eggs, [7];
swarm, [45], [70]
W[Top]
Wasps and the bee-keeper, [116]
Water, necessity for providing, [85];
in autumn feeding, [87]
Weak hive, [61];
"robbery" from, [62];
treatment of, [62-5]
White clover honey, colour of, [55]
Wings of bee, arrangement and uses of, [17]
Wiring of frames, methods of, [93]
Worker bee, description of, [8];
occasional fertility of, [8], [12];
life history of, [8], [10];
and pollen, [10];
as honey-gatherer, [10];
period of incubation of, [13], [85];
sensibility to cold of, [14];
cells of, [49];
and pollen, [56-7]

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Transcriber Note

Minor typos corrected. Text moved to prevent splitting of paragraphs by image placement. Hyphenation or lack thereof, were left as in the original.