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Hives to be thoroughly made,
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Different opinions about them,
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The Author has no Patent to recommend,
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Speculators supported long enough,
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Prefix of Patent a bad recommendation,
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Ignorance of affairs and committees,
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Opposition to simplicity,
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By gaining one point produce another evil,
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First Delusion,
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Chamber Hive,
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Mrs. Griffith's Hive,
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Weeks' Improvement,
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Inclined Bottom-Boards do not throw out all the worms,
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Objections to suspended hives,
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See bees often,
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Hall's Patent,
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Jones's Patent,
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An Experiment,
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Reason of failure in dividing hive,
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Cause of starving in such hives,
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Advantages of the changeable hive considered,
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Variation of these hives,
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Expense in constructing changeable hives,
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The surplus honey will contain bee-bread,
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Description of Cutting's changeable hive,
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First objection cost of construction,
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Hives can be made with less expense,
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Old breeding cells will last a long time,
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Cells larger than necessary at first,
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Expense of renewing combs,
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Best to use old combs as long as they will last,
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Method for Pruning when necessary,
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Tools for Pruning,
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Use of Tobacco Smoke,
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Further objections to a sectional hive,
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Non-Swarmers,
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Contrast of profit,
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Principle of swarming not understood,
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Not to be depended upon,
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Hives not always full before swarming,
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Size of hives needed,
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An Experiment,
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Bees do not increase if full after the first year in same hive,
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Gillmore's system doubted,
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Utility of moth-proof hives doubted,
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Instincts of the bee always the same,
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Profit the object,
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Common hive recommended,
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Size Important,
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Small hives most liable to accidents,
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Apt to deceive,
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Unprofitable if too large,
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Correct size between two extremes,
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Size for warm latitudes,
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Larger hives more safe for long Winters or backward Spring,
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2,000 inches safe for this section,
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Kind of Wood, width of Board, &c.,
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Shape of little consequence,
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Directions for making hives,
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Size of cap and boxes,
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Miner's Hive,
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Directions for making holes,
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A Suggestion,
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Glass boxes preferred,
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Glass boxes—how made,
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Guide-combs necessary,
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Wood Boxes,
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Cover for Hives,
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Jars and Tumblers—how prepared,
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Perfect Observatory Hive described,
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One like Common Hive preferred,
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What may be seen,
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Directions for making Glass Hive,
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Plate for Hive,
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BREEDING.
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Imperfectly Understood,
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Good stocks seldom without brood,
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How small stocks commence,
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Different with larger ones,
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How Pollen is stored in the breeding season,
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Operation of Laying, and the Eggs described,
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Time from the Egg to the perfect Bee,
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Rough treatment of the young Bee,
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Guess-work,
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Terms applied to young Bees,
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Discrepancy in time in rearing brood as given by Huber,
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The number of Eggs deposited by the Queen guessed at,
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A test for the presence of a Queen,
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When Drones are reared,
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When Queens,
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Liability of being destroyed,
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Drones destroyed when honey is scarce,
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Old Queen leaves with the first swarm,
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A young Queen takes the place of her mother in the old stock,
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Other Theories,
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Subject not understood,
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Necessity for further observation,
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Two sides of the question,
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BEE PASTURAGE.
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Substitute for Pollen,
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Manner of packing it,
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Alder yields the first,
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Fruit Flowers important in good weather,
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Red Raspberry a favorite,
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Catnip, Mother-wort and Hoarhound, are sought after,
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Singular fatality attendant on Silkweed,
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Large yield from Basswood,
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Garden Flowers unimportant,
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Honey-dew,
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Singular Secretion,
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Secretions of the Aphis,
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Advantages of Buckwheat,
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Amount of honey collected from it,
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Do Bees injure the crop?
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Are not Bees an advantage to vegetation?
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A test for the presence of Queen doubted,
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An extra quantity of Pollen not always detrimental,
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What combs are generally free from Bee-bread,
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Manner of packing stores,
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Philosophy in filling a cell with honey,
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Long cells sometimes turned upward,
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Is a dry or wet season best for honey?
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How many Stocks should be kept,
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Three principal sources of honey,
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WAX.