CONTENTS.
Geo. S. Demuth
Page
Introduction
5
Apparatus for comb-honey production
6
Shop and honey house
6
Hives
7
Sectional hives
10
Sections and supers
10
Bee way v. plain sections
10
Dimensions of sections
11
Supers
12
The method of support
12
Protection
13
Free communication within the super
14
The use of separators
15
Shallow extracting supers
16
Combination supers
16
Other apparatus
16
Preparing supers
17
Folding sections
17
Fastening foundation in sections
17
Manipulation of the bees
18
Securing workers for the honey flow
20
Building up the colony in the early spring
21
The production of gathering bees
22
Providing sufficient stores
23
Providing available brood-rearing space
23
Summary
24
Using available workers to best advantage during the honey flow
25
Swarming
26
Preventive measures
26
Control measures
27
Control of natural swarms
28
Using the removed brood to best advantage
29
What to use in the brood chamber when hiving swarms
32
Extreme contraction of the brood chamber when hiving swarms
33
Swarm control by manipulation
34
Taking the queen from the hive
35
Removing the brood from the hive
37
Separating the queen and brood within the hive
40
Manipulation of the supers
41
Caring for the crop
44
Removing the honey from the hives
44
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