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Three Kinds Of Bees Chapter 1
Queen Described Chapter 2
Description And Duty Of Workers Chapter 3
Description Of Drones Chapter 4
Most Brood In Spring Chapter 5
Their Industry Chapter 6
Hives To Be Thoroughly Made Chapter 7
Different Opinions About Them Chapter 8
The Author Has No Patent To Recommend Chapter 9
Speculators Supported Long Enough Chapter 10
Prefix Of Patent A Bad Recommendation Chapter 11
Ignorance Of Officers And Committees Chapter 12
Opposition To Simplicity Chapter 13
By Gaining One Point Produce Another Evil Chapter 14
First Delusion Chapter 15
Chamber Hive Chapter 16
Mrs Griffith's Hive Chapter 17
Weeks' Improvement Chapter 18
Inclined Bottom-boards Do Not Throw Out All The Worms Chapter 19
Objections To Suspended Hives Chapter 20
See Bees Often Chapter 21
Hall's Patent Chapter 22
Jones' Patent Chapter 23
An Experiment Chapter 24
Reasons Of Failure In Dividing Hives Chapter 25
Cause Of Starving In Such Hives Chapter 26
Advantages Of The Changeable Hive Considered Chapter 27
Variation Of These Hives Chapter 28
Expense In Constructing Changeable Hives Chapter 29
Surplus Honey Will Contain Bee-bread Chapter 30
Description Of Cutting's Changeable Hive Chapter 31
First Objection Cost Of Construction Chapter 32
Hives Can Be Made With Less Expense Chapter 33
Old Breeding Cells Will Last A Long Time Chapter 34
Cells Larger Than Necessary At First Chapter 35
Expense Of Renewing Combs Chapter 36
Best To Use Old Combs As Long As They Will Answer Chapter 37
Method For Pruning When Necessary Chapter 38
Use Of Tobacco Smoke Chapter 39
Further Objections To A Sectional Hive Chapter 40
Non-swarmers Chapter 41
Contrast Of Profit Chapter 42
Principle Of Swarming Not Understood Chapter 43
Not To Be Depended Upon Chapter 44
Hives Not Always Full Before Swarming Chapter 45
Size Of Hives Needed Chapter 46
An Experiment 2 Chapter 47
Bees Do Not Increase If Full After The First Year In Same Hive Chapter 48
Gillmore's System Doubted Chapter 49
Utility Of Moth-proof Hives Doubted Chapter 50
Instincts Of The Bee Always The Same Chapter 51
Profit The Object Chapter 52
Common Hive Recommended Chapter 53
Size Important Chapter 54
Small Hives More Liable To Accidents Chapter 55
Apt To Deceive Chapter 56
Unprofitable If Too Large Chapter 57
Correct Size Between Two Extremes Chapter 58
Size For Warm Latitudes Chapter 59
Larger Hive More Safe For Long Winters Or Backward Spring Chapter 60
2000 Inches Safe For This Section Chapter 61
Kind Of Wood Width Of Board Etc Chapter 62
Shape Of No Consequence Chapter 63
Directions For Making Hives Chapter 64
Size Of Cap And Boxes Chapter 65
Miner's Hive Chapter 66
Directions For Making Holes Chapter 67
A Suggestion Chapter 68
Glass Boxes Preferred Chapter 69
Glass Boxes How To Make Chapter 70
Guide-combs Necessary Chapter 71
Wood Boxes Chapter 72
Cover For Hives Chapter 73
Jars And Tumblers How Prepared Chapter 74
Perfect Observatory Hive Described Chapter 75
One Like Common Hive Preferred Chapter 76
What May Be Seen Chapter 77
Directions For Making Glass Hive Chapter 78
Imperfectly Understood Chapter 79
Good Stock Seldom Without Brood Chapter 80
How Small Stocks Commence Chapter 81
Different With Larger Ones Chapter 82
How Pollen Is Stored In The Breeding Season Chapter 83
Operation Of Laying And The Eggs Described Chapter 84
Time From The Egg To The Perfect Bee Chapter 85
Rough Treatment Of The Young Bee Chapter 86
Guess Work Chapter 87
Terms Applied To Young Bees Chapter 88
Discrepancy In Time In Rearing Brood As Given By Huber Chapter 89
The Number Of Eggs Deposited By The Queen Guessed At Chapter 90
A Test For The Presence Of A Queen Chapter 91
When Drones Are Reared Chapter 92
When Queens Are Reared Chapter 93
Liability Of Being Destroyed Chapter 94
Drones Destroyed When Honey Is Scarce Chapter 95
Old Queen Leaves With The First Swarm Chapter 96
A Young Queen Takes The Place Of Her Mother In The Old Stock Chapter 97
Other Theories Chapter 98
Subject Not Understood Chapter 99
Necessity For Further Observation Chapter 100
Two Sides Of The Question Chapter 101
Bee Pasturage Chapter 102
Substitute For Pollen Chapter 103
Manner Of Packing It Chapter 104
Alder Yields The First Chapter 105
Fruit Flowers Important In Good Weather Chapter 106
Red Raspberry A Favorite Chapter 107
Catnip Mother-wort And Hoarhound Are Sought After Chapter 108
Singular Fatality Attendant On Silkweed Chapter 109
Large Yield From Basswood Chapter 110
Garden Flowers Unimportant Chapter 111
Honey-dew Chapter 112
Singular Secretion Chapter 113
Secretions Of The Aphis Chapter 114
Advantages Of Buckwheat Chapter 115
Amount Of Honey Collected From It Chapter 116
Do Bees Injure The Crop? Chapter 117
Are Not Bees An Advantage To Vegetation? Chapter 118
A Test For The Presence Of Queen Doubted Chapter 119
An Extra Quantity Of Pollen Not Always Detrimental Chapter 120
Manner Of Packing Stores Chapter 121
Philosophy In Filling A Cell With Honey Chapter 122
Long Cells Sometimes Turned Upward Chapter 123
Is A Dry Or Wet Season Best For Honey? Chapter 124
How Many Stocks Should Be Kept Chapter 125
Three Principal Sources Of Honey Chapter 126
Wax Chapter 127
Is Pollen Converted Into Wax? Chapter 128
How Is Wax Obtained? Chapter 129
Huber's Account Of A Commencement Of Comb Chapter 130
Best Time To Witness Comb-making Chapter 131
Manner Of Working Wax Chapter 132
Crooked Combs A Disadvantage Chapter 133
Uncertainty In Weight Of Bees Chapter 134
Some Wax Wasted Chapter 135
Water Necessary To Comb-making Chapter 136
Remarks Chapter 137
What Used For Chapter 138
Is It An Elaborate Or Natural Substance? Chapter 139
Its Location Chapter 140
Decide Early Chapter 141
Bees Mark Their Location On Leaving The Hive Chapter 142
Changing Stand Attended With Loss Chapter 143
Can Be Taken Some Distance Chapter 144
Danger Of Setting Stocks Too Close Chapter 145
Space Between Hives Chapter 146
Small Matters Chapter 147
Economy Chapter 148
Canal Bottom-board Discarded Chapter 149
Some Advantage In Being Near The Earth Chapter 150
Utility Of Bee-houses Doubted Chapter 151
Robberies Chapter 152
Not Properly Understood Chapter 153
Improper Remedies Chapter 154
Difficulty In Deciding Chapter 155
Weak Families In Most Danger Chapter 156
Their Battles Chapter 157
Bad Policy To Raise The Hives Chapter 158
Indications Of Robbers Chapter 159
A Duty Chapter 160
A Test Chapter 161
Robbing Usually Commences On A Warm Day Chapter 162
Remedies Chapter 163
Common Opinion Chapter 164
A Case In Point Chapter 165
Common Cause Of Commencing Chapter 166
Spring The Worst Time Chapter 167
No Necessity To Have The Bees Plundered In The Fall Chapter 168
Should Be A Last Resort Chapter 169
Care Needed Chapter 170
Apparent Contradiction When Feeding Causing Starvation Chapter 171
How Long It Will Do To Wait Before Feeding Chapter 172
Directions For Feeding Chapter 173
Whole Families May Desert The Hive Chapter 174
Objections To General Feeding Chapter 175
Arrangement For Feeding Chapter 176
Feeding To Induce Early Swarms Chapter 177
What May Be Fed Chapter 178
Is Candied Honey Injurious? Chapter 179
Destruction Of Worms Chapter 180
Some In The Best Stocks Chapter 181
How Found Chapter 182
A Tool For Their Destruction Chapter 183
Mistaken Conclusions Chapter 184
Objections To Suspended Bottom-board Chapter 185
Advantage Of The Hive Close To The Board Chapter 186
Objection Answered Chapter 187
Insufficiency Of Inclined Bottom-board Chapter 188
A Moth Can Go Where Bees Can Chapter 189
Trap To Catch Worms Chapter 190
Box For Wren Chapter 191
Putting On And Taking Off Boxes Chapter 192
Advantage Of The Patent Vender Chapter 193
Time Of Putting On Rule Chapter 194
Making Holes After The Hive Is Full Chapter 195
Advantage Of Proper Arrangement Chapter 196
Directions For Boring Holes In Full Stocks Chapter 197
To Be Taken Off When Filled Chapter 198
Time Taken To Fill A Box Chapter 199
When To Take Off Boxes Part Full Chapter 200
Tobacco Smoke Preferred To Slides Chapter 201
Manner Of Disposing Of The Bees In The Boxes Chapter 202
Bees Disposed To Carry Away Honey Chapter 203
Not Disposed To Sting Chapter 204
Rule Chapter 205
Two Things To Be Prevented Chapter 206
Apt To Be Deceived About The Worms Chapter 207
Their Progress Described Chapter 208
Method Of Killing Worms In Boxes Chapter 209
Freezing Destroys Them Chapter 210
Objection To Using Boxes Before The Hive Is Full Chapter 211
Time To Expect Them Chapter 212
All Bee-keepers Should Understand It As It Is Chapter 213
Means Of Understanding It Chapter 214
Inverting A Stock Rather Formidable At First Chapter 215
Requisites Before Preparation Of Queen's Cells Chapter 216
State Of Queen's Cell When Used Chapter 217
State When Swarms Issue Chapter 218
Clustering Outside Not Always To Be Depended Upon Chapter 219
Conflicting Theories Chapter 220
Both Old And Young Leave With Swarms Chapter 221
Cause Of The Queen's Inability To Fly Suggested Chapter 222
Evidence Of The Old Queen's Leaving Chapter 223
Mr Weeks' Theory Not Satisfactory Chapter 224
Mr Miner Not Correct Chapter 225
Particular Directions For Testing The Matter Chapter 226
Empty Hives To Be Ready Chapter 227
Bottom-boards For Hiving Chapter 228
Description Of Swarm Issuing Chapter 229
Manner Of Hiving Can Be Varied Chapter 230
Usual Method Chapter 231
When Out Of Reach Chapter 232
When They Cannot Be Shaken Off Chapter 233
All Should Be Made To Enter Chapter 234
Should Be Taken To The Stand Immediately Chapter 235
Protection From The Sun Necessary Chapter 236
Clustering Bushes Chapter 237
How Swarms Are Generally Managed That Leave For The Woods Chapter 238
Nothing But Bees Needed In A Hive Chapter 239
Seldom Go Off Without Clustering Chapter 240
Do Swarms Choose A Location Before Swarming? Chapter 241
Means Of Arresting A Swarm Chapter 242
Some Compulsion Chapter 243
How Far Will They Go In Search Of A Home? Chapter 244
Two Or More Swarms Liable To Unite Chapter 245
Disadvantage Chapter 246
Can Often Be Prevented Chapter 247
Indications Of Swarming Inside The Hive Chapter 248
Preventing A Swarm Issuing For A Time Chapter 249
To Prevent Swarms Uniting With Those Already Hived Chapter 250
When Two Have United The Method Of Separating Chapter 251
No Danger Of A Sting By The Queen Chapter 252
Some Precautions In Hiving Two Swarms Together Chapter 253
How To Find Queen When Two Strangers Are Together Chapter 254
Boxes For Double Swarms Immediately Chapter 255
Returning A Part To The Old Stock Chapter 256
Method Of Uniting Chapter 257
When Care Is Necessary Chapter 258
Swarm-catcher Chapter 259
Swarms Sometimes Return Chapter 260
Repetition Prevented Chapter 261
Liability To Enter Wrong Stocks Chapter 262
First Issues Generally Choose Fair Weather Chapter 263
After Swarms Chapter 264
Time After The First Chapter 265
Piping Of The Queen Chapter 266
May Always Be Heard Before And After Swarm Chapter 267
Time Of Continuance Varies Chapter 268
Time Between Second And Third Issues Chapter 269
Not Always To Be Depended Upon Chapter 270
A Rule For The Time Of These Issues Chapter 271
When It Is Useless To Expect More Swarms Chapter 272
Plurality Of Queens Destroyed Chapter 273
The Manner Chapter 274
After Swarms Different In Appearance From The First When About To Issue Chapter 275
Time Of Day Weather Etc Chapter 276
Swarms Necessary To Be Seen Chapter 277
Returning After Swarms To The Old Stock Chapter 278
When They Should Be Returned Chapter 279
Method Of Doing It Chapter 280
More Care Needed By After Swarms When Hived Chapter 281
Two May Be United Chapter 282
Of Swarms That Lose Their Queen Chapter 283
A Disputed Question Chapter 284
A Multitude Of Drones Needed Chapter 285
The Queen Liable To Be Lost In Her Excursions Chapter 286
The Time When It Occurs Chapter 287
Indications Of The Loss Chapter 288
Age Of Bees Indicated Chapter 289
Necessity Of Care Chapter 290
Mark The Date Of Swarms On The Hive Chapter 291
Obtaining A Queen From Worker Brood Chapter 292
They Are Poor Dependence Chapter 293
Principles Should Be Understood Chapter 294
A Successful Method Chapter 295
Artificial Swarms Only Safe Near The Swarming Season Chapter 296
Natural And Artificial Swarms Equally Prosperous Chapter 297
Is The Age Of The Queen Important? Chapter 298
Different Opinions As To Time Chapter 299
Another Time Preferred Chapter 300