Manual of the apiary

The Bee's Place in the Animal Kingdom 27 The Branch of the Honey-Bee 27 The Class of the Honey-Bee 28 The Order of the Honey-Bee 30 The Sub-Order of the Honey-Bee 31 The Family...

Anatomy and Physiology 48 Anatomy of Insects 48 Organs of the Head 48 Appendages of the Thorax 55 Internal Anatomy 56 Secretory Organs 61 Sex Organs 62 Transformations 66 The Eg...

Preparation 117 Read a Good Manual 117 Visit some Apiarist 117 Take a College Course 118 Decide on a Plan 118 How to Procure our Bees 118 Kind of Bees to Purchase 119 In What Ki...

Hives and Boxes 122 Box Hives 122 Movable Comb Hives 123 The Langstroth Hive 123 Character of the Hive 124 The Bottom Board 127 The Cover 129 The Frames 132 How to Construct the...

Italians and Italianizing 180 All Should Keep Only Italians 183 How to Italianize 183 How to Introduce a Queen 183 To Get Italian Queens 185 Rearing and Shipping Queens 186 To S...

Handling Bees 195 The Best Bee Veil 196 To Quiet Bees 197 Bellows Smoker 198 The Quinby Smoker 198 The Bingham Smoker 199 How to Smoke Bees 201 To Cure Stings 201 The Sweat Theo...

Comb Foundation 203 History 203 American Foundation 204 How Foundation is Made 206 To Secure the Wax Sheets 206 Use of Foundation 207 To Fasten the Foundation 209 Save the Wax 2...

Honey Plants 218 What are the Valuable Honey Plants? 220 Description with Practical Remarks 222 April Plants 223 May Plants 225 June Plants 228 July Plants 237 August and Septem...

Wintering Bees 246 The Cause of Disastrous Wintering 246 Requisite to Safe Wintering--Good Food 248 Secure Late Breeding 249 To Secure and Maintain Proper Temperature 249 Box fo...

Evils that Confront the Apiarist 258 Robbing 258 Disease 259 Foul Brood 259 Remedies 260 Enemies of Bees 262 The Bee Moth 262 History 266 Remedies 266 Bee Killer 267 Bee Louse 2...

Calendar and Axioms 274 Work for Different Months 274 January 274 February 274 March 274 April 275 May 275 June 275 July 275 August 275 September 276 October 276 November 276 De...

It is estimated by Heer and other eminent naturalists, that there are more than 250,000 species of living animals. It will be both interesting and profitable to look in upon thi...

For mere classification, no work is equal to Westwood on Insects--two volumes. In this the descriptions and illustrations are very full and perfect, making it easy to study the...

In all insects the body is divided into three well-marked portions (Fig. 2): the head (Figs. 4 and 5), which contains the mouth-organs, the eyes, both the compound and when pres...

The natural method by which an increase of colonies among bees is secured, is of great interest, and though it has been closely observed, and assiduously studied for a long peri...

Among all insects, bees stand first in the variety of the useful products which they give us; and next to the silk-moths in the importance of these products. They seem the more...

An early choice among the innumerable hives is of course demanded; and here let me state with emphasis, _that none of the standard hives are now covered by patents, so let no on...

As it is desirable to have our apiary grounds so fixed as to give the best results, and as this costs some money and more labor, it should be done once for all. As plan and exec...

As you may have purchased your bees in box hives, and so, of course, will desire to transfer them immediately into movable-frame hives, or, as already suggested, you may wish to...

As already stated, it is only when the worker-bees are storing that the queen deposits to the full extent of her capability, and that brood-rearing is at its height. In fact, wh...

Suppose the queen is laying two thousand eggs a day, and that the full number of bees is forty thousand, or even more--though the bees are liable to so many accidents, and as th...

No subject will be of more interest to the beginner, than that of increasing stocks. He has one or two, he desires as many score, or, if very aspiring, as many hundred, and if a...

The superiority of the Italians seems at present a mooted question. A few among the able apiarists in our country take the ground that a thorough balancing of qualities will mak...

The brood-chamber is often so filled with honey that the queen has no room to lay her eggs, especially if there is any neglect to give other room for storing. Honey, too, in bro...

But some one asks the question, shall we not receive those merciless stings, or be introduced to what "Josh" calls the "business end of the bee?" Perhaps there is no more causel...

Every apiarist of experience knows that empty combs in frames, comb-guides in the sections, to tempt the bees and to insure the proper position of the full combs, in fact, combs...

No subject merits more attention by the apiarist than that of marketing honey. There is no question but that the supply is going to continually increase, hence, to sustain the p...

As bees do not make honey, but only gather it, and as honey is mainly derived from certain flowers, it of course follows that the apiarist's success will depend largely upon the...

This is a subject, of course, of paramount importance to the apiarist, as this is the rock on which some of even the most successful have recently split. Yet I come fearlessly t...

This is a double-walled house, which may be rectangular or octagonal in form. The outer wall should be of brick, and made as thin as possible. Inside of this there should be woo...

There are various dangers that are likely to vex the apiarist, and even to stand in the way of successful apiculture.--Yet, with knowledge, most, if not all of these evils may b...

[Footnote 1: These dates are arranged for the Northern States, where the fruit trees blossom about the first of May. By noting these flowers, the dates can be easily changed to...