British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of the extractor / by T.W. Cowan.

  • Thomas William Cowan
Date:
[1901]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of the extractor / by T.W. Cowan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGK PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION V PREFACE TO THE SEVENTEENTH EDITION ... vi I. INTRODUCTION ... ... ... I II. NATURAL HISTORY OF BEES 8 III. BROOD-REARING 15 IV. NATURAL SWARMING l6 V. AFTER-SWARMS, OR CASTS 19 VI. PREVENTION OF SWARMING 20 VII. HIVING BEES 21 VIII. HIVES 30 IX. SURPLUS COMB-HONEY 50 X. DOUBLING AND STORIFYING 58 XI. COMB-FOUNDATION 64 XII. THE HONEY EXTRACTOR 74 XIII. WAX-EXTRACTING 86 XIV. MARKETING HONEY 88 XV. ARTIFICIAL SWARMING 93 XVI. NUCLEUS SWARMING 95 'XVII. SUBDUING AND HANDLING BEES 97 XVIII. UNITING IO4 XIX. FEEDERS AND FEEDING ... I08 XX. MOVING BEES Il6 XXI. LOSS OF QUEENS IiS
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