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Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual

By L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine) Langstroth

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LANGSTROTH ON THE HIVE AND THE HONEY-BEE, A Bee Keeper's Manual,
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
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INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II. THE HONEY BEE CAPABLE OF BEING TAMED OR DOMESTICATED TO A MOST SURPRISING DEGREE.
CHAPTER III. THE QUEEN OR MOTHER-BEE, THE DRONES, AND THE WORKERS; WITH VARIOUS HIGHLY IMPORTANT FACTS IN THEIR NATURAL HISTORY.
- On the way in which the eggs of the Queen Bee are fecundated.
- Effect of Retarded Impregnation on the Queen Bee.
- Fertile Workers.
- The Drones or Male Bees.
- The Production of so many Drones Necessary, in a State of Nature, to Prevent Degeneracy from "In and In Breeding."
- The Workers or Common Bees.
- Age of Bees.
- The process of rearing the Queen more particularly described.
- Royal Jelly.
- Artificial Rearing of Queens.
CHAPTER IV. COMB.
CHAPTER V. PROPOLIS, OR "BEE-GLUE."
CHAPTER VI. POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD.
CHAPTER VII. ON THE ADVANTAGES WHICH OUGHT TO BE FOUND IN AN IMPROVED HIVE.
CHAPTER VIII. PROTECTION AGAINST EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD, SUDDEN AND SEVERE CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE, AND DAMPNESS IN THE HIVES.
- Protector.
CHAPTER IX. VENTILATION OF THE HIVE.
CHAPTER X. NATURAL SWARMING, AND HIVING OF SWARMS.
CHAPTER X. ARTIFICIAL SWARMING.
CHAPTER XI. THE BEE-MOTH, AND OTHER ENEMIES OF BEES. DISEASES OF BEES.
CHAPTER XII. LOSS OF THE QUEEN.
CHAPTER XIII. UNION OF STOCKS. TRANSFERRING BEES FROM THE COMMON HIVE. STARTING AN APIARY.
- Transferring Bees from the Common Hive to the Movable Comb Hive.
- Procuring Bees to start an Apiary.
CHAPTER XIV. ROBBING.
CHAPTER XV. DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING BEES.
- Feeding, to make a profit by selling the Honey stored up by the Bees.
CHAPTER XVI. HONEY. PASTURAGE. OVERSTOCKING.
- Pasturage.
- Overstocking a District with Bees.
CHAPTER XVII. THE ANGER OF BEES. REMEDY FOR THEIR STING. BEE-DRESS. INSTINCTS OF BEES.
- Remedies for the Sting of a Bee.
- Bee-Dress.
- Instincts of Bees.
- FOOTNOTES: