Manual of the apiary
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MANUAL OF THE APIARY,
A. J. COOK, Professor of Entomology IN THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
THE APIARY.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION. WHO MAY KEEP BEES.
SPECIALISTS.
AMATEURS.
WHO ARE SPECIALLY INTERDICTED.
INDUCEMENTS TO BEE-KEEPING.
RECREATION.
PROFITS.
EXCELLENCE AS AN AMATEUR PURSUIT.
ADAPTATION TO WOMEN.
IMPROVES THE MIND AND THE OBSERVATION.
YIELDS DELICIOUS FOOD.
WHAT SUCCESSFUL BEE-KEEPING REQUIRES.
MENTAL EFFORT.
EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.
LEARN FROM OTHERS.
AID FROM CONVENTIONS.
AID FROM BEE PUBLICATIONS.
BOOKS FOR THE APIARIST.
PROMPTITUDE.
ENTHUSIASM.
PART FIRST.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HONEY BEE.
CHAPTER I. THE BEE'S PLACE IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
BRANCH OF THE HONEY-BEE.
THE CLASS OF THE HONEY-BEE.
ORDER OF THE HONEY-BEE.
SUB-ORDER OF THE HONEY BEE.
FAMILY OF THE HONEY-BEE.
THE GENUS OF THE HONEY-BEE.
SPECIES OF OUR HONEY-BEES.
VARIETIES or THE HONEY-BEE.
GERMAN OR BLACK BEE.
LIGURIAN OR ITALIAN BEE.
THE FASCIATA OR EGYPTIAN RACE.
OTHER VARIETIES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
VALUABLE BOOKS FOR THE STUDENT OF ENTOMOLOGY.
CHAPTER II. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
ANATOMY OF INSECTS.
ORGANS OF THE HEAD.
APPENDAGES OF THE THORAX.
INTERNAL ANATOMY OF INSECTS.
SECRETORY ORGANS OF INSECTS.
SEX ORGANS OF INSECTS.
TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS.
INCOMPLETE TRANSFORMATIONS.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HONEY-BEE.
THREE KINDS OF BEES IN EACH FAMILY.
CHAPTER III. SWARMING OR NATURAL METHOD OF INCREASE.
CHAPTER IV.
PRODUCTS OF BEES; THEIR ORIGIN AND FUNCTION.
HONEY.
WAX.
POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD.
PROPOLIS.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
PART SECOND.
THE APIARY;
INTRODUCTION TO PART II. STARTING AN APIARY.
PREPARATION.
READ A GOOD MANUAL.
VISIT SOME APIARIST.
TAKE A COLLEGE COURSE.
DECIDE ON A PLAN.
HOW TO PROCURE OUR FIRST COLONIES.
KIND OF BEES TO PURCHASE.
IN WHAT KIND OF HIVES.
WHEN TO PURCHASE.
HOW MUCH TO PAY.
WHERE TO LOCATE.
CHAPTER V. HIVES AND BOXES
BOX-HIVES.
MOVABLE-COMB HIVES.
THE LANGSTROTH HIVE.
THE HUBER HIVE.
APPARATUS FOR PROCURING COMB-HONEY.
BOXES.
SMALL FRAMES OR SECTIONS.
HOW TO PLACE SECTIONS IN POSITION.
CHAPTER VI. POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF APIARY.
POSITION.
ARRANGEMENT OF GROUNDS.
PREPARATION FOR EACH COLONY.
CHAPTER VII. TO TRANSFER BEES.
CHAPTER VIII. FEEDING AND FEEDERS.
HOW MUCH TO FEED.
WHAT TO FEED.
HOW TO FEED.
CHAPTER IX. QUEEN REARING.
HOW TO REAR QUEENS.
NUCLEI.
SHALL WE CLIP THE QUEEN'S WING?
FERTILE WORKERS.
CHAPTER X. INCREASE OF COLONIES.
SWARMING.
HIVING SWARMS.
TO PREVENT SECOND SWARMS.
TO PREVENT SWARMING.
HOW TO MULTIPLY COLONIES WITH THE BEST RESULTS.
DIVIDE.
HOW TO DIVIDE.
CHAPTER XI. ITALIANS AND ITALIANIZING.
ALL SHOULD KEEP ONLY ITALIANS.
HOW TO ITALIANIZE.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A QUEEN.
TO GET OUR ITALIAN QUEEN.
REARING AND SHIPPING QUEENS.
TO SHIP QUEENS.
TO MOVE COLONIES.
CHAPTER XII. EXTRACTING, AND THE EXTRACTOR.
HONEY EXTRACTOR.
WHAT STYLE TO BUY.
USE OF THE EXTRACTOR.
WHEN TO USE THE EXTRACTOR.
HOW TO EXTRACT.
TO KEEP EXTRACTED HONEY.
CHAPTER XIII. HANDLING BEES.
THE BEST BEE-VEIL.
TO QUIET BEES.
BELLOWS-SMOKER.
THE QUINBY SMOKER.
THE BINGHAM SMOKER.
TO SMOKE BEES.
TO CURE STINGS.
THE SWEAT THEORY.
CHAPTER XIV. COMB FOUNDATION.
HISTORY.
AMERICAN FOUNDATION.
HOW FOUNDATION IS MADE.
TO SECURE THE WAX SHEETS.
USE OF FOUNDATION.
TO FASTEN THE FOUNDATION.
SAVE THE WAX.
METHODS.
CHAPTER XV. MARKETING HONEY.
HOW TO INVIGORATE THE MARKETS.
EXTRACTED HONEY.
HOW TO TEMPT THE CONSUMER.
COMB-HONEY.
RULES TO BE OBSERVED.
CHAPTER XVI. HONEY PLANTS.
WHAT ARE THE VALUABLE HONEY PLANTS?
DESCRIPTION WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS.
BOOK ON BOTANY.
CHAPTER XVII. WINTERING BEES.
THE CAUSE OF DISASTROUS WINTERING.
THE REQUISITE TO SAFE WINTERING—GOOD FOOD.
SECURE LATE BREEDING.
TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN THE PROPER TEMPERATURE.
BOX FOR PACKING.
CHAFF HIVES.
WINTERING IN CELLAR OR HOUSE.
BURYING BEES.
SPRING DWINDLING.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE APIARY.
DESCRIPTION.
ARE THEY DESIRABLE?
THE CASE AS IT NOW STANDS.
CHAPTER XIX. EVILS THAT CONFRONT THE APIARIST.
ROBBING.
DISEASE.
FOUL BROOD.
REMEDIES.
ENEMIES OF BEES.
THE BEE MOTH—Galleria Cereana, Fabr.
BEE KILLER—Asilus Missouriensis, Riley.
BEE-LOUSE—Branla Cœca, Nitsch.
BEE HAWK—Libellula.
TACHINA FLY.
SPIDERS.
ANTS.
WASPS.
THE KING BIRD—Tyrannus Carolinensis.
THE TOADS.
MICE.
CHAPTER XX. CALENDAR AND AXIOMS.
WORK FOR DIFFERENT MONTHS.[1]
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
AXIOMS.
APPENDIX. HISTORY OF MOVABLE FRAMES.
LECANIUM TULIPIFERÆ—Cook.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE LECANIUM TULIPIFERÆ.
REMEDIES.
MOTHERWORT AS A HONEY PLANT.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT.
THE SOUR-WOOD TREE.
THE JAPAN MEDLAR.
THE STINGING-BUG.—Phymata Erosa, Fabr.
THE SOUTHERN BEE-KILLERS.
HONEY-COMB CORAL.
GENERAL INDEX.
INDEX TO APPENDIX.
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