Comb Honey
by Geo. S. Demuth
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About this eBook
- Author
- Demuth, Geo. S. (George S.), 1871-1934
- Credits
- Produced by Tom Cosmas compiled from images made available by The Internet Archive.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- S: Agriculture
- Subject
- Honey, Comb
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59630
- Release Date
- May 29, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.GEO. S. DEMUTH.
- 3.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS. — COMB HONEY.
- 6.INTRODUCTION.
- 7.APPARATUS FOR COMB-HONEY PRODUCTION. — Shop and Honey House. — Hives. — SECTIONAL HIVES. — Sections and Supers. — BEEWAY v. PLAIN SECTIONS. — DIMENSIONS OF SECTIONS. — SUPERS. — THE USE OF SEPARATORS. — SHALLOW EXTRACTING SUPERS. — COMBINATION SUPERS. — Other Apparatus. — Preparing Supers. — FOLDING SECTIONS. — FASTENING FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS.
- 8.MANIPULATION OF THE BEES. — Securing Workers for the Honey Flow. — BUILDING UP THE COLONY IN THE EARLY SPRING. — THE PRODUCTION OF GATHERING BEES. — SUMMARY. — Using Available Workers to Best Advantage During the Honey Flow. — Swarming. — PREVENTIVE MEASURES. — CONTROL MEASURES. — Manipulation of the Supers.
- 9.CARING FOR THE CROP. — Removing the Honey from the Hives. — Care of Comb Honey. — Scraping Propolis from Sections. — Grading Comb Honey. — Packages for Comb Honey. — Marketing.
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