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Improved Queen-rearing

Improved Queen-rearing

by Henry Alley

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Author
Alley, Henry, 1835-1908
Title
Improved Queen-Rearing; or, How to Rear Large, Prolific, Long-Lived Queen Bees The Result of Nearly Half a Century's Experience in Rearing Queen Bees, Giving the Practical, Every-day Work of the Queen-Rearing Apiary
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
SF: Agriculture: Animal culture
Subject
Bee culture
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 58842
Release Date
February 8, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.IMPROVED QUEEN-REARING OR HOW TO REAR LARGE, PROLIFIC, LONG-LIVED QUEEN BEES The Result of Nearly Half a Century’s Experience in Rearing Queen Bees, Giving the Practical, Every-day Work of the Queen-Rearing Apiary
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.FIRST IMPROVEMENTS IN QUEEN-REARING
  6. 6.NOW LET US DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPROVED METHODS OF REARING QUEENS
  7. 7.SOME OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF REARING QUEENS BY THE ABOVE PLAN
  8. 8.REARING QUEENS ON A LARGE SCALE
  9. 9.PROPER CONDITION OF THE APIARY WHEN QUEEN-REARING IS COMMENCED
  10. 10.TO PROCURE EGGS FOR CELL-BUILDING; WHERE TO KEEP THE BREEDING-QUEEN
  11. 11.HOW TO START THE QUEEN-BREEDER COLONY
  12. 12.PREPARING A COLONY OF BEES FOR QUEEN-CELL BUILDING — METHOD NUMBER ONE
  13. 13.THE THEORY OF USING YOUNG BEES IN QUEEN-REARING
  14. 14.PREPARING BEES FOR CELL-BUILDING — METHOD NUMBER TWO — METHOD NUMBER THREE
  15. 15.HOW TO REAR THE VERY BEST QUEENS
  16. 16.NECESSITY OF QUEENLESS BEES
  17. 17.FEEDING WHILE QUEEN-REARING IS GOING ON
  18. 18.THE QUEEN NURSERY AND HOW TO USE IT
  19. 19.FORMING NUCLEI
  20. 20.INTRODUCING QUEENS
  21. 21.HOW TO INTRODUCE VIRGIN QUEENS
  22. 22.INTRODUCING FERTILE QUEENS
  23. 23.OBJECTIONABLE DRONES; HOW TO CATCH AND DESTROY
  24. 24.DESCRIPTION OF QUEEN-CELL FRAME
  25. 25.TRANSFERRING CELLS TO NUCLEI OR TO THE QUEEN-NURSERY
  26. 26.DESCRIPTION OF PIPE FOR BURNING TOBACCO
  27. 27.WHAT TO DO WITH SMALL NUCLEI IN THE FALL
  28. 28.TO GET DRONES AND PRESERVE THEM THE ENTIRE SEASON
  29. 29.WHEN, WHAT AND HOW TO FEED NUCLEI
  30. 30.THE DRONE-TRAP IN CONNECTION WITH QUEEN-REARING
  31. 31.BROOM FOR BRUSHING BEES
  32. 32.POINTS IN QUEEN-REARING — TO INSERT A QUEEN-CELL
  33. 33.QUEENS, HOW TO PRESERVE AND CARE FOR THEM
  34. 34.AGE AT WHICH QUEENS MATE
  35. 35.FORCING QUEENS TO MAKE THE MATING FLIGHT AND TO COMMENCE TO LAY PROMPTLY
  36. 36.HOW TO KNOW A FERTILE QUEEN FROM AN UNFERTILE ONE
  37. 37.AGE WHEN YOUNG QUEENS COMMENCE TO LAY AFTER BECOMING FERTILE
  38. 38.FERTILIZING IN CONFINEMENT
  39. 39.RESPECT BEES SHOW THEIR QUEEN
  40. 40.DESTROYING QUEEN-CELLS WHEN INTRODUCING QUEENS
  41. 41.THE OBSERVATORY HIVE FOR STUDYING THE HABITS OF BEES
  42. 42.COMPARATIVE SIZE OF QUEENS
  43. 43.PREVENTING HONEY FROM CANDYING
  44. 44.TO THE READER
  45. 45.THE QUEEN-REARING OUTFIT
  46. 46.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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