Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee
by L. L. Langstroth
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About this eBook
- Author
- Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895
- Title
- Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual
- Credits
- Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Constanze Hofmann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SF: Agriculture: Animal culture
- Subject
- Honeybee -- Diseases
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 24583
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24583
- Release Date
- February 11, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.LANGSTROTH ON THE HIVE AND THE HONEY-BEE, A Bee Keeper's Manual,
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.ADVERTISEMENT
- 5.INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I.
- 6.CHAPTER II. THE HONEY BEE CAPABLE OF BEING TAMED OR DOMESTICATED TO A MOST SURPRISING DEGREE.
- 7.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.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. COMB.
- 9.CHAPTER V. PROPOLIS, OR "BEE-GLUE."
- 10.CHAPTER VI. POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. ON THE ADVANTAGES WHICH OUGHT TO BE FOUND IN AN IMPROVED HIVE.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. PROTECTION AGAINST EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD, SUDDEN AND SEVERE CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE, AND DAMPNESS IN THE HIVES. — Protector.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. VENTILATION OF THE HIVE.
- 14.CHAPTER X. NATURAL SWARMING, AND HIVING OF SWARMS.
- 15.CHAPTER X. ARTIFICIAL SWARMING.
- 16.CHAPTER XI. THE BEE-MOTH, AND OTHER ENEMIES OF BEES. DISEASES OF BEES.
- 17.CHAPTER XII. LOSS OF THE QUEEN.
- 18.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.
- 19.CHAPTER XIV. ROBBING.
- 20.CHAPTER XV. DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING BEES. — Feeding, to make a profit by selling the Honey stored up by the Bees.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI. HONEY. PASTURAGE. OVERSTOCKING. — Pasturage. — Overstocking a District with Bees.
- 22.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:
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