Manual of the Apiary

About this eBook

Author

Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916

Title

Manual of the apiary

Original Publication

United States: Thomas G. Newman & Sons,1879.

Credits

Tom Cosmas compiled from materials made available at The Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Bee culture

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68157

Release Date

May 23, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MANUAL OF THE APIARY, — A. J. COOK, Professor of Entomology IN THE MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
2. 2.PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. — THE APIARY. — PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.PART FIRST.
6. 6.NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HONEY BEE.
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. SWARMING OR NATURAL METHOD OF INCREASE.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — PRODUCTS OF BEES; THEIR ORIGIN AND FUNCTION. — HONEY. — WAX. — POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD. — PROPOLIS. — BIBLIOGRAPHY.
12. 12.PART SECOND. — THE APIARY;
13. 13.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.
14. 14.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.
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF APIARY. — POSITION. — ARRANGEMENT OF GROUNDS. — PREPARATION FOR EACH COLONY.
16. 16.CHAPTER VII. TO TRANSFER BEES.
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII. FEEDING AND FEEDERS. — HOW MUCH TO FEED. — WHAT TO FEED. — HOW TO FEED.
18. 18.CHAPTER IX. QUEEN REARING. — HOW TO REAR QUEENS. — NUCLEI. — SHALL WE CLIP THE QUEEN'S WING? — FERTILE WORKERS.
19. 19.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.
20. 20.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.
21. 21.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.
22. 22.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.
23. 23.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.
24. 24.CHAPTER XV. MARKETING HONEY. — HOW TO INVIGORATE THE MARKETS. — EXTRACTED HONEY. — HOW TO TEMPT THE CONSUMER. — COMB-HONEY. — RULES TO BE OBSERVED.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVI. HONEY PLANTS. — WHAT ARE THE VALUABLE HONEY PLANTS? — DESCRIPTION WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS. — BOOK ON BOTANY.
26. 26.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.
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII. THE HOUSE APIARY. — DESCRIPTION. — ARE THEY DESIRABLE? — THE CASE AS IT NOW STANDS.
28. 28.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.
29. 29.CHAPTER XX. CALENDAR AND AXIOMS. — WORK FOR DIFFERENT MONTHS. [1] — JANUARY. — FEBRUARY. — MARCH. — APRIL. — MAY. — JUNE. — JULY. — AUGUST. — SEPTEMBER. — OCTOBER. — NOVEMBER. — DECEMBER. — AXIOMS.
30. 30.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.
31. 31.GENERAL INDEX. — INDEX TO APPENDIX.

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