USDA: Bull. 1.--the Honey Bee: a Manual of Instruction in Apiculture
by Frank Benton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Benton, Frank, 1852-1919
- Title
- The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture
- Original Publication
- United States: U.S. Government Printing Office,1899.
- Credits
- Tom Cosmas produced from materials generously made available at The Internet Archive and placed in the Public Domain.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SF: Agriculture: Animal culture
- Subject
- Bee culture
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 67942
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67942
- Release Date
- April 27, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Bulletin No. 1. New Series. (Third Edition.) — THE HONEY BEE: A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN APICULTURE — FRANK BENTON, M. S.,
- 3.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
- 4.PREFACE.
- 5.CONTENTS.
- 6.ILLUSTRATIONS. — PLATES. — TEXT FIGURES.
- 7.MANUAL OF APICULTURE. — CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION OF THE HONEY BEE — THE DIFFERENT SPECIES AND RACES. — THE COMMON EAST INDIAN HONEY BEE. — ( Apis indica Fab.) — THE TINY EAST INDIAN HONEY BEE. — ( Apis florea Fab.) — THE GIANT EAST INDIAN HONEY BEE. — ( Apis dorsata Fab.) — THE COMMON HIVE OR HONEY BEE. — ( Apis mellifera Linn.)
- 8.CHAPTER II. KINDS OF BEES COMPOSING A COLONY—BEE PRODUCTS AND DESCRIPTION OF COMBS—DEVELOPMENT OF BROOD. — KINDS OF BEES IN A COLONY. — BEE PRODUCTS AND ORGANS USED IN THEIR PREPARATION. — NECTAR AND HONEY. — PROPOLIS. — BEE POISON AND THE STING. — WATER. — SILK. — WAX. — COMBS. — DEVELOPMENT OF BROOD. — THE WORKER. — THE DRONE.
- 9.CHAPTER III. QUIETING AND MANIPULATING BEES.
- 10.CHAPTER IV. ESTABLISHING AN APIARY: TIME—SELECTING HIVES OF BEES—MOVING BEES—SELECTION OF SITE. — SELECTION OF STOCKS. — MOVING BEES. — SELECTION OF SITE.
- 11.CHAPTER V. HIVES AND IMPLEMENTS. — HIVES. — IMPLEMENTS. — BEE SMOKERS. — VEILS. — HONEY EXTRACTORS AND HONEY KNIVES. — WAX EXTRACTORS. — QUEEN-INTRODUCING CAGES. — BEE FEEDERS. — SECTION FOLDERS. — BEE ESCAPES. — FOUNDATION FASTENERS. — COMB-FOUNDATION MACHINES.
- 12.CHAPTER VI. BEE PASTURAGE. — CULTIVATION OF HONEY PLANTS — BEES AS CROSS-FERTILIZERS. — HONEY AND POLLEN PRODUCING PLANTS. — NORTH AND NORTHEAST. — MIDDLE SECTION. — SOUTH.
- 13.CHAPTER VII. SPRING MANIPULATION. — TRANSFERRING. — QUEENLESSNESS IN SPRING.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII. SECURING SURPLUS HONEY AND WAX. — EXTRACTED HONEY. — COMB HONEY. — PUTTING ON SECTIONS. — PRODUCTION OF WAX.
- 15.CHAPTER IX. REARING AND INTRODUCING QUEENS. — MAILING QUEENS. — INTRODUCING QUEENS.
- 16.CHAPTER X. INCREASE OF COLONIES. — NATURAL SWARMING. — CLIPPING QUEENS. — AUTOMATIC HIVERS. — PREVENTION OF AFTER-SWARMING. — ARTIFICIAL INCREASE. — DIVIDING. — DRIVING OR BRUSHING. — THE NUCLEUS SYSTEM. — PREVENTION OF SWARMING. — DEQUEENING. — REQUEENING. — SPACE NEAR ENTRANCES. — LANGDON NON-SWARMING DEVICE. — SELECTION IN BREEDING.
- 17.CHAPTER XI. WINTERING BEES. — OUTDOOR WINTERING. — INDOOR WINTERING.
- 18.CHAPTER XII. DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF BEES. — DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY. — FOUL BROOD. — THE WAX OR BEE MOTH. — BRAULA OR "BEE LOUSE." — OTHER ENEMIES. — MAMMALS. — ROBBER BEES. — LAYING WORKERS.
- 19.BOOKS AND JOURNALS RELATING TO APICULTURE.
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