Improved Queen-Rearing
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- 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
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. INTRODUCTION4. FIRST IMPROVEMENTS IN QUEEN-REARING5. NOW LET US DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPROVED METHODS OF REARING QUEENS6. SOME OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF REARING QUEENS BY THE ABOVE PLAN7. REARING QUEENS ON A LARGE SCALE8. PROPER CONDITION OF THE APIARY WHEN QUEEN-REARING IS COMMENCED9. TO PROCURE EGGS FOR CELL-BUILDING; WHERE TO KEEP THE BREEDING-QUEEN10. HOW TO START THE QUEEN-BREEDER COLONY11. PREPARING A COLONY OF BEES FOR QUEEN-CELL BUILDING12. THE THEORY OF USING YOUNG BEES IN QUEEN-REARING13. PREPARING BEES FOR CELL-BUILDING14. HOW TO REAR THE VERY BEST QUEENS15. NECESSITY OF QUEENLESS BEES16. FEEDING WHILE QUEEN-REARING IS GOING ON17. THE QUEEN NURSERY AND HOW TO USE IT18. FORMING NUCLEI19. INTRODUCING QUEENS20. HOW TO INTRODUCE VIRGIN QUEENS21. INTRODUCING FERTILE QUEENS22. OBJECTIONABLE DRONES; HOW TO CATCH AND DESTROY23. DESCRIPTION OF QUEEN-CELL FRAME24. TRANSFERRING CELLS TO NUCLEI OR TO THE QUEEN-NURSERY25. DESCRIPTION OF PIPE FOR BURNING TOBACCO26. WHAT TO DO WITH SMALL NUCLEI IN THE FALL27. TO GET DRONES AND PRESERVE THEM THE ENTIRE SEASON28. WHEN, WHAT AND HOW TO FEED NUCLEI29. THE DRONE-TRAP IN CONNECTION WITH QUEEN-REARING30. BROOM FOR BRUSHING BEES31. POINTS IN QUEEN-REARING32. QUEENS, HOW TO PRESERVE AND CARE FOR THEM33. AGE AT WHICH QUEENS MATE34. FORCING QUEENS TO MAKE THE MATING FLIGHT AND TO COMMENCE TO LAY PROMPTLY35. HOW TO KNOW A FERTILE QUEEN FROM AN UNFERTILE ONE36. AGE WHEN YOUNG QUEENS COMMENCE TO LAY AFTER BECOMING FERTILE37. FERTILIZING IN CONFINEMENT38. RESPECT BEES SHOW THEIR QUEEN39. DESTROYING QUEEN-CELLS WHEN INTRODUCING QUEENS40. THE OBSERVATORY HIVE FOR STUDYING THE HABITS OF BEES41. COMPARATIVE SIZE OF QUEENS42. PREVENTING HONEY FROM CANDYING43. TO THE READER44. THE QUEEN-REARING OUTFIT45. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES