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Apiary, situation of 1

Apiary, to be near the residence of the proprietor 3

Adapter, description of 33

Aspect for an apiary 1

Bee-boxes, size of 22

Bee-glasses, to place 21

Bee-houses, injurious 3

Bee-mask and gloves 29

Bee-sting, to cure 78

Bees, their disposition to swarm in a wet season 24

Bees, to expel from a glass or box 31

Bees, age of 35

Bees, to purchase 10

Bees, torpid at 32° of Fahrenheit 19

Bees, swarm at 130° of Fahrenheit 25

Bees, enemies of 36

Bees, to dislodge from trees 85

Cleaning floor boards 5

Comb-knife, description of 76

Condenser, Taylor's 92

Damp, to guard against 102

Diseases, in Bees, the cause of 20

Duration of a hive 63

Early flowers, a list of 7

Elevation of a hive 4

Enemies of Bees 61

Entrances for hives 18

Feeding, method of 54

Feeding, proper time for 54

Feeder, fountain 56

Feeder, Wildman's 57

Floor-boards, to clean 100

Food proper for Bees 58

Gelieu, his Work on Bees recommended 15

Glass of honey, to take 30

Glass of honey, to expel Bees from 31

Gloves, proper for defence against stings 29

Honey quantity to take from a swarm 74

Hive, flat top, advantages of 17

Hive-guard, described 66

Hive-dressing, remarks on 71

Hive, improved cottage 17

Hive, Nutt's described 87

Hive, small (or Cape) described 22

Hives, manner of placing 5

Hives, materials for making 15

Hives, to paint recommended 16

Human breath offensive to Bees 29

Increase of Bees 35

Interior of a hive to be examined before purchased 11

Instructions for depriving Bees 30

Knife for cutting out combs 76

Man, the principal enemy of Bees 60

Manual, Apiarian's Monthly 96

Method of giving food to Bees 54

Method of uniting swarms and old stocks 46

Method of uniting second and third swarms 42

Method of uniting second and third swarms (preface) 5

Method of placing glasses upon the Improved Cottage Hive 21

Milk-pan, good protection for hives 22

Mortar or clay, injurious to hives 4

Moths' wax, described 63

Operations, noon the best time for 28

Painting hives, benefit of 16

Plants, to cultivate 7

Pollen, useless as food 11

Purchas, quotations from 36, 67

Purchasers of hives, caution to 11

Queen, Bees power to produce a 40

Queen-wasps, to kill in spring 66

Robber-bees, to know 33

Removing Bees 10

Slider, Taylor's described 18

Snow, a great cause of the destruction of Bees 19, 96

Snow, Bees to be confined in their hives so long as it remains upon the ground 19

Stealing of Bees to prevent 82

Sticks in a hive, injury of 72

Stocks, method of joining 44

Stocks and swarms to unite 46

Stocks, ages of 73

Tomtit, an enemy to Bees 65

Temperature of hives 25

Thermometer useful in swarming time 27

Ventilation and room prevents swarming 25

Ventilator, Taylor's recommended 26

Wasps-nests, easy way of destroying 101

Water, important in the breeding season 3

Water, method of supplying it 3

London: Newby, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square.

Figures 1-7

Fig. Description

1 Improved Cottage Hive

2 Improved Cottage Hive with small hive affixed

3 Hive showing the opening on top

4 Small Hive with glass opening

5 Adapter for small Hive or Box

6 Knife for cutting out the comb

7 Box to be used instead of small Hive

Figures 8-10