The Bee Preserver
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- or, Practical Directions for the Management and Preservation of Hives
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1. Front matter2. THE BEE PRESERVER;3. JONAS DE GELIEU,4. TO THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.5. AUTHORS PREFACE.6. CHAPTER I. SITUATION OF AN APIARY.7. CHAPTER II. PROPER TIME TO TRANSPORT A SWARM TO THE SITUATION DESIGNED FOR IT.8. CHAPTER III. SITUATION OF THE HIVES OUGHT NEVER TO BE CHANGED.9. CHAPTER IV. MOST CONVENIENT SHAPE OF HIVES.10. CHAPTER V. HIVES OF STRAW AND WOOD.11. CHAPTER VI. THICKNESS OR SOLIDITY OF HIVES.12. CHAPTER VII. SIZE OF THE APERTURE OR ENTRANCE OF HIVES.13. CHAPTER VIII. TO ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF HIVES.14. CHAPTER IX. QUANTITY OF HONEY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A HIVE.15. CHAPTER X. THE USE OF CAPES OR HOODS.16. CHAPTER XI. HOW TO EXPEL THE BEES FROM THE CAPES.17. CHAPTER XII. SIZE OF HIVES.18. CHAPTER XIII. MANNER OF UNITING NEW SWARMS.19. CHAPTER XIV. METHODS OF UNITING TWO OR THREE SWARMS IN AUTUMN.20. CHAPTER XV. MANNER OF UNITING OLD HIVES IN AUTUMN.21. CHAPTER XVI. NEIGHBOURING HIVES SHOULD BE UNITED.22. CHAPTER XVII. HOW TO FEED UNITED SWARMS.23. CHAPTER XVIII. QUANTITY OF FOOD REQUISITE FOR UNITED HIVES.24. CHAPTER XIX. BENEFITS RESULTING FROM THE UNION OF WEAK HIVES.25. CHAPTER XX. TIME AND MANNER OF RENEWING OLD HIVES.26. CHAPTER XXI. THE SIGNS BY WHICH TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER A HIVE REQUIRES TO BE RENEWED.27. CHAPTER XXII. ARTIFICIAL SWARMS AND DIFFERENT METHODS OF FORMING THEM.28. CHAPTER XXIII. ADVANTAGES OF ISOLATED HIVES.29. CHAPTER XXIV. ENEMIES OF BEES, AND MEANS OF OVERCOMING THEM.30. CHAPTER XXV. DISEASES OF THE BEES.31. CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF BEES, AND THEIR LANGUAGE.32. CHAPTER XXVII. SIGNS OF RECOGNITION AMONG THE BEES.33. CHAPTER XXVIII. PRESERVATION OF HIVES IN WINTER, AND MEANS OF PROTECTING THEM FROM THE COLD.34. CHAPTER XXIX. MANNER OF PRESERVING HIVES BY TAKING THEM INTO THE HOUSE IN WINTER.35. CONCLUSION.36. NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.