The Bee PreserverFront matterClementina Stirling Graham translationChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE BEE PRESERVER;JONAS DE GELIEU,TO THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.AUTHORS PREFACE.Chapter I · SITUATION OF AN APIARY.Chapter II · PROPER TIME TO TRANSPORT A SWARM TO THE SITUATION DESIGNED FOR IT.Chapter III · SITUATION OF THE HIVES OUGHT NEVER TO BE CHANGED.Chapter IV · MOST CONVENIENT SHAPE OF HIVES.Chapter V · HIVES OF STRAW AND WOOD.Chapter VI · THICKNESS OR SOLIDITY OF HIVES.Chapter VII · SIZE OF THE APERTURE OR ENTRANCE OF HIVES.Chapter VIII · TO ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF HIVES.Chapter IX · QUANTITY OF HONEY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A HIVE.Chapter X · THE USE OF CAPES OR HOODS.Chapter XI · HOW TO EXPEL THE BEES FROM THE CAPES.Chapter XII · SIZE OF HIVES.Chapter XIII · MANNER OF UNITING NEW SWARMS.Chapter XIV · METHODS OF UNITING TWO OR THREE SWARMS IN AUTUMN.Chapter XV · MANNER OF UNITING OLD HIVES IN AUTUMN.Chapter XVI · NEIGHBOURING HIVES SHOULD BE UNITED.Chapter XVII · HOW TO FEED UNITED SWARMS.Chapter XVIII · QUANTITY OF FOOD REQUISITE FOR UNITED HIVES.Chapter XIX · BENEFITS RESULTING FROM THE UNION OF WEAK HIVES.Chapter XX · TIME AND MANNER OF RENEWING OLD HIVES.Chapter XXI · THE SIGNS BY WHICH TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER A HIVE REQUIRES TO BE RENEWED.Chapter XXII · ARTIFICIAL SWARMS AND DIFFERENT METHODS OF FORMING THEM.Chapter XXIII · ADVANTAGES OF ISOLATED HIVES.Chapter XXIV · ENEMIES OF BEES, AND MEANS OF OVERCOMING THEM.Chapter XXV · DISEASES OF THE BEES.Chapter XXVI · OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF BEES, AND THEIR LANGUAGE.Chapter XXVII · SIGNS OF RECOGNITION AMONG THE BEES.Chapter XXVIII · PRESERVATION OF HIVES IN WINTER, AND MEANS OF PROTECTING THEM FROM THE COLD.Chapter XXIX · MANNER OF PRESERVING HIVES BY TAKING THEM INTO THE HOUSE IN WINTER.CONCLUSION.NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE BEE PRESERVER;All chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE BEE PRESERVER;JONAS DE GELIEU,TO THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.AUTHORS PREFACE.Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829Other sectionsCONCLUSION.NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR.Bee Preserver; Or Practical Directions For the Management and Preservation of Hives, by Jonas De GelieuTHE◇BEE PRESERVER.◇THE BEE PRESERVER; →
