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The Bee Preserver; or, Practical Directions for the Management and Preservation of Hives
Jonas de Gélieu and Clementina Stirling Graham
Where you place a hive can decide whether the colony thrives or dies. Jonas de Gelieu, writing for the Highland Society, gives practical directions on siting an apiary, moving a swarm at the right moment, and sheltering the hives. Careful, kindly counsel from an old Swiss bee-master. Keep your bees alive through every season.
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36 chapters
- 1THE BEE PRESERVER;
- 2JONAS DE GELIEU,
- 3TO THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.
- 4CONTENTS.
- 5AUTHORS PREFACE.
- 6CHAPTER I. SITUATION OF AN APIARY.
- 7CHAPTER II. PROPER TIME TO TRANSPORT A SWARM TO THE SITUATION DESIGNED FOR IT.
- 8CHAPTER III. SITUATION OF THE HIVES OUGHT NEVER TO BE CHANGED.
- 9CHAPTER IV. MOST CONVENIENT SHAPE OF HIVES.
- 10CHAPTER V. HIVES OF STRAW AND WOOD.
- 11CHAPTER VI. THICKNESS OR SOLIDITY OF HIVES.
- 12CHAPTER VII. SIZE OF THE APERTURE OR ENTRANCE OF HIVES.
- 13CHAPTER VIII. TO ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF HIVES.
- 14CHAPTER IX. QUANTITY OF HONEY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A HIVE.
- 15CHAPTER X. THE USE OF CAPES OR HOODS.
- 16CHAPTER XI. HOW TO EXPEL THE BEES FROM THE CAPES.
- 17CHAPTER XII. SIZE OF HIVES.
- 18CHAPTER XIII. MANNER OF UNITING NEW SWARMS.
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