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An Experiment 2
An Experiment
Time Of Greatest Irritability
Expense Of Renewing Combs
Burying Bees
Remedial Experiments
Bees Do Not Increase If Full After The First Year In Same Hive
Bee Pasturage
One Like Common Hive Preferred
Not Properly Understood

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An Experiment 2
An Experiment
Time Of Greatest Irritability
Expense Of Renewing Combs
Burying Bees
Remedial Experiments
Bees Do Not Increase If Full After The First Year In Same Hive
Bee Pasturage
One Like Common Hive Preferred
Not Properly Understood

SWARMING.

Objection To Using Boxes Before The Hive Is Full
Time To Expect Them
All Bee-keepers Should Understand It As It Is
Means Of Understanding It
Inverting A Stock Rather Formidable At First
Requisites Before Preparation Of Queen's Cells
State Of Queen's Cell When Used
State When Swarms Issue
Clustering Outside Not Always To Be Depended Upon
Conflicting Theories
Both Old And Young Leave With Swarms
Cause Of The Queen's Inability To Fly Suggested
Evidence Of The Old Queen's Leaving
Mr Weeks' Theory Not Satisfactory
Mr Miner Not Correct
Particular Directions For Testing The Matter
Empty Hives To Be Ready
Bottom-boards For Hiving
Description Of Swarm Issuing
Manner Of Hiving Can Be Varied
Usual Method
When Out Of Reach
When They Cannot Be Shaken Off
All Should Be Made To Enter
Should Be Taken To The Stand Immediately
Protection From The Sun Necessary
Clustering Bushes
How Swarms Are Generally Managed That Leave For The Woods
Nothing But Bees Needed In A Hive
Seldom Go Off Without Clustering
Do Swarms Choose A Location Before Swarming?
Means Of Arresting A Swarm
Some Compulsion
How Far Will They Go In Search Of A Home?
Two Or More Swarms Liable To Unite
Disadvantage
Can Often Be Prevented
Indications Of Swarming Inside The Hive
Preventing A Swarm Issuing For A Time
To Prevent Swarms Uniting With Those Already Hived
When Two Have United The Method Of Separating
No Danger Of A Sting By The Queen
Some Precautions In Hiving Two Swarms Together
How To Find Queen When Two Strangers Are Together
Boxes For Double Swarms Immediately
Returning A Part To The Old Stock
Method Of Uniting
When Care Is Necessary
Swarm-catcher
Swarms Sometimes Return
Repetition Prevented
Liability To Enter Wrong Stocks
First Issues Generally Choose Fair Weather
After Swarms
Time After The First
Piping Of The Queen
May Always Be Heard Before And After Swarm
Time Of Continuance Varies
Time Between Second And Third Issues
Not Always To Be Depended Upon
A Rule For The Time Of These Issues
When It Is Useless To Expect More Swarms
Plurality Of Queens Destroyed
The Manner
After Swarms Different In Appearance From The First When About To Issue
Time Of Day Weather Etc
Swarms Necessary To Be Seen
Returning After Swarms To The Old Stock
When They Should Be Returned
Method Of Doing It
More Care Needed By After Swarms When Hived