| Particular directions for testing the matter, |
196 |
| Empty Hives to be ready, |
197 |
| Bottom-boards for hiving, |
197 |
| Description of swarm issuing, |
198 |
| Manner of hiving can be varied, |
199 |
| Usual Methods, |
199 |
| When out of reach, |
200 |
| When they cannot be shaken off, |
202 |
| All should be made to enter, |
203 |
| Should be taken to the stand immediately, |
203 |
| Protection from the Sun necessary, |
203 |
| Clustering Bushes, |
204 |
| How swarms are generally managed that leave for the woods, |
205 |
| Nothing but Bees needed in a Hive, |
206 |
| Seldom go off without clustering, |
207 |
| Do swarms choose a location before swarming? |
207 |
| Means of arresting a swarm, |
208 |
| Some Compulsion, |
208 |
| How far will they go in search of honey? |
209 |
| Two or more swarms liable to unite, |
211 |
| Disadvantage, |
211 |
| Can often be prevented, |
212 |
| Indications of swarming inside the Hive, |
212 |
| Preventing a swarm issuing for a time, |
213 |
| To prevent swarms uniting with those already hived, |
213 |
| When two have united—the method of separating, |
214 |
| No danger of a sting by the Queen, |
215 |
| Some precautions in hiving two swarms together, |
216 |
| How to find Queen when two strangers are together, |
217 |
| Boxes for double swarms immediately, |
218 |
| Returning a part to the old stock, |
218 |
| Method of uniting, |
219 |
| When care is necessary, |
219 |
| Swarm-Catcher, |
220 |
| Swarms sometimes return, |
222 |
| Repetition prevented, |
222 |
| Liability to enter wrong stocks, |
223 |
| First issues generally choose fair weather, |
224 |
| After Swarms, |
225 |
| Their Size, |
225 |
| Time after the first, |
225 |
| Piping of the Queen, |
225 |
| May always be heard before and after swarm, |
226 |
| Time of continuance varies, |
226 |
| Time between second and third issues, |
227 |
| Not always to be depended upon, |
227 |
| A Rule for the time of these issues, |
228 |
| When it is useless to expect more swarms, |
229 |
| Plurality of Queens destroyed, |
229 |
| The Manner, |
230 |
| Theory doubted, |
231 |
| After-swarms different in appearance from the first, when about to issue, |
232 |
| Time of day, weather, &c., |
233 |
| Swarms necessary to be seen, |
233 |
| Returning after-swarms to the old stock, |
235 |
| When they should be returned, |
235 |
| Method of doing it, |
235 |
| More care needed by After-swarms when hived, |
237 |
| Two may be united, |
237 |
CHAPTER XIV.
LOSS OF QUEENS.
| Of swarms that lose their Queen, |
238 |
| A suggestion and an answer, |
239 |
| A disputed question, |
240 |
| A multitude of Drones needed, |
241 |
| The Queen liable to be lost in her excursions, |
243 |
| The time when it occurs, |
243 |
| Indications of the loss, |
244 |
| The Result, |
245 |
| Age of Bees indicated, |
246 |
| Necessity of care, |
246 |
| Remedy, |
247 |
| Mark the date of swarms on the Hive, |
248 |
| Obtaining a Queen from worker brood, |
249 |
| They are poor dependence, |
249 |
CHAPTER XV.
ARTIFICIAL SWARMS.
| Principles should be understood, |
252 |
| Some Experiments, |
253 |
| The result unsatisfactory, |
253 |
| Further Experiments, |
254 |
| A successful method, |
256 |
| Advantages of this method, |
257 |
| Artificial swarms only safe near the swarming season, |
259 |
| Sometimes hazardous, |
259 |
| Some Objections, |
259 |
| Natural and artificial swarms equally prosperous, |
260 |
| This matter too often delayed, |
261 |
| Is the age of the Queen important? |
261 |
CHAPTER XVI.
