قراءة كتاب Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
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class="ctrsmall">PRUNING.
| Different opinions as to time, | 262 |
| Another time preferred, | 263 |
| Should not be delayed, | 263 |
| Objection to Pruning, | 264 |
| Stocks pruned now are better for winter, | 265 |
DISEASED BROOD.
| Not generally understood, | 266 |
| My own experience, | 267 |
| Description of Disease, | 267 |
| The cause uncertain, | 268 |
| Remedial Experiments, | 268 |
| Public inquiry and answers, | 268 |
| Answers not satisfactory, | 270 |
| A cause suggested, | 270 |
| Reasons for the opinion, | 272 |
| Cause of its spreading, | 273 |
| Not easily detected at first, | 274 |
| Symptoms to be observed, | 274 |
| Scalding the honey to destroy the poison for feeding, | 275 |
| When to examine stocks that have swarmed, | 275 |
| Care in selecting stock-hives for winter, | 276 |
| Accusations not always right, | 276 |
IRRITABILITY OF BEES.
| Their means of defence, | 277 |
| Time of greatest Irritability, | 278 |
| Proper Conduct, | 278 |
| How to proceed when attacked, | 279 |
| A person's breath offensive, and other causes, | 279 |
| Their manner of attack, | 279 |
| Smoker described, | 280 |
| Effect of Tobacco Smoke, | 281 |
| Sting described, | 282 |
| Does its loss prove fatal? | 283 |
| Means of protection, | 284 |
| Remedies for stings, | 285 |
ENEMIES OF BEES.
| Are they all guilty? | 286 |
| Rats and Mice, | 287 |
| Are all the Birds guilty? | 288 |
| King-bird—one word in his favor, | 288 |
| Cat-bird acquitted, | 289 |
| Toad got clear, | 290 |
| Wasps and Hornets not favored, | 290 |
| Ants—a word in their favor, | 291 |
| Spider condemned, | 292 |
| Wax-Moth unrivalled for mischief, | 293 |
| Indications of their presence, | 296 |
| Management, | 296 |
| Care in turning over Hives, | 297 |
| Other symptoms of Worms, | 298 |
| When they grow larger than usual, | 299 |
| Time of Growth, | 299 |
| Time of Transformation, | 300 |
| Freezing destroys Worms, Cocoon, and Moth, | 300 |
| How they pass the Winter, | 301 |
| Stocks more liable to be destroyed last of Summer, | 301 |
| When Bees are safe, | 302 |
| Means to destroy them, | 302 |
| Making them drunk and their execution by Chickens, | 303 |
MELTING DOWN OF COMBS.
| The Cause, | 304 |
| Effects, | 304 |
| First Indications, | 305 |
| Prevention, | 305 |
FALL MANAGEMENT.
| First care, | 307 |
| Strong Stocks disposed to plunder, | 307 |
| Bees Changeable, | 308 |
| Requisites for good Stocks, | 308 |
| Great disadvantage of killing the Bees, | 309 |
| Section of country may make a difference in what poor stocks need, | 309 |
| When Bees are needed, | 310 |
| Caution, | 311 |
| Principal Difficulty, | 311 |
| How Avoided, | 311 |
| Advantages of making one good stock from two poor ones, | 312 |
| Two families together will not consume as much as if separate, | 312 |
| An Experiment, | 312 |
| Season for operating, | 313 |
| The Fumigator, | 314 |
| Directions for uniting two families, | 315 |
| Uniting with Tobacco Smoke, | 317 |
| Condition of Stocks in 1851, | 318 |
| How they were managed, | 318 |