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THE APIARY
OR,
BEES, BEE-HIVES
AND
BEE CULTURE.
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THE APIARY;
OR,
BEES, BEE-HIVES,
AND
BEE CULTURE:
BEING A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF BEES, AND THE MOST
IMPROVED METHODS OF MANAGEMENT, WITH FULL DIRECTIONS,
ADAPTED FOR THE COTTAGER, FARMER, OR,
SCIENTIFIC APIARIAN.
By ALFRED NEIGHBOUR.
"Je connais beaucoup des personnes qu' aiment les abeilles, mais ne personnesaiment les mediocrement, ils les passionment."—Gelieu.
LONDON:
KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW
GEO: NEIGHBOUR AND SONS,
149. REGENT STREET, AND 127, HIGH HOLBORN;
AND ALL, BOOKSELLERS.
1865.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Preface—Introductory | 1 |
SECTION I.
| The inhabitants of the hive | 2 |
| The queen | 2 |
| The drone | 6 |
| The worker bee | 8 |
| Eggs of bees | 8 |
| Increase of bees | 9 |
| Swarming | 11 |
SECTION II.—Modern Bee-Hives.
| Nutt's Collateral Hive | 17 |
| Neighbour's Improved Single Box Hive | 24 |
| Taylor's Amateur Shallow Box or Eight-bar Hive | 26 |
| Taylor's Amateur Seven-bar Hive | 27 |
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