Excerpt from The Bee and White Ants, Their Manners and Habits: With Illustrations of Animal Instinct and Intelligence
Chap. 'vii. -188. Apiculture. 189. Suitable localities and pas turaga - 190. The Apiary. - 191. Out-door Apiary. -192. Bee house. - 193. Cabinet bee-houses. - 194. Form and material of hives - 195. Village hive - 196. English hive. 197. Various Kforms of hives - 198. Various forms of bee-boxes. - 199. Bee dress and other accessories of apiculture. 200. Purchase of hives - 201. Honey harvest. 202. Honey and wax important articles of commerce. 203. Various sorts of wild honey. 204. Periodical migration of bees. - 205. Poisoned honey. 206. Maladies of bees - 207. Curious case of abortive brood. - 208. Superstition of bee cultivators.
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