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    Collected Leaflets on Bee Keeping
    Collected Leaflets on Bee Keeping
    Collected Leaflets on Bee Keeping
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    Collected Leaflets on Bee Keeping

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    This book contains a collection of articles, leaflets, and essays on the topic of bee-keeping. Covering a broad range of subjects, the pieces offer a wealth of tips and instructions that will be of utility to both the beginner and experienced keeper alike. Contents include: "Advice to Beginners in Bee Keeping", "Methods of Obtaining Strong Colonies of Bees for Wintering, "How to Increase Colonies of Bees", "Beeswax", "The Preparation and Packing of Honey for Market", "Foul Brood", "Diseases of Adult Bees", "Nosema Disease", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHome Farm Books
    Release dateSep 21, 2017
    ISBN9781473342477
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      Collected Leaflets on Bee Keeping - Home Farm Books

      1922.

      ADVICE TO BEGINNERS IN BEE-KEEPING.

      Bee-keeping is an occupation that can be followed on a small scale in one’s spare time, and, as only a small space is necessary upon which to stand the hives, it is eminently suitable for smallholders, cottagers, and others with a limited area at their disposal. It also has the advantage of being a suitable occupation for women. Moreover, bees are active pollinators of fruit blossoms, and the keeper of bees therefore renders valuable assistance in the production of fruit.

      In comparison with the skep method of bee-keeping followed by our forefathers, the perfection and simplicity attained in the construction of the present-day movable comb hives and appliances mark a revolution in apiculture. When skeps are used, the bee-keeper is compelled to carry out the inhuman practice of killing the bees to obtain their honey, and this, when secured, is full of foreign substances, such as liquid matter from the crushed bodies of the grubs, pollen, propolis, and other substances, which are incorporated with it during the necessary process of squeezing the honey from the combs. The modern system, however, enables any person with ordinary intelligence to follow this lucrative occupation successfully without injury to the bees, combs or brood. Further, natural swarming can be controlled, and if it is desired to increase the number of colonies, this can be done to a larger extent by artificial methods* than if the bees are allowed to swarm naturally, when there is a great danger of the swarm being lost by its issue and escape during the absence of the owner.

      First Steps.—One of the first steps to be taken by those desirous of becoming bee-keepers is to obtain a good book on apiculture, and to study it carefully. There are several books from which a choice may be made. It would also be advisable to join the local bee-keepers’ association, as in this way much advice and information can be obtained; moreover, secretaries of such associations will be able to furnish names of expert bee-keepers willing to help if needed. The association will also be able to render assistance in many other ways.

      The prospective bee-keeper will be well advised to make haste slowly. Beginning with not more than a couple of stocks, he should increase the number as he acquires experience and becomes more capable of dealing with a larger apiary.

      Appliances.—The appliances should be as simple as possible, and only those absolutely necessary should be purchased. These consist of a complete hive, containing supers (section racks, or shallow comb boxes), a queen excluder, quilts, ten frames with a division board in the brood chamber, comb foundation for the brood frames and also for the supers, a veil, and a smoker or carbolic cloth for subduing the bees. If the shallow combs are to be used for procuring surplus honey, a centrifugal honey extractor will also be needed, but this will not be required if comb honey is worked for exclusively. A scraper for cleaning floor boards, frame tops, &c., an uncapping knife for use when extracting (a carving knife will serve this purpose), and a bee escape fitted into a board for clearing the bees out of the supers, will also be required.

      The Hive.—The outside design of the various hives manufactured differs considerably, but in most cases the interior is of uniform measurement and made to take the British standard frame. A hive should be chosen of simple construction, accurate workmanship and sound material, in order that it may stand permanent exposure to the weather. The outside of the hive should be painted thoroughly to keep it proof against rain and damp. A material aid to this end is to cover the roof (which must be made plain and not from feather-edge boards) with calico stretched as tightly as possible, and tacked securely along the under edges of the eaves and gable ends. This should be done after the first coat of paint has been applied to the hive, so that the calico will receive the subsequent coats. An extra coat of paint should be given to the calico-covered

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