Table Of Content

1 ^, ^ // /^v. 1/ % % IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1^128 |2.5 1.0 u lii us y£ 12.0 US I.I L25 III 1.4 1.6 % ^/ ^^ê/ HiotograpMc 23WISTMAINSTRUT Sciences WnSTIR.N.Y. MSM (716)«72-4S03 Corporation CIHM/ICMH CIHM/iCIVIH Microfiche Collection de Series. microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions/institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques <\ > Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Notestechniques et bibliographiques The Institute hasattempted to obtain the best L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleurexemplaire original copy available forfilming.Featuresofthis qu'il lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details copy which may be bibliographically unique, decetexemplaire qui sont peut-Atre uniques du which may alterany of the images in the point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier reproduction, orwhich may significantly change une image reproduite, ou qui peuventexiger une the usual method offilming, are checiced below. modification dans la mithode normale de filmage sont indiquis ci-dessous. r^ Coloured covers/ Coloured pages/ UU Couverturede couleur I I Pages decouleur Covers damaged/ Pages damaged/ I I Couvertureendommagie Pages endommagies D Covers restored and/orlaminated/ Pages restored and/orlaminated/ Couverture restaur6e et/ou pellicuMe Pages restaurês et/ou pelliculdes Covertitle missing/ Pages discoloured, stained orfoxed/ I I Letitre de couverture manque Pages d6coior6es, tachetês ou piqudes D Coloured maps/ Pages detached/ Cartes giographiques en couleur Pages ditachês D r^ Coloured ink (i.e. otherthan blue or black)/ Showthrough/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) Transparence D Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Fy] Quality of printvaries/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur Quality inigale de I'impression D Bound with other material/ Includes supplementary material/ Reli6avec d'autres documents Comprend du materiel supplimentaire rryi Tight binding may cause shadows ordistortion nn Only edition available/ along interior margin/ SeuleMition disponible Lareliure serr6e peutcauserde I'ombre ou de la distortion le long de la marge intirieure D Pageswholly or partially obscured by errata D slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to Blank leaves added during restoration may ensurethe best possible image/ appearwithin the text. Whenever possible, these Les pages totaiement ou partiellement have been omitted from filming/ obscurcieMs par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, IIse peutque certaines pages blanches ajouttes etc., ont filmies A nouveau defapon A lorsd'une restauration apparaissentdans letexte, obtenirla meilleure image possible. mais, lorsque cela Atait possible, ces pages n'ont pas At6 fiimês. D Additionalcomments:/ Commentaires supplAmentaires: This item is filmed at the reduction ratiochecked below/ Ce document est filmA au taux de reduction indiqu*ci-dessous. 10X The copy filmed here has been reproduced thank* L'exemplairefilm6fut reproduit grAceA la to the generosityof: gtntrosittde: IMetropolitanTorontoLibrary iMetropolitanTorontoLibrary CanadianHistoryDepartment CanadianHistoryDepartment The images appearing here arethe bestquality Les imagessuivantes ont4t6 reprodultes avec ie possible considering the condition and legibility plus grand soln, comptetenu de la condition at oftheoriginal copy and In keepingwiththe de la nettettde l'exemplairefllmA, eten filming contractspecifications. conformityavec ies conditions du contrat de fiimage. Original copies in printed papercoversare filmed Les exemplalres originaux dont la couverture en beginning with thefrontcoverand ending on papierest Imprlmtesont filmte en commenpant the lastpage with a printed or Illustrated Impres- parie premier plateten terminantsoit par la sion, orthe back coverwhenappropriate. All dernlAre page qui comporte une empreinte otheroriginalcopiesarefilmed beginning on the d'impression ou d'iilustration, soitpar ie second first pagewith a printed or illustrated Impres- plat, salon Ie cas. Tbus lesautres exemplalres sion, and ending on the lastpage with a printed originauxsontfilmte en commenânt parla or illustrated impression. premiere page qui comporte une empreinte d'impression ou d'iilustration eten terminant par la dernlAre page qui comporte unetelle empreinte. The last recorded frameo-nêach microfiche Un des symboles suivantsapparaftra su/ la TshIaNlUlEcDo"n)t,aionrtthheessyymmbbooll V (m(emaenainnigng"E"NCDO"N)-, dcaesr:niIderesyimmbaoglesd—e chseiqguniefimeic"rAofSiUchIeV,REs"ei,onIeIe V whichever applies. symbols signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may befilmed et Lescartes, planches, tableaux, etc.. peuvent Atre different reduction ratios. Thosetoo largeto be fiimAs d des taux de reduction diffArents. entirely Included In one exposure arefilmed Lorsque ie document esttrop grand pour Atre beginning In the upperleft hand corner, leftto reproduiten un seul clichA, il estfiimA A partir rightand top to bottom, as manyframes as de TanglesupArieurgauche, de gauche A droite. required. The following diagrams illustratethe etde hauten bas. en prenant Ie nombre method: d'Images nAcessaire. Les diagrammessuivants lllustrent la mAthode. 1 B THII OL : : 7 THE CANADIAN BEE-KEEPERS' GUIDE S^n t»$g nulJôb of managing $ees h^ iê nsc of Q^ômsft' ^patent Pokable Comb §u fiibe. By J. H. THOMAS, OFTHEFntMOFJ. H. THOMAS ANDEROS., BBOOELIN, 0. W. THIS WORE IS DESIGNED TO MEET THE WANTS OF THE PRACnOAL BEE-KEEPER IN CANADA, BT 6IVINQ THE NEGESSABT INFORMATION FOR THE BANAGEMENT OF BEES IN THIS CLIMATEINMOVE- ABLE COMB HIVES. 'Ml THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED. TORONTO GLOBE STEAM FRIKTINO COMPANY, 26 AND 28 EINC fJTREET EAST. 1867. fJ-O-^^r^^^-^ JTO21 1955 !: ,1 ,1 -iiir-"--'- '"--'-•'''•-~*'"V'rtiiiiiliiiiiri PREFACE. Asthere isaninterestbeing awakenedinCanada in that very pleasingdepartmentof rural economy, bee-keeping, I take plea- sure in offeringto thepublicthis lii;tile work, as a kindof intro- ductionto alaj^rworkto followhereafter, as soonasthe results of certfun experimentsnowgoing on shallbe fullyknown. As otherworks onbee-keepinghave been written bymen liv- inginadifferentclimatefromours,itcamiotbeexpectedthatthey are inallrespects adapted to this country. I have, therefore, en- deavoured, inthis work, to meetthewants of practical bee-keep- ersin Canadc, by setting forthaneasymethod of managing bees inmoveable-comb hives. I have also endeavouredto divestbee- keeping ofagreat amount ofignorance andsuperstitionbywhich ithasbeen enshrouded in allages. Though the workis small, I have soughtto touch upon all im- m portant points a manner, I trust, to make them sufBiciently plain to be easUyunderstood. If those just commencingbee-keepingwillbutfollowthe sim- plerules andadvice I havegiven, theymaybe sure of some de- greeofsuccess; whilethemore experiencedapiarianwillbeled to acknowledge thatimprovementisthe ordercf the day. I furthermore askanimpartial''rial of myhive, afull descriptionof which I have giveninthiswork; believing, as I do, that whileits extensive sale mayprove somewhatremunerativetomy- self, its extensive usewillprove evenmore so to those who pur- chase. J. H. THOMAS. Bbookun, C. W. — INDEX PAGE. Apiaxy, Locationof 24 Articles convenient for 25 Artificial Swarming 84 Swarms, howto make 85 " whentomake '. 85 Articlesfortheapiary, price of 69 April management 48 Angustmanagement 50 Bees, Descriptionof ', 9 —Of whatacolony consists 10 — TheGovernment of 10 Number of journeysin aday 12 General managementof 24 How toapproach 25 Howto operatewithaswarm 26 Preparationofhivefor 25 Leavingforthe"Woods .'..... 28 Seldomleavewithoutclustering 28 HToowprteovepnuttlteoagveitnhgerafterhiving : 2808 Tomanagewhenthey clustertogether 29 Whydotheyrefusetoswarm 81 Howto drive 82 Howtotransfer 82 TimewhentoTransfer 83 Howtomanageinmyhive 83 Howtogetoutofhoney-box 88 Will itpayto feed? 42 Howtofeedinthespringin myhive 43 " " fall " 43 - " " winter " 43 Bobbingof. 44 Howtopreventrobbing 45 Bestmeftodof wintering 45 Houseforwintering, how made 46 Managementforspringand summer 47 " March 47 " April 48 I*iilMii iiiiii INDEX. V. PAGE. Bees, Mauagemeut forMay 48 " Juno 48 July 49 August 60 Fall and winter 60 September 60 October 61 Ifovember 61 PAGE. December 61 ... 24 it January 62 .... 25 i< February 62 .... 34 Italian 61 .... 35 Gomiiionto Italia lize 63 .... 35 Overstocking 67 .... 69 Movingortransp«^ 67 .... 48 Bee-hat, Price of. 69 .... 60 Bee-protector, Price of 60 .... 9 Bee-gloves ** 60 .... 10 Bee-Keeping, Profits of 64 .... 10 Beepasturê 66 .... 12 Bee's wax, Howtomake 67 24 Bee feed " " 68 25 Beebread 22 26 Beeglue 23 25 Bee comb 23 28 Combframes, Howtotakeout 83 28 '• Pfice of ...s 69 28 Comb or wax 23 30 Combs, Benewing of 32 29 Cells 23 31 Queen 15 32 Drones, Description of 11 82 Whenappear 11 83 Reproduction 11 33 Howproducedfromunimpregnatedeggs 14 38 Timerequiredtodevelop 14 42 Whyso manyrequired 14 43 Destroyed byworkers 14 43 Butfewgowithfirst swann 19 43 Should theybe destroyed? 44 44 Howtodestroy 44 45 Drone-laying Queen, Howto tell , 37 45 •* worker 38 46 Comb, Howto cutout 44 47 Decembermanagement 61 47 Feedingbees. Will it pay? 42 48 '* inthe spring 43 1*