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CONTENTS.
PART FIRST.
1. Remarks on the Writers upon this subject, and on the
cultivation of the Honey-bee generally
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1
2. Apiaries in Poland: their great extent, productiveness,
and simplicity
6
3. Classification of Bees by Polish Beekeepers
10
4. On the Construction of the Cells, so far as is necessary
18
6. The Construction of the Podolian Hive
7. Description of the Hive as used in Lithuania and
other northern provinces of Poland
8. Description of the Hive as used by the Moscovites
9. The proper situation of Bee-gardens
10. The preparation of the Ground for the Stand of the
Hive
27
11. The peculiar Stand for the Bee-hive
28
12. The inconveniences of Straw Hives, and the storied,
side, and extra Boxes
30
PART SECOND.
DUTIES OF A BEEKEEPER IN POLAND.
I. IN THE SPRING.
13. Description of the necessary Tools and Implements . 35
14. General visitation, cleaning, and supporting of the
Hives
15. Preparation of the Stands and new Hives for the forth-
coming young Swarms
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11.-DUTIES IN THE EARLY SUMMER.
16. The watching and marking of the Winter-stock Hives,
intending to cast young Swarms.
17. Regulation of the strength of each Hive
18. Proceedings in hiving the Swarms
19. How to prevent the young Swarms from dividing.
20. How to prevent the old Hives from enfeebling and
destroying themselves by overbreeding
22. Proceedings with regard to the new Hives
23. How to introduce a new Queen to a Hive that has
24. Proceedings in large Bee-gardens, when it happens
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that Fifty or more Hives swarm at the same time 47
25. Duties of the Beekeeper during the time of the
general Labour of the Bees.
26. How to prevent one Hive from being attacked and
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III.-DUTIES IN AUTUMN.
28. What quantity of Honey-comb ought to be cut out
from the Hives destined for Winter-stock
29. How to provide for and secure the Hives in the
open air, during the rigour of Winter
30. The Beating-out of the yearly Hives
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IV. CONCLUSION OF DUTIES.
31. The time when the old Swarms must be provided
32. How to make a Swarm pass from one Hive to another. 56
33. Precautions taken by the Beekeepers in Harvest-time,
when cutting out the Honey-combs; and in the
Spring, when cutting out the Royal Cells.
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PART THIRD.
MANAGEMENT, OF HONEY, WAX, ETC.
34. The manner in which clear Honey is obtained without
pressing, or melting over Fire
35. How to make Vinegar from the Sediment of the Honey-
Combs, (called by some, owing to its clearness and
acidity, Devil's Vinegar,) .
36. How to make Miodomel (commonly called Hydromel,
but not the Mead of the ancient Britons—a Liquor
of excellent quality, which may be kept for a long
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period, and constantly improving in quality)
37. The use of Miodomel as a strengthening Medicine
38. On the Cultivation of Buck-wheat
39. Description of the Art of Wax-bleaching.