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... method which he has applied to the management of his bees , and which he has moreover extended to the poorer inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Arzier , by inducing them to modify the old system of bee culture by the adoption of the ...
... method which he has applied to the management of his bees , and which he has moreover extended to the poorer inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Arzier , by inducing them to modify the old system of bee culture by the adoption of the ...
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... methods for obtaining the best supply of honey , having an eye , at the same time , to the preser- vation and increase of the colonies . No system of apiculture can be called rational which does not allow the bee - master to develop the ...
... methods for obtaining the best supply of honey , having an eye , at the same time , to the preser- vation and increase of the colonies . No system of apiculture can be called rational which does not allow the bee - master to develop the ...
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... method can only be em- ployed by those who have time to waste , and , moreover , presents many difficulties . † It is clear , however , that by taking out some * Method pointed out , long ago , by M. de Gélieu . ' There is very little ...
... method can only be em- ployed by those who have time to waste , and , moreover , presents many difficulties . † It is clear , however , that by taking out some * Method pointed out , long ago , by M. de Gélieu . ' There is very little ...
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... which has been of service to us in the various ex- periments we have made . * In the frontispiece weather - boarding is shown , instead of this method . CHAPTER IV . ON VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF HIVES . If On the Bee - House Simplified . 13.
... which has been of service to us in the various ex- periments we have made . * In the frontispiece weather - boarding is shown , instead of this method . CHAPTER IV . ON VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF HIVES . If On the Bee - House Simplified . 13.
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... method of multiplying swarms , in a good year , consists in taking one or more combs full of brood at different stages of maturity , and in placing them in an empty hive , together with the bars on which they are built . Remove a well ...
... method of multiplying swarms , in a good year , consists in taking one or more combs full of brood at different stages of maturity , and in placing them in an empty hive , together with the bars on which they are built . Remove a well ...
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