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An edition of Bee-culture (1905)

Bee-culture

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The two former Bulletins, Nos. 5 and 18, have been revised, enlarged, and embodied in the present one. All subjects, including the chapter on Diseases and their Treatment, have been brought up to date, and the efficacy of the treatment prescribed has been fully proven in practice throughout the Dominion. The additional subject-matter will, I believe, further assist those who take up the fascinating occupation of beekeeping, whether for pleasure or profit.

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New Zealand Department of Agriculture
Language
English
Pages
79

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Bees, bees, bee-culture, bee-keeping, apiary

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early 1900s
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Table of Contents

Note. 5
Preface. 7
PART I.— ADVICE TO BEGINNERS.
I. Introductory. 9
Who should not keep Bees. 10
Beekeeping for Ladies. 10
Cadetship. 11
Cadets at the State Apiaries. 11
Profits in Beekeeping. 11
Beekeeping combined with other Pursuits. 12
Beekeeping Literature. 12
II. The Hive to adopt. 13
The Langstroth Hive. 13
Making Hives. 15
A Cheap Langstroth Frame Hive. 15
III. When and how to start Beekeeping. 17
Start with Common Bees. 17
The Honey to raise. 17
Raising Section-honey. 18
Cost of a Beginner's Outfit. 18
IV. The Apiary. 18
Choice of a Locality for Bee farming. 8
Site and Shelter. 19
Tagasaste. 20
Giant-growing Privet. 21
Water. 21
Area of Ground for a Bee-farm. 21
Laying out an Apiary. 22
Keeping the Hives free from Grass. 22
Shade. 23
Flat Covers. 23
Apiary Buildings. 24
Plans and Specifications. 24
V. Handling Bees. 26
Bee-veil and Smoker. 27
How to manipulate a Hive. 27
Handling Frames of Comb. 28
VI. Working Bees on Shares. 28
PART II.— PRACTICAL ADVICE.
I. The Use of Comb-foundation. 30
II. The Ripening and Maturing of Honey. 31
Amount of Moisture in Honey. 32
Testing Honey for Ripeness. 33
Specific Gravity of Honey. 33
Method of Testing. 34
Ripening Honey inside and outside the Hive. 35
Ripening and Maturing Tanks. 37
Honey-strainers. 38
Size of Honey-tanks. 38
E. W. Alexander's Honey-tank. 40
Heating the Honey-house at Night. 40
Liquefying Granulated Honey. 40
Remarks. 41
III. Dealing with Thick Honey. 41
Flora from which Thick Honey is gathered. 42
Making the Best of the Difficulty. 42
Honey-press. 42
Objections to the Use of Queen-excluders. 44
IV. Spring Feeding of Bees. 45
The Cause of Starvation. 45
When and how to feed. 46
Feeders. 46
V. The Solar Wax-extractor. 47
VI. Diseases of Bees and their Treatment. 48
Foul-brood. 49
Other Diseases. 55
The Large Bee or Wax Moth. 56
The Apiaries Act. 59
PART III.— BEES IN RELATION TO FLOWERS AND FRUIT-CULTURE.
I. In relation to Flowers generally. 61
Sexual Organs in Flowers. 61
Mechanism of Flowers. 62
II. In relation to Fruit-culture. 64
Shelter. 68
Spraying Fruit - trees while in Blossom. 68
Do Bees injure Fruit?. 69
PART IV.— BEES IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE.
Are Bees Trespassers?. 71
Beneficial Influence of Bees on Agriculture. 71
Can Bees harm the Soil or the Crops?. 73
Saccharine Matter of Plants not derived from the Soil. 73
Nectar of Plants intended to attract Insects. 74
Question as to Grazing Stock. 77
Quantity of Honey furnished by Pasture-land. 77
Beekeeping as a Branch of Farming. 79
PLATES.
Frontispiece — Isaac Hopkins, Government Apiculturist.
Plate II — Frame Hive constructed from Kerosene-case.
III — Hedge of Tagasaste.
IV — An Overcrowded Apiary.
V — Model Apiary, Government Experimental Farm, Ruakura.
Va and Vb — Queen-rearing Apiairy, Government Experimental Farm, Waerenga.
VI — Extracting-room, Honey-house.
VII — Fumigating-room, Honey-house.
VIII to XII — Handling Bees.
XIII — Comb showing Drone-cells.
XIV — Worker-comb.
XV — Cheese-press converted into Honey-press.
XVI. — Solar Wax-extractor.
XVII. — Comb infested with Foul-brood.
XVIII. — Portion of Diseased Comb ; natural size.
XIX. — Comb attacked by Larger Wax-moth.

Edition Notes

(Third Edition, 25,000, March, 1909.)

New Zealand Department of Agriculture
Division of Biology and Horticulture
T. W. Kirk, F.L.S., Government Biologist, Chief of Division.

I. Advice to Beginners.
II. Practical Advice.
III. Bees in Relation to Flowers and Fruit-culture.
IV. Bees in Relation to Agriculture

Illustrated.

By direction of the Right Hon. Sir J. G. WARD, P.C, K.C.M.G., Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture.

Wellington. By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer.

Published in
Wellington, NZ
Series
Bulletin (New Zealand. Division of Biology and Horticulture) ; no. 18.

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Government Printer

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Pagination
79 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Number of pages
79
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

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OL24170706M
Internet Archive
cu31924003713652
OCLC/WorldCat
63373661
Wikidata
Q51445873

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Bulletin prepared by Isaac Hopkins for the New Zealand Department of Agriculture with practical advice about bee-keeping (or bee-culture). The three editions of the bulletin increasingly expand on the topic and cover all aspects of bee-keeping, including advice to beginners, diseases and treatment, honey production, flowers and fruit, and agriculture.

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