Practical Queen Rearing

Chapter I 1 The Races of Bees 1 Chapter II 11 Life Story of the Bee 11 Life of the Queen 11 The Drone 13 Queen Rearing in Nature 14 Chapter III 15 Improvement of Stock by Breeding 15 Desirable Traits in Breeding Stock 16 Control of Drones 18 Mating in Confinement a Failure 20 Parthenogenesis 21 Chapter IV 22 Equipment for Queen Rearing 22 Grafting House 22 Mating-Hives 24 The Rauchfuss Mating Boxes 24 Baby Nuclei 27 Small Hives 27 Divided Standard Hives 30 Feeders 33 Nursery Cages 34 Alley Nursery Cage 35 Rauchfuss Nursery Cage 35 Shipping Cages 36 Chapter V 38 Early Methods of Queen Rearing 38 Langstroth's Method 38 Quinby's Method 39 The Alley Plan 40 Chapter VI 43 Present Day Methods 43 The Davis Method of Using Drone Comb 43 Natural Built Cells by the Miller Plan 46 Big Batches of Natural Cells by the Hopkins or Case Method 48 The Doolittle Cell Cup Method 51 Chapter VII 55 Preparation for Cells 55 Getting Jelly to Start With 55 The Author's Plan 56 Transferring the Larvae 57 Chapter VIII 62 Getting Cells Started 62 Removing Queen and Brood 63 The Swarm Box 65 Rearing Queens in Oueenright Colonies 66 Feeding 67 Chapter IX 68 Care of Finished Cells 68 Use of Cell Protectors 70 Formation of Nuclei 71 Stocking Mating Boxes or Baby Nuclei 72 Chapter X 74 Combining Mating with Making of Increase 74 Chapter XI 78 Shipping Queens 78 Making the Candy 78 Caging the Queens 79 What the Buyer has a Right to Expect 80 Grading 80 Chapter XII 83 The Introduction of Queens 83 Details of Cage Methods 84 Direct Introduction 85 Honey and Flour Methods 88 Water Method 89 Introduction of Virgins 89 Chapter XIII 90 Spreading Disease from the Queen Yard 90