The Handy Book of Bees: Being a Practical Treatise on Their Profitable ManagementW. Blackwood and Sons, 1870 - 193 páginas |
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... side the hive were admitted every afternoon . This simple experiment fully convinced me that the impulses of a young queen for a mate are very strong and urgent ; and when she fails to find one , the fault is not hers . The drones ...
... side the hive were admitted every afternoon . This simple experiment fully convinced me that the impulses of a young queen for a mate are very strong and urgent ; and when she fails to find one , the fault is not hers . The drones ...
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... that is 1000 inches of comb for brood in each hive . One inch of comb . has fifty worker - cells in it , twenty - five on each side . Very well , 1000 inches of comb con- tains 50,000 young bees , in all stages , from 8 HANDY BOOK OF BEES .
... that is 1000 inches of comb for brood in each hive . One inch of comb . has fifty worker - cells in it , twenty - five on each side . Very well , 1000 inches of comb con- tains 50,000 young bees , in all stages , from 8 HANDY BOOK OF BEES .
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... side up , the bees adopt it as a commence- ment , but reverse the dip of the cells , so as to make them better shaped for holding honey . The stays and props so frequently given to weak places and loose combs display great ingenuity ...
... side up , the bees adopt it as a commence- ment , but reverse the dip of the cells , so as to make them better shaped for holding honey . The stays and props so frequently given to weak places and loose combs display great ingenuity ...
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... the hive is turned up or a little to on side . But after having been put twice through the stills of bees it is not easily disturbed . Be- sides , the taste is considerably improved . Doubtless there HONEY . 47 26 26 CHAPTER VIII Honey,
... the hive is turned up or a little to on side . But after having been put twice through the stills of bees it is not easily disturbed . Be- sides , the taste is considerably improved . Doubtless there HONEY . 47 26 26 CHAPTER VIII Honey,
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... side . " So in bee - keeping , good luck attends those who use hives large enough to hold many bees . The secret of profit is here . It is rather puzzling to do sums in practice before the multiplication table has been mastered : it is ...
... side . " So in bee - keeping , good luck attends those who use hives large enough to hold many bees . The secret of profit is here . It is rather puzzling to do sums in practice before the multiplication table has been mastered : it is ...
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