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THE

BEEKEEPER'S MANUAL:

FOUNDED ON

THE EXPERIENCE, DURING MANY CENTURIES, OF

THE APIARIANS IN POLAND.

DEDICATED TO

The Agriculturists of Great Britain.

BY

DOBROGOST CHYLINSKI.

LONDON:

WM. S. ORR AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCXLV.

CONTENTS.

PART FIRST.

1. Remarks on the Writers upon this subject, and on the

cultivation of the Honey-bee generally

2. Apiaries in Poland: their great extent, productiveness,

3. Classification of Bees by Polish Beekeepers

4. On the Construction of the Cells, so far as is necessary

for a Beekeeper to know

5. The Hive of Poland

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

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10. The preparation of the Ground for the Stand of the

Hive

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11. The peculiar Stand for the Bee-hive

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12. The inconveniences of Straw Hives, and the storied,

side, and extra Boxes

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