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BEE KEEPING FOR PROFIT.
A NEW SYSTEM
OF
BEE MANAGEMENT
THIRD EDITION
BY
Mrs. Lizzie E. Cotton,
WEST GORHAM, MAINE.
ILLUSTRATED.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR.
1891.
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MRS. LIZZIE E. COTTON.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1891, by
MRS. LIZZIE E. COTTON,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
WM. M. MARKS, PRINTER, PORTLAND.
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CONTENTS.
| Chapter. | Page. | |
| I. | Honey Bees | 15 |
| II. | The Controllable Hive and New System of Bee Management | 26 |
| III. | Patent and Non-Patent Hives | 34 |
| IV. | Feeding | 37 |
| V. | Boxes for Surplus Honey | 43 |
| VI. | Swarming and Hiving | 48 |
| VII. | Anger of Bees | 60 |
| VIII. | Bee Moth | 65 |
| IX. | Robbing | 68 |
| X. | Profits of Bee-Keeping | 73 |