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Book: The Cause and Control of Swarming in Bees
Collection: Rothamsted Conferences
Year of Publication : 1935
Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.23637/ERADOC-1-212
Reference:
Sir E. J. Russell (1935) Xx. The Cause and Control of Swarming in Bees in : The Cause and Control of Swarming in Bees - pp 1 - 31
Copyright: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Creator: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Publisher: Rothamsted Research
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Title	Pages
Xx. The Cause and Control of Swarming in Bees	1
The Cause and Control of Swarming in Bees Being the Report of a Conference Held at Rothamsted on April 27th 1935	3
Contents	4
Introduction	5
Historical Notes on Theories of Swarm Control	6
Gertsung's Brood Food Theory	10
Swarming and the Division of Labour in the Hive	14
The Snelgrove Method of Swarm Prevention	18
The Demaree System (Contributed)	22
The Peck Method	24
Swarming : What is the Cause?	27