PART I.

Chap. Page.

I. The History and Physiology of the Bee 1

II. The Apiary 47

III. The Bee-house 52

IV. Pasturage 55

V. Honey-dew 71

VI. The Purchase of Bees 80

VII. Bee-boxes 83

VIII. Bee-hives 95

IX. Comparative Advantages of Wooden Boxes and Straw Hives 100

X. Leaf Hives 102

XI. Dividers 107

XII. Storifying 109

XIII. Swarming 115

XIV. Comparative Advantages of Storifying and Single-hiving 122

XV. Symptoms which precede Swarming 127

XVI. Hiving of Swarms 136

XVII. On removing Bees from common Straw Hives to Storifying Hives or Boxes 148

XVIII. Super- and Nadir-hiving by means of Binders 151

XIX. Uniting Swarms or Stocks 154

XX. Proper Periods of Deprivation 162

XXI. Taking Money by means of Dividers 167

XXII. The Bee-dress 176

XXIII. Feeding 179

XXIV. Diseases of Bees 184

XXV. Enemies of Bees 199

XXVI. Exotic Bees 210

XXVII. Separation of Wax and Honey 216

XXVIII. Wax 220

XXIX. Honey 226

XXX. Mead 236