or how to_Realize the Most Money with the Smallest Expenditure of Capital 

 and Labor in the Care of Bees, Rationally Considered. 



B^S" .4.. I. I^OOT & CO- 



OT 



Mar* asfg'® 



In tlie Preparation of this Journal the following are the Principal Periodicals Consulted : 

 Aaa^a^lC^aa B"©© ^roil^mal® Clarke, and Mrs. Tupper. 



Mm-m 'W&WiM® a. F. Moon & Co. 



{Also Bound Volumes of the former since 1860, aiid Files of all other Bee Journals th^it have been 



Published in America.] 



C O IV T 



Page. 



Friend KelloKg's Bee yard etc <)1 



Our own Apiary (U 



(Jiillts 01 



Freezinj? the brood (j'i 



Introducing Queens (>2 



I'ollen substitutes (ki 



Feeding in cold weather 6.'5 



Ti. L. Lanpstroth '!■'{ 



l-eaky covers <>4 



How "to fret ftlonjc well (U 



IIow to build worker combs profitably r>5 



Tennessee and the Mltrrat^ry plan...." (iS 



Labels, Queens, and California honey C.5 



The dwindling down in our own Apiary 6() 



Double and single walls (iG 



E :iv T S s 



Page. 



Comb foundations 66 



Combs for new colonies *>•> 



Automatic Swarm catcher and hiver <'" 



About Hivrs 6^ 



Honev, how to sell in May 68 



Humbugs and Swindles 68 



IJeports p:ncouragIng 68 



Heads of (irain 69 



Honey from the soft maple 69 



Pollen from the Elm 70 



Fifteen colonies from one 70 



Cider and bees ■ 70 



Coal-dust and sawdust for pollen 70 



House or box for meal feeding 71 



Transferring 72 



