LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plate I. — ^Basswood blossom . . Frontispiece 



Observation hives . . . Page 2 



Plate II.— (a) Two flat section boxes ^^"^° ^^^= 

 (6) Corneil smoker .... 14 



Plate III. — (a) Dixie bee-brush, spur wire- 

 embedder and Van Deusen wax-tube 

 fastener. (6) A super with fences, (c) 

 The Porter bee-escape in a honey-board 15 



Plate IV. Hives well shaded by a tree . 26 



Plate V. (a) Queen; drone; worker. 



(h) Queen cell, (c) Miller's queen in- 

 troducing cage 27 



Plate VI. Head of drone; head of queen; 

 head of worker; ventral surface of 

 worker showing plates of wax . . 30 



Plate VII. Legs and antennae of the honey- 

 bee 31 



Plate VIII. Drone cells in a comb of honey. 50 



Plate IX. Side of hive removed showing 



the bees at work .... 51 



Plate X. Bees hanging in a curtain secret- 

 ing wax 62 



Plate XI. Hiving bees; cutting down a 



swarm 63 



