CONTENTS 



Introduction.— p. 13. 



Who May Keep Bees. 



Specialists,Amateurs,Who Should 

 Not Keep Bees, Inducements to 

 Bee-Keeping, Recreation, Profits, 

 Excellence as an Amateur Pursuit, 

 Adaptation to Women, Improves 

 the Mind, the Observation and 

 Heart, Yields Delicious Food^ 

 Brings the Second Blade ©f" Grass, 

 Adds to the Nation's Wealth, 

 What Successful Be'eKeepJrg Re- 

 quires, Mental Effoii^, Eji^erieace 

 Necessary, Learn- fi-ojn Gchtrs, Aid 

 from ConventiOfl6.,V-iJ^ from Bee- 

 Journals, American- Bee Journal, 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture, Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, Canadian Bee 

 Journal, Aiierican o Bee-Keeper, 

 Progressive Eee-.Keeper, Lone Star 

 Apiarist, Book's <ol- the Apiarist, 

 Langstroth ol the Iloney-Bee, A B 

 C of Bee-Culture, R^ios «ind Honey, 

 Scientific Queeri-Rea'^lL^, (Advanced 

 Bee-Culture, Bee-I^e'cpi^g for Be- 

 ginners, Foreigr, PubUcatiOLS, 

 British Bee Journal, Foreign Books, 

 Promptitude, Enthusiasni. 



Part I. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HONEY- 

 BEE. 



CHAPTER I.- p. 31. 



The Bee^s Place in the Animal King- 

 dom. 



Branch of the Honey-Bee, The 

 Class of the Honey-Bee, Order of 

 the Honey-Bee, Family of the 



Honey-Bee, The Genus of the 

 Honey-Bee, Species of Our Honey- 

 Bees, Races of the Honey-Bee, Ger- 

 man or Black Bee, Ligurian or Ital- 

 ian, The Syrian and Cyprian Races, 

 Other Races, Bibliography, Val- 

 uable Books for the Student of 

 Entomology. 



CHAPTER XL— p. 64. 



Atiaiomy and Physiology. 



, Ar\a>;otny of Insects, Organs of 

 the ,Htad, Appendages of the 

 Thorax, . Internal Anatomy of In- 

 sects, Secretory Organs of Insects, 

 Sex-Organs of lasects. Transforma- 

 tion of Insects, The Egg,The Larva 

 of Insecte, IJhe'Pupa of Insects, 

 The Imago Stage,Incomplete Trans- 

 formation, Anatomy and Physiology 

 of the npney-Bae, Three Kinds of 

 Bees in etfih Family, The Queen- 

 Bee, Straccure and Natural His- 

 tory, Tlij; Drones, The Neuters or 

 WorJ'.or.'?, Glandular Organs. 



CHAPTER III.— p. 165. 



Swarming, or Natural Methods of 

 Increase. 



CHAPTER IV.— p. 171. 



Products of Bees, their Origiii and 

 Function. 



Honey, Wax, Pollen, or Bee-Bread, 

 Propolis, Bibliography. 



