ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAQK 



The Orchard Furnishes an Ideal Location for the Apiary . .Frontispiece 



1. A Bee- Keeper Who Makes Pets of His Bees 2 



2. Getting Acquainted 3 



3. The Sting is an Effective Weapon of Defence 4 



4. Just for the Joy of It 7 



5. Many Successful Apiaries Built Up from a Single Colony 10 



6. A Few Colonies May be Kept on the Roof 11 



7. House Built from One Honey Crop from Less Than 300 Hives 12 



8. A Town-Lot Apiary 14 



9. Intensive Bee-Keeping 15 



10. The Silk Tulle Veil No Obstruction to the Vision 20 



11. A Youthful Beginner and the Necessary Outfit 21 



12. Good Hive Tools 22 



13. Smokers in Common Use 23 



14. Metal Top Covered with Flaxboard 24 



15. Tin Comb Bucket 26 



16. Observatory Hive 26 



17. An Apiary Ready for Shipment 31 



18. Transferring from Hollow Tree Without Cutting the Tree 34 



19. An Apiary Without Shade 37 



20. A Well-Arranged Apiary in California 38 



21. A Hive-Stand of Cement for Two Colonies 39 



22. A Tub of Water Covered with Chipped Cork Makes a Safe Watering 



Place 40 



23. A Long Trough with Burlap Lining for Watering the Bees 42 



24. Record on Back of Hive Cover in Dadant Apiary 44 



25. Soft Maple and Pussy Willow are Sources of Early Pollen and Nectar 53 



26. Catkins of Pussy Willow 54 



27. Blossoms of Soft Maple 55 



28. Fruit Blossoms Furnish Large Quantities of Honey for Early Brood 



Rearing 56 



29. The Golden Rod is an Important Source of Fall Nectar in Some 



Localities 62 



30. The Cup-Plant or Rosin Weed 64 



31. Blossoms of the Cup-Plant 65 



32. The Yellow Crownbeard is Much Sought by the Bees 66 



33. Wild Sunflowers are Important Honey Producing Plants over I^arge 



Areas 67 



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