CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Shall I Go South 9 



II. What a Beginner Must Learn 17 



III. Apparatus of the South 23 



IV. Making a Start. 29 



V. The Seasons in the South... .-. 35 



VI. Wintering Bees in the South ....'. 45 



VII. Combless Packages and Queen Rearing..-.. 53 



VIII. The Tropical South 61 



IX. The Alluvial Region 69 



X. Mountain Beekeeping 79 



XI. The Lone Star State 87 



XIL Bee Diseases and Inspection 97 



XI II. Southern Honey Markets. 105 



XIV. Honev Plants of the South 11 1 



