CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Why Keep Bees 3 



II. How to Begin Bee-Keeping ... 8 



III. The Location and the Arrangement of the 



Apiary 20 



IV. The Inhabitants of the Hive ... 27 



V. The Industries oLihe Hive ... 50 



VI. The Swarming of Bees .... 64 



VII. How to Keep from Keeping Too Many Bees 73 



VIII. The Hive and How to Handle It . 83 



IX. Details Concerning Honey . . . 106 



X. Extracted Honey 117 



XI. Points About Beeswax .... 126 



XII. Feeding Bees 136 



XIII. How to Winter Bees .... 145 



XIV. Rearing and Introducing Queens . . 156 

 XV. Robbing in the Apiary .... 164 



XVI. The Enemies and Diseases of Bees . . 172 



XVII. The Anatomy of the Honey Bee . . 181 



XVIII. Interrelation of Bees and Plants . . 194 



XIX. Bee-Keepers and Bee-Keeping . . 206 



XX. Bee-Hunting 21 1 



Bibliography 215 



Index ...,,.... 219 



