CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE. 



L Experience in Bee-Keeping 27 



II. Introduction of the Honey Bee to California 37 



III. The Honey Bee: Classification, Physiology and Char- 



acteristics 47 



IV. Diseases 83 



V. Enemies , , 105 



(VI. Taming Bees 121 

 VII. Hives . 129 



VIII. Choice of Stock 161 



IX. Pasturage 171 



X. The Apiary 181 



XL Honey. 189 



XII. Pollen, or Bee-Bread 211 



XIII. Propolis 221 



XIV. Bees-Wax 226 



XV. Swarming 233 



XVI. Forced Swarming 253 



XVII. Colonizing 259 



XVIII. Comb 277 



XIX. Transferring 289 



XX. Feeding 299 



