LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Frontispiece : The Author. 



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Abdomen of Italian Worker 8 



-3—4- Queen. Drone. Worker ii 



Head of Worker Bee ... 14 



Ovaries of Queen 16 



From the Egg to the Bee ... 19 



W. Larvae and Q. Cells ... 20 

 Queen Cells over Worker 



Cells 21 



The Sting 23 



Wax Pockets of Worker Bee 29 



Steam Wax Press 32 



Hatch Wax Press 33 



Solar Wax Extractor ... 35 



Drone and Worker Cells ... 37 



Government Apiary 41 



Ground Plan Extracting 



House 43 



Hopkins' Langstroth Hive ... 47 

 Langstroth Hive for Comb 



Honey ... ■■• ■•• ••• 48 

 End of Hive (Inside Vievi^) ... 50 

 End of Hive (Outside View) 50 

 Side of Hive (Inside View) ... 51 

 Putting Parts of Hive To- 

 gether 52 



Bottom Board 53 



Alighting Board 54 



End of Cover 55 



Side of Cover 55 



Ridge Board of Cover ... 55 



Roof Board of Cover 56 



Cover Complete ... ... 56 



Hopkins' Hive Cramp ... 58 



Hoffman Brood Frames ... 60 



Metal Spaced Frame 61 



Shallow Hoffman Frame ... 62 

 Half-story Frame with Sec- 

 tions 62 



One Piece Section Box . 64 



Comb Foundation 65 



Wax T-'be Fastener 68 



Wiring Board 69 



Spur Wire Embedder ... 70 

 Fixed Basket Extractor ... 71 

 Six-comb Reversible Ex- 

 tractor 72 



Automatic Reversible Four- 

 comb Extractor 73 



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44. Bingham Uncapping Knife... 74 



45. Dadant Uncapping Can ... 74 



46. Root Cappings Melter ... 75 



47. Bee Veils 78 



48. Corneil Smoker ... ... ... 79 



49. Vesuvius Smoker ... ... 79 



50. Hive Tool 81 



51. Comb Holder 82 



52. Wood Cell Cups (cross 



sections) 96 



53 Wood Cell Cups Spiked to 



Frame ... ... ... ... 96 



54. Queen Cell Completed on 



Wood Base ... ... ... 96 



55. Showing How to Cut the 



Comb 98 



56. Frame for Raising Queen 



Cells 99 



57. Queen Cell Protector ... loi 



58. Alley's Queen Nursery ... 102 



59. Alley's Nursery Cage ... 103 



60. Alley's Introducing Cage ... 104 



61. Titoff Introducing Cage ... 104 



62. Introducing Cage in Use ... 104 



63. Drone and Queen Trap ... 105 



64. Clipping Queen's Wings ... 106 



65. Comb Prepared for Queen 



Cells 109 



66. Comb with Eighty Good 



Queen Cells no 



67. Division Board m 



68. Division Boards in Use ... 112 



69. Simplicity Feeder 114 



70. Doolittle Feeder 114 



71. Zinc Excluder ... ... ... 116 



72. Wood and Wire Excluder ... 116 



73. Comb Basket 118 



74. Bee Brush 119 



75. "Daisy" Wheelbarrow ... 119 



76. Honey Tank 123 



77. Alexander Strainer 124 



78. Porter Bee Escape 128 



79. Portion of Diseased Comb ... 136 



80. Large Wax moth 144 



81. Silken Tube of the Moth 



Larvae 144 



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