CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE 



Preface 



I. Introductory and Historical ... ... i 



II. The Honey Bee and its Varieties ... 7 



III. Inmates of the Hive : Their Natural 



History ... ... ... ... 10 



IV. What Bees Collect and What They 



Produce ... ... ... ... 26 



\'. The Apiary ... ... ... ... 39 



A^I. Hives, Frames, and Section Boxes ... 47 



VII. Comb Foundation ... ... ... 65 



\TII. The Honey Extractor and Extracting 



Appliances ... ... ... ... 71 



IX. Handling Bees 



X. Transferring Bees 



XI Increase — Natural and Artificial 

 Swarming 



83 



05 



94 



1 1 1 



127 



134 



XII. Queen Rearing 



XIII. Surplus Honey 



XIV. Autumn and Winter Management 

 XV. Diseases and Enemies of Bees 



XVI. The New Zealand Apiaries Act ... 146 



XVII. Bee Forage — Bees in Relation to 



Horticulture and Agriculture ... 149 



XVIII. Bees in Relation to Agriculture ... 153 



XIX. Calendar and Bee-Keeper's Axioms ... 166 

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