TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PA6K, 



LIST of Plates and Explanation of Wood-Cuts Illustrating the 



Natural History of Bees 11 



CHAPTER. 



I. Facts connected with the invention of the Movable-Comb 



Bee-Hive 13 



II. The Honey-Bee capable of being tamed 24 



III. The Queen, or Mother-Bee. The Drones. The Workers. 



Facts in their Natural History 29 



IV. Comb 69 



V. Propolis 76 



VI. Pollen, or " Bee Bread." 80 



VII. Ventilation of the Bee-Hive 88 



Yin. Requisites of a Complete Hive ." 95 



IX. Natural Swarming, and Hiving of Swarms '. 109 



X. Artificial Swarming 143 



XL Loss of the Queen 213 



XII. The Bee-Moth, and other Enemies of Bees. Diseases of 



Bees 228 



Xin. Robbing, and how Prevented 261 



XIV. Directions for Feeding Bees 267 



XV. The Apiary. Procuring Bees to Stock it. Transferring 



Bees from Common to Movable-Comb Hives 279 



XVI. Honey 285 



XVII. Bee-Pasturage. Over-Stocking 292 



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