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ILLUSTRATIONS. ix 



PLATES IN PART II. 



I. Some Kansas Apiaries Frontispiece. 



II. Varieties of bees 70 



III. Digestive system of bee 76 



IV. Shades of color in various kinds of honey 78 



FIGURES IN PART II. 



1. Secretion of wax scales 75 



2. The sting of the worker bee and its appendages. 80 



3. Pollination of alfalfa blossom by bee 81 



4. Cluster of alfalfa with bee feeding S3- 



5. Honey-bee on alfalfa .... 90 



6. Honey-bee on white clover 93 



7. Honey-bee on sweet clover 96- 



8. Bee veil and smoker 107 



9. Hives and appliances for honey production 109 1 



10. Parker foundation fastener Ill 



11. Super for holding the sections 113- 



12. Section-holder super 114 



13. Section boxes, shipping crate, etc 115 



14. Hives complete 115 



15. Extractor with inside gearing raised and exposed to view 117 



16. Extracting honey 118 



17. Hiving swarms 120 



18. Putting hives together 122 



19. Queen-cells and queen rearing 123 



20. Frames of comb foundation 125 



21. Feeding bees 126 



22. House apiaries 127 



23. Opening hives and handling bees 130 



24. Reversing the comb 131 



25. Outside view of house apiary 132 



26. Cellar wintering 133 



27. Chaff hives and outdoor wintering 134 



28. Chaff hive complete 135 



29. Colony of bees ready for shipment 136- 



