TABLE OF CONTENTS. Vll 



One Year Among the Bees 102 



What constitutes a colony of bees 102 



Early spring management 103 



Stimulative feeding 105 



The bee veil and smoker 106 



The honey season 107 



Hives and appliances 109 



The Parker foundation fastener Ill 



Super for holding the sections 112 



The section-holder super 113 



Section boxes, shipping crates, etc 114 



Hives complete 114 



The extractor 116 



Extracting honey 118 



Hiving swarms 119 



Putting hives together 121 



Queen-cells and queen rearing 122 



Frames of comb foundation 124 



Feeding bees 125 



House apiaries 126 



Opening hives and handling bees 129 



Reversing the comb 131 



Close of the honey season 131 



Cellar wintering 133 



Chaff hives and outdoor wintering 134 



Chaff hive complete 135 



Colony of bees ready for shipment 135 



Introducing queens 136 



Winter care of bees 137 



Dividing bees for increase 137 



Diseases and Enemies of Bees 139 



Foul-brood 139 



The wax moth 141 



Ants, wasps, spiders 141 



Principal Honey- and Pollen-Producing Plants of Kansas 142 



Books and Journals relating to Apiculture 144 



