CONTENTS. 



Acknowledgment -. 7 



Report on the Experimental Apiary 9 



Bee Keeping : . . . 15 



Introduction 15 



Food value of honey 16 



Profit in bee keeping 17 



Races of bees 18 



Black, or German bees 18 



Carniolans 19 



Cyprians , 19 



Holy Lands 20 



Italians 20 



Golden Italians 21 



Hybrids 21 



How to secure bees ...... 22 



Life and habits of the bee 22 



Hives 26 



Other apparatus 27 



How to open a hive 28 



Location of hives and apiary . 30 



Apparatus necessary for more extensive work 31 



Transferring 33 



Robbing 34 



Preparation of bees for winter 34 



Feeding 34 



The honey flow 35 



Supers 36 



Cleanliness 38 



Preparing honey for market 38 



Grading rules 38 



Standard packages 40 



Marketing honey 40 



Bees wax 40 



Swarming 41 



Prevention and control of swarming 44 



Queen rearing 46 



Enemies of bees 47 



Diseases 47 



Ants 49 



Other insects 50 



Birds and other enemies 50 



Honey plants 51 



Education 52 



Supplies 53 



