ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



no. PAQE 



73. Dr. L. D. Leonard Method of Putting Foundation into Split Sections 145 



74. The Pangburn Foundation Fastener and Sections Filled with 



Foundation 146 



75. Method of Putting in Foundation with Pangburn Fastener 147 



76. The Use of Super Springs 148 



77. Ventilated Bee Escape and Queen Excluders 153 



78. The Porter Bee Escape 161 



79. Sphuler's Hand Extractor as Used in Europe 166 



80. Storage Tanks of a Large Honey Producer in California 167 



81. A Power Driven Extractor 168 



82. Sixty Pound Cans for Extracted Honey 170 



83. The Townsend Uncapping Box 171 



84. The Peterson Capping Melter 172 



85. Bingham Uncapping Knife 173 



86. Langstroth Hive for Extracted Honey 174 



87. Langstroth Hive Dissected 174 



88. A Well- Arranged, Two-Story Honey House 176 



89. Large Honey House With All Work on Ground Floor 177 



90. The Automobile is Valuable for Outyard Work 178 



91. Upper Comb Built on Full Sheet of Foundation; Lower Without 



Foundation 180 



92. Usual Method of Wiring Frames 181 



93. Hoffman Frame with Full Sheet of Foundation 182 



94. Development of Combs from Foimdation 182 



95. Comb Built on Wired Frame with Full Sheet of Foundation 183 



96. Strong Colony for Extracted Honey Production 184 



97. Colony that Produced Forty Dollars Worth of Extracted Honey in 



One Season 184 



98. Wheelbarrow Load of Extracting Supers 188 



99. Utilizing Feed Cooker for Liquefying Candied Honey by Steam 192 



100. Hatch Wax Press 202 



101. Steam Wax Press 204 



102. Brood Comb from Colony Affected with American Foul Brood 208 



103. Work of Wax Moths in Colony Affected by American Foul Brood. . 209 



104. Thirteen Colonies Left of One Hundred Five as the Result of 



European Foul Brood for Eight Months 216 



105. Appearance of Larvae Affected by European Foul Brood 218 



106. The Natural and Preferred Food of the Skunk is Insects. The 



Honey-Bee is a Tempting Delicacy to the Skimk Palate 225 



107. The Robber Fly 226 



108. The Value of a Good Natural Wmdbreak Behind an Apiary Can 



Hardly be Overestimated 238 



