Contents. 



Preface to th« First Edition ... ••• ••• ■■• V^- 



Pref ace to the Second Edition ... ... ■■■ ■• ^"• 



Preface to the Third Edition .. v 



Preface to the Fifth Editittn ... vi. 



Note ... ... ... ... ... X. 



Chapter I. — The Occupants of the Hive ... ... i 



General Remarks, 1, S,. Oooupants of the hive, 8. Queen, i. 

 Workers, 9. Drones', 6. 



Chapter II. — The Bee in Spring ... ... ... 4 



Signs of turrival, 7. Breeding begitM, 8. Work out of doors 

 oommenoes, 9. Wax pxoduotion and ootub building, 10. Sanita- 

 tion in the biv«, 11. Guarding the portal, 12. Approach of 

 summer, 13. 



Chapter HI. — The Bee in Summer ... ... ... 7 



A «rieie, 1$. The Mysterious Influsnoe, 19. Indomitable spirits, 16. 

 Queen rearing, 17. The swarm — a deliberated sacrifice, 18. The 

 «warm — an eostacy, 19. Virgin Queen, 20. Queen's wedding, 21. 

 Parthenogenesis, 22. A splendid example, 23. 



Chapter IV. — The Bee in Autumn and Winter ... 13 



Death of the Drones, 24. Approach of winter, 25. 



Chapter V. — Anatomy of the Bee ... .. ... 15 



G«neral Remarks, 26. External skeleton, 27. Head, 28. Simple 

 eyes, 29. Compound eyes, 30. Antennse, 31. Organs of mouth, 

 32. Thorax, 33. Legs, 34. Wings, 39. Spiracles and Trachene, 

 36. Abdomen, 37. Honey »ao, 38. Worker's siing, 39. Palpi, 

 40. Queen's sting, 41. Organs of Drone, 43. Organs of Queen, 

 43. Parthenogenesis, 44. Fertilisation af egg, iS, 



Chapter VI. — Different Races of Bees ... ... 3a 



Black or Native bees, 46. Italians or Liguriam, 47. Carniolans, 4S 

 Cyprians, 49. Syrians, 50. Giant, 51. Ciommon Sajt Indian. 52. 

 Dwarf Bast Indian, 53. Dutch, 54. Sand, 55- Leafontter, 56- 

 Caucasians, 56b. 



Chapter VII.— Bee TPToducts, &c. ... ... ... 33 



Honey, 57. Gathering and storing honey, 58. Water in honey, 99. 

 Honey as food, 60. JSoney Dew, 61. Beeswax, 62. Honey used in 

 wax production, 63. Paraffin wax and Ceresin wax, 64. Honey 

 oomb, 65. Worker c«11s, 66. Drone cells, 67. Hexagonal cells, 

 68. Transitional or Intermediate cells, 69. Use of cells for storing, 

 70. Queen cells, 71. Cappings, 72. Value of oombs, 73. Pollen. 

 74. Propolis, 75. Adulteration of Honey, 7Sb. 



