Contents 



Preface to the First Edition ... 

 Preface to the Second Edition ... 

 Note 



PART I.— The Honey Bee. 



Chapter I. — The Occupants of the Hive 



General Remarks, 1, 2. Occupants of the hive, 3. 

 Workers, 5. Drones, 6. 



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



Signs of survival, 7. Breeding begins, 8. Work out of doors 

 commences, 9. Wax production and comb building, 10. Sanita- 

 tion in the hive, 11. Guarding the portal, 12. Approach of 

 summer, 13. 



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



A crisis, 14. The Mysterious Influence, IS. Indomitable spirits, 16. 

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

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

 Parthenogenesia, 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 



General Remarks, 26. External skeleton, 27. Head, 28. Simple 

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

 32. Thorax, 33. Legs, 34. Wings, 35. Spiracles and Tracheae, 

 36. Abdomen, 37. Honey sac, 38. Worker's sting, 39. Palpi, 

 40. Queen's sting, 41. Organs of Drone, 42. Organs of Queen, 

 43. Parthenogenesis, 44. Fertilisation of egg, 45. 



Chapter VI. — Different Races of Bees ... ... 30 



Black or Native bees, 46. Italians or Ligurians, 47. Carniolans, 48 

 Cyprians, 49. Syrians, 50. Giant, 51. Common East Indian, 52, 

 Dwarf East Indian, 53. Stingless, 54. Sand, 55. Leafcutter, 56, 

 Caucasians, 56b. 



Chapter VII.— Bee Products, cS:c. ... ... ... 33 



Honey, 57. Gathering and storing honey, 58. Water in honey, 59. 

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

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

 comb, 65. Worker cells, 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 combs, 73. Pollen, 

 74. Propolis, 75. Adulteration of Honey, 75b. 



