CONTENTS 



PAOB 



Introduction ....... v 



CHAPTER 



I. Bees — Fruit — Honey and Monet . . 1 



II. Physiology op the Honey Bee . . 11 



III. Races of Bees ...... 18 



■ IV. The Home of the Bees .... 28 



V. The Bee Family 41 



VI. How to start Beekeeping — Hives and 



Tools — Transferring Bees . . 55 

 VII. How to quiet and handle Bees — How 



TO avoid Stings — Remedies . . 73 

 VIII. Why Bees Swarm — How to hive a Swarm 



— How to control Swarming . . 83 

 IX. Raising Queen Bees — How to introduce 



A Queen ...... 97 



X. How TO PRODUCE CoMB HoNEY . . . 117 



XI. How TO PRODUCE EXTRACTED HoNEY . . 133 



XII. How TO MAKE Increase .... 152 

 XIII. Location of the Apiary — Out Apiaries 



— Moving Bees ..... 172 



r ■ * ix 



