ILLUSTRATIONS 



A Convention of Beekeepers . . . Frontisjdect 



FACING PAGE 



Bees living on Combs built in the Open Air . . 18 



A Frame of Bees ....... 18 



A California Apiary, well-sheltered in the Bottom of 



a Canon ....... 28 



Fully completed Queen Cells, built on Wooden Cell- 

 holders ........ 55 



Right and Wrong Way to fasten a Bee-veil having a 



Rubber Cord inserted in Bottom ... 55 



A Box-hive turned upside-down preparatory to drum- 

 ming the Bees Out ...... 61 



A Fine Symmetrical Swarm within Easy Reach . . 61 



Smoking a Hive ....... 76 



An Experienced Beekeeper handling a Swarm of Bees 83 



A Dissected Bee-tree ...... 150 



An Out Apiary in New Jersey ..... 184 



A Comb badly afflicted with Foul Brood of the Ameri- 

 can Type 190 



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