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34. Blossom, Seed Pod and Leaf of Partridge Pea...............000005 68 
35. Aster Honey Makes Poor Winter Stores. ................00e ee eee 70 
36. Boneset or White Snakeroot............. 0.0.0 c eee c cece ences 71 
37. Masses of White Snakeroot in the Author’s Wild Garden........... 72 
38. Two Species of Heartsease or Smartweed..................000000- 73 
39. The Horsemints are Valuable over a Large Scope of Country....... 75 
40. Catnip Yields Honey Abundantly....................0000 00s aee 76 
41. Figwort or Simpson’s Honey Plant.....................--02 00005 76 
42. The Rocky Mountain Bee Plant is 4 Valuable Honey Producer in 
CONG TA Oasis cicero hatter conn titla iaiac a eortbsablion w daira tue date eait MAGA da baeNteaiaeat 77 
43. Blossoms of the Button Bush......................00 2200020 78 
44). Buckwheat ii BOOMs «xcs edisecicre toms Hk daueae Stent heen e weed 79 
45. Where Sufficiently Abundant, the Wild Cucumber is Valuable. ..... 80 
46. Queen Laying in a Newly Made Comb..................-........ 89 
47. Natural-Built Queen Cells.........0.0.0000.0.0. 00 0c cece eee ee 90 
48. Worker Bees at the Entrance of the Hive ...................... 92 
AO TD HOMES oh eee tdsaaugs caslgneutn ution Ts Eu Seb neg IST OG Selena ER LES 95 
50. Combs Showing Queen Cells and Capped Drone and Worker Brood. 96 
51. Hiving Swarm in Straw Skep in Europe.......................04. 103 
52. A Market Basket Swarm Catcher.............0..0....00 0000 cues 105 
53. 2A Newly Hived Swaritiz....ucu socnaernannne mani eames ghaerie ay 105 
54. Swarm Caught in a Sack, Running into the Hive.................. 105 
55. Nuclei in Queen-Rearing Apiary............00.0..000 0000 ccc eee eee 109 
56. Miller Queen Cage. ..........00 0000 cece cece beeen ee een 114 
57. Benton Queen Cage. ....... 0... ccc eee eee e ne 114 
58. Queen Cells by the Alley Plan Seared aula A cd coe ts caccrntac head cndisentidias 125 
59. The Minnesota Bottom Feeder... .......... 0.000000 ccc 131 
60: “Phe Miller Peed 68 ..5:045. cine tra thtacn eanareaAdhlng ee ete n megane news 131 
61, Dit: Pan Peéder iD. Saperics sins acve paagueccsnoamagawagas pesuieayeed ses 132 
62. The Doolittle Division Board Feeder. ....................0..00.. 133 
63. Metal Feeder After the Alexander Idea.......................... 133 
64. The Alexander Wood Feeder............... 00.00.0000 cee eceeeeee 134 
65. With This Entrance Feeder One Can See at a Glance How Much 
Feed Remains to be Taken...............0000 000000 cece eee 134 
66. Parts of a Comb Honey Hive.............. 00.0000 c eee eee 138 
67. Strong Colonies for Comb Honey Production........ ............ 139 
68: Comb: Honey Supersinvcccc cccucs ca ways sae bee wa ee een Pee ey 140 
69. Comb Honey Super Dissected................... 000 cee eee eee ee 140 
70. Sections for Comb Honey............0 00.20 141 
71. Separators for Bee-Way Sections.............0...00 000. ee 142 
#2. Fencé tor Plain Settionsy..c aca cncexeuonesgeir tachi csdeeeeeaas 143 
