CONTENTS, 



INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I. 



Deplorable stale of bee-keepiuij. New era anticipated, 23. Huber's discov- 

 eries aud hives. Double hives for protection Against extremes of temperature, 

 H. Necesssry to obtnin complete control of the combs. Taming bees. Hives 

 with movable bars. Tlieir results important, 15. Bee-keepiiig made profitable 

 and certain. Movable frasnes for comb. Bees will work in glass hives exposed 

 to the light. Dzierzon'a discoveries, 16. Wagner's letter on the merits of 

 Dzierzon's hive and the movable coinb hive, 17. Superiority of movable comb 

 hive, 19. Superioriry of Dzierzon's over the old mode, 20. Success attending it, 

 22. Bee-Journal lo be established. Two of tliem in Germany. Important facts 

 connected with bees heretofore discredited, 23. Every thing seen in observing 

 hives, 24. 



CHAPTER II. 



Bees capable of Domestication. Astonishment of persons at their lame- 

 ness, 25. Bees intended for the comfort of man. Properties fitting them for 

 domestication. Bees never attack when tilled with honey, 26. Swarming bees 

 fill their honey bags and are peaceable. JUiving of bees safe, 27. Bees cannot 

 resist the temptation to fill themselves with sweets. Manageable by means of 

 sugared water, 28. Special aversion to certain persons. Tobacco smoke to 

 subdue bees should not be used. Motions about a hive should be slow and gen- 

 tle, 29. 



CHAPTER III. 



The Q.OEBN Bee. The Drone. The Worker, 30. Kuowledse of facts 

 relating to them, necessary to rear them with profit. Difiicult to reason with 

 some bee-keepers. Queen bee the mother of the colony — described, 31. Im- 

 portance of queen to the colony. Respect shown her by the other bees. Dis- 

 turbance occasioned by her loss, 32. Bee-keepers cannot fail to be interested in 

 the habits of bees, 33. Whoever is fond of his bees is fond of his home. Fer- 

 tility of queen bees under-estimated. Fecundation of eggs of the queen beer 

 34-36. Huber vindicated. Francis Burnens. Huber the prince of Apiarians, 35. 

 Dr. Leidy*s curious dissections, 37. Wasps and hornets fertilized like queen 

 bees. Huish's inconsistency, 38. Retarded fecundation productive of drones 



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