CONTENTS 



I-AOE 

 CHAPTER ^ 



1. Bee-Keeping a Fascinating Pursuit ^ 



II. The Business of Bee-Kbepinq ^ 



III. Making a Start With Bees ■ ^^ 



IV, Abrangement of the Apiary 



V. Sources of Nectar 



VI. The Occupants of the Hive 



100 



VII. Increase 



loq 

 VIII. Feeding 



IX. Production of Comb Honey 



X. Production of Extracted Honey 165 



XI. Wax, a By-product of the Apiary 195 



XII. Diseases and Enemies of Bees 206 



234 



XIII. Wintering 



257 



XIV. Marketing the Honey Crop 



XV. Laws that Concern THE Bee-Kebper 283 



