CONTENTS. xxiii 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



FACE 



The Connexion between Food and Warmth . . 162 



Food as the Producer of Flesh and Warmth — The Hibernation 

 of Animals — The Bee does not hibernate — Warmth in the 

 ^ Hive sustained by many Bees and Plenty of Food — The 

 Necessity of pure Air. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



The Busy Bee-keeper in Spring 105 



Spring-time and the ' Song of the Bees ' — The Importance of 

 early Brood — Stimulative Feeding ; to be done with 

 great Judgment — Artificial Pollen and its Use — Spreading 

 Brood and its Dangers — The Importance of ' Brains ' in 

 Bee-keeping. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

 Diseases and Enemies of Bees 169 



' Prevention better than Cure ' — The Importance of Attention 

 to the Rules of Health—' Foul Brood ' the most fatal of 

 Diseases — The Wax-moth and other Enemies — Robber 

 Bees. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



The Uses of Honey, Wax, and Propolis . . . 172 



Honey as Food — Used formerly instead of Sugar — Mead and 

 other Drinks — Variety of Food necessary for our Bodies — 

 Nourishment in Honey — Wax and Propolis put to many 

 Uses —Bees used to quell an angry Mob. 



CHAPTER XL. 

 Flowers in Relation to Bees 176 



Bees as useful to Flowers as Flowers to Bees — Some parts of a 

 Flower described— What, in a general way. is necessary 

 for Fertilisation — Provisions of Nature to secure cross 

 Fertilisation— Without it Plants die out or degenerate— 



