CONTENTS. 



IX 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Honey-dew, 50 



CHAPTER X. 



Wtii-, 52 



How much honey is consumed 

 to make 1 lb. of wax, 62 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Boe-bread, 55 



CHAPTER XII. 

 Propolis, 57 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 Water, 58 



PAET SECOND. 



PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The apiary or bee-garden, 62 



How far should hives be off the 



ground? 63 



How far asunder ? 64 



CHAPTER XV. 

 Bee-houses 66 



67 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The pasturage of bees, 



Much honey lost, 



A supposition, 



Can a district be overstocked ? 



All localities not equally good. 



Plants that yield the most 

 honey, 



Rich soil better than poor, ... 



Exposed situations better than 

 sheltered ones in rainy sea- 

 sons, 74 



How far will bees go for honey ? 74 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Hives, 76 



Agriculture and horticulture 



making progress, 76 



Apiculture loiters, 76 



73 



"Why? 



Facts and figures better than 

 logic and argumentation, ... 



Successful management at Car- 

 hike, Lanarkshire, 



Mr Reid's letters, 



English bee-keepersfar behind. 



Large hives, 



Sizes and shapes, 



The number of pounds of hon- 

 ey gained per day by large 

 hives, 



The materials of hives, 



Straw hives best, 



The quackery of new inven- 

 tions, 



Bar-frame hives, 



Tools used for cutting combs 

 out of hives, 



Cross-sticks in hives, 



Guide-combs,' 



The leaf or unicomb hive, 



77 



.CHAPTER XVIIL 



Boards, 95 



The door, 96 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 Covers for hives, 98 



