CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Shall I Go South.. 9 



II. What a Beginner Must Learn 17 



III. Apparatus of the South.. 23 



IV. Making a Start 29 



V. The Seasons in the South 35 



VI. Wintering Bees in the South... 45 



VII. Combless Packages and Queen Rearing.. _. 53 



VIII. The Tropical South 61 



IX. The Alluvial Region ..... 69 



X. Mountain Beekeeping 79 



XI. The Lone Star State 87 



XII. Bee Diseases and Inspection 97 



XIII. Southern Honey Markets 105 



XIV. Honey Plants of the South 1 1 1 



