LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG- PAGE 



The Queen, the Drone, and the Worker Frontispiece 



1 . A Good Smoker 47 



2. The Value of the Hive Tool is Far Above Its Cost 52 



3. It is Easy to Remove Honey from the Hive by Placing a 



Bee-escape under the Super 54 



4. Honey is Extracted by Placing the Combs in the Baskets 



and Revolving Them Rapidly 58 



6. The Laugstroth Frame 63 



6. The Hivebody is Like an Empty Box 66 



7. Hivebody With Frames in Place 66 



8. Hive for Production of Honey in Sections, or Comb Honey. 67 



9. Hive for Producing Extracted Honey 68 



10. A Good Brood Comb as a Result of a Full Sheet of 



Foundation Ill 



11. A Comb Composed Largely of Drone Cells as a Result of a 



Narrow Starter Ill 



12. PVill Sheet of Foundation in Wired Frame, Ready for the Bees 113 



13. Different Methods of Using Foundation in Sections 116 



14. The Thin Sheets of Wax Are Impressed With the Cell Bases 



of Proper Size to Induce the Bees to Build Worker Combs. 116 



15. Queen Cells Produced by the Cell Cup Method 128 



16. The Queen Excluder Prevents the Queen from Passing into 



the Super 129 



17. Hive Divided into Three Compartments for Mating Queens 131 



