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INTRODUCTION: THE OLDEST CRAFT UNDER THE 
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I. THE ANCIENTS AND THE HONEY-BEE - I 
Il, THE ISLE OF HONEY - - 18 
Il]. BEE-MASTERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES 28 
Iv. Al THE CITY GATES 50 
Vv. THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE HIVE 67 
VI. EARLY WORK IN THE BEE-CITY - 84 
VII. THE GENESIS OF THE QUEEN - 94 
VIII. THE BRIDE-WIDOW - 117 
IX. THE SOVEREIGN WORKER-BEE 127 
X. A ROMANCE OF ANATOMY 146 
XI. THE MYSTERY OF THE SWARM - 174 
XII, THE COMB-BUILDERS - - 195 
XII]. WHERE THE BEE SUCKS % 219 
XIV. THE DRONE AND HIS STORY 233 
XV. AFTER THE FEAST 248 
XVI. THE MODERN BEE-FARM - - 257 
XVII. BEE-KEEPING AND THE SIMPLE LIFE = & 267 
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