BRITISH BEE-KEEPER'S 



PRACTICAL NOTE-BOOK 



FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION Or 



THE ' W. B. C HIVE AND HOW TO MAKE IT, A 



HOME-MADE HIVE FROM USED BOXES, HOW 



TO BUILD A BEE HOUSE, AND SHORT 



RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF 



MOVEABLE COMB -HIVES. 



BY 



THOS. WM. COWAJ^, F.L.S, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., etc. 



Chad/rman British Bee-Tceepers' ^Association; 



Editor of * British Bee Jov/mal ; ' 



Autlior of 'The Roney Bee : Its Natural Sistory, Anatomy, and Fhysiologi// 



* The British Bee-leeeper't Guide-boofc/ 



* !FouZ Brood and its Treatment,' 'JBees and their Management/ 



* TTinfering Beet,' Doubling and StorifyiMg,' 



*■ How to Make an £ra;tr<ictor and Bellstos Smoker, etc ; 



Member 0/ the British Association for the Advancement^ 0/ Science ; 



Honorai'v ilfember 0/ several Bee-keepers* Assooiatioas^vn 



Ewrope and J.merica, etc. etc. ' ' 



Second Bdition. 



LONDON : 

 HOULSTON & SONS, PATEENOSTER SQUARE, 



AND 



'Hkitish Bee Journal & Bee-keepers' Record' Office, 

 10 Buckingham Street, Strand, W.O. 



All Rights Eeserved. 



