Contents. xiii. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PAGE 



I', oney Plants 219 



Roiil Hoiicy How 202 



Sweet Sap and Juices 2.5.'! 



What are the Valuable Honey Planls? 2.54 



Pescription witli Practical Ilcmarks 258 



March Plant.'; 2.59 



A.pril Plants 259 



\Iay Plants 261 



.r-ine Plants 266 



»Vily Plants 278 



August and September Plants 288 



Books on Botany 291 



^'raotloal Conclusions 291 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



W'ntering Bees 293 



^■^be causes of Disastrous A\'intering 29.3 



■"^le Requisite to Safe Wintering— Good Food 294 



*^cure Late Breeding 295 



fo Secure and Maintain the proper Temperature 296 



^ox for Packing '. 296 



Jhatr Hives 298 



Rules for Their Use 299 



'i^intering in Bee House 300 



Wintering in Cellar 301 



F.urying Bees, or Clamps 303 



'Spring Dwindling SOf 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The House Apiary and Bee House Sv 



Bee Houses .S05 



CHAPTER XX. 



Evils That Confront the Apiarist 308 



Robbing 308 



Disease 309 



Foul Brood 309 



Remedies 311 



Enemies of Bees 312 



The Bee Moth 812 



History 315 



Bemedies , 318 



