CONTENTS. 



Largo yield from Basswood, . 



Garden Flowers unimportant, 



Honey-dew, . 



Singular Secretion, . 



Secrelions of the Apliis, . 



Advantages of Buckwheat, , 



Amoiuit of honey eoUected from 

 it, 



Do Bees injure the crop ? . 



Are not Bees an advantage to vege- 

 tation? .... 



A test for the presence of Queen 

 doubted, .... 



101 

 102 



103 

 106 



An extra quantity of Follen not 

 always detrimental, . . 107 



What combs are generally free 

 from Bee-bread, , . , 108 



Manner of packing stores, . . 108 



Philosophy in filling a cell with 

 honey, 109 



Long cells sometimes turned up- 

 ward, 110 



Is a dry or wet season best for 

 honey? Ill 



How maliy Stocks should be kept, . 112 



Three principal sources of honey, 112 



CHAPTER V. 



Is Pollen converted into Wax ? . 115 

 How is it obtained ? . . . 115 

 Huber's account of a commence- 

 ment of comb, .... 117 

 Best time to witness comb-making, 118 



Manner of working "Wax, 



Are crooked Combs a disadvantage P 120 

 Uncertainty in weight of Bees, . 122 

 Some wax wasted, . . . 124 

 Water necessary in Corab-mak- 

 ing, 124 



. 119 Remarks^ 



.126 



CHAPTER VI. 



PROPOLIS. 



What used for, . . . .128 

 la it an elaborate or natural sub- 

 stance? . . . . . 129 



Huber's Opinion, 

 Further Proof, 

 Remarks, . 



, 129 

 , 129 



. 132 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE APIARY. 



Its location, 132 



Decide Early, 133 



Bees mark their location on leaving 



the hive, 134 



Cli anging Bland attended with 



loss, .134 



Can.be taken some distance, . . 135 

 ,J»anger of setting Stocks too close, 135 



Space between Hives, . . . 133 

 Small Matters, . . . .139 



Economy, 137 



Cheap arrangement of stands, . 138 

 Canal Bottom-board discarded, . 139 

 Some advantage in, being near the 

 earth, 139 



Utility of Bee-Houses doabted, 



143 



