CONTENTS. 



Introduction. — p. 13. 



Who May Keep Bees. 



Specialists,Amateurs,Who Should 

 Not Keep Bees, Inducements to 

 Bee-Keeping, Recreation, Profits, 

 Excellence as an Amateur Pursuit, 

 Adaptation to Women, Improves 

 the Mind, the Observation and 

 Heart, Yields Delicious Food, 

 Brings the Second Blade of Grass, 

 Adds to the Nation's Wealth, 

 What Successful Bee-Keeping Re- 

 quires, Mental Effort, Experience 

 Necessary, Learn from Others, Aid 

 from Conventions, Aid from Bee- 

 Journals, American Bee Journal, 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture, Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, Canadian Bee 

 Journal, American Bee-Keeper, 

 Progressive Bee-Keeper, Lone Star 

 Apiarist, Books for the Apiarist, 

 Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, A B 

 C of Bee-Culture, Bees and Honey, 

 Scientific Queen-Rearing, Advanced 

 Bee-Culture, Bee-Keeping for Be- 

 gin oers. Foreign Publications, 

 British Bee Journal, Foreign Books, 

 . Promptitude, Enthusiasm. 



Part I. 



NATnKAL HISTORY OP THE HONEY- 

 BEE. 



CHAPTER L-p. 31. 



The Bee'x Place in the Animal King- 

 dom. 



Branch of the Honey-Bee, The 

 Class of the Honey-Bee, Order of 

 the Honey-Bee, Family of the 



Honey-Bee, The Genus of the 

 Honey-Bee, Species of Our Honey- 

 Bees, Races of the Honey-Bee, Ger- 

 man or Black Bee, Ligurian or Ital- 

 ian, The Syrian and Cyprian Races, 

 Other Races, Bibliography, Val- 

 uable Books for the Student of 

 Entomology. 



CHAPTER II.— p. 64. 



Anatom.y and Physiology. 



Anatomy of Insects, Organs of 

 the Head, Appendages of the 

 Thorax, Internal Anatomy of In- 

 sects, Secretory Organs of Insects, 

 Sex-Organs of Insects, Transforma- 

 tion of Insects, The Egg,The Larva 

 of Insects, The Pupa of Insects, 

 The Imago Stage, Incomplete Trans- 

 formation, Anatomy and Physiology 

 of the Honey-Bee, Three Kinds of 

 Bees in each Family, The Queeu- 

 Bee, Structure and Natural His- 

 tory, The Drones, The Neuters or 

 Workers, Glandular Organs. 



CHAPTER III.— p. 165. 



Swarmijig, or Natural Methods of 

 Increase, 



CHAPTER IV.— p. 171. 



Products of Bees, their Origin and 

 Function. 



Honey, Wax, Pollen, or Bee-Bread, 

 Propolis, Bibliography. 



