CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Practical Bee-farming. 



PARE 



The System of Bee-farming , 5 



Bee-farmer's Hive ° 



Details and Measur ment of the Bee-farmer's Hive ^9 



Management of Bee-farmer's Hive 2.2 



Thickness of the Hive 2,4 



Hive Entrance 2.5 



British Bee-farmer's Honey-extractor 26 



How to use the Extractor 2,8 



When to commence Bee-farming 3° 



Modern Bee-hives • 33 



Neighbour's Glass Woodbury Hives 34 



Cottage Hives 3^ 



Pettitfs Improved Straw^ Hive 3" 



Pettitt's Cottage Hive 3^ 



jSTarbonne Hive 3** 



Yates' Round-topped Hive 4° 



Removing Supers from the Hive 4-^ 



How to Manufacture Straw Hives 4^ 



Hive-Bonnets 44 



Rustic Bee-sheds 46 



Situation of the Apiary 49 



The Bee-sting 52 



Remedies for the Bee-sting 58 



The Swarming Season 63 



American Swarm Signal 66 



Hiving Swarms in High Trees 68 



On Feeding Bees 70 



How to prepare Barley-sugar for Bee-feeding , 82 



Bee-pastures 84 



A List of Plants suitable for Bee-culture 89 



Pollen, or Bee-bread 92 



Propolis, or Hive Cement and Varnish 99 



How to avoid the Brimstone-pit 104 



How to drive Bees „ 105 



Uniting Stocks 107 



