viii CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



Inhabitants of the Hive. 



PAGE 



Notes ancf HfnCs about Bees *. m 



The Queen-bee , 113 



The Worker- tee 118 



Drones , 120 



Why so many Drones are produced 122 



Strange Tteorles respecting Drones 121 



Appearance of Drone-bees 123 



Massacre of the Drones 123 



How long do Drones live? 124 



Queen's Wedding 125 



How to regulate or keep down the Drones 126 



The Drone-catcher .., 126 



Ligurian, or Italian Bees , 12S 



The Value of Italians 130 



How to iill the Apiary with Italian S tucks 132 



Bees in other Lands 134. 



Sagacity of Bees ..,-., 142 



Senses of Bees 



143 



Foreign Bees 146 



Foul-brood 



14.9 



The Enemies of our Honey-bee ic? 



The worst Bee-enemies i^a 



Superstitious Notions respecting Bees i6g 



A North American Bee-hunt ija 



Australian Bee-hunting i^g 



The Bee-hunter , j yq 



Golden Ruls ,,.. jgy 



Bee-Farmer'^s Calendar : — 



Work for January jqq 



Work for February jqj 



Work for March jp- 



Work for April jg. 



Work for May jp- 



Work for June jpg 



Work for July 200 



Work for August ,_. 



Work for September 2,01 



Work for OcttAer 2,oa 



Work for November 2o< 



Work of December . 



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