CONTENTS 



Page 



PREFACE 3 



INTRODUCTORY 7 



TEXAS BEEKEEPING 9 



The Old and the New Beekeeping 9 



The Farmers' Greatest Friends 10 



The Bees' Real Mission 11 



Some Striking Examples 12 



More Bees, Better Crops 14 



Do Bees Puncture Fruit? 14 



Poison Sprays and Bees 15 



BEEKEEPING PROFITABLE 15 



How Many Colonies for a Living 17 



Who May Keep Bees? 17 



Farm Beekeeping 17 



City Beekeeping 18 



Beekeeping for Women 19 



Making a Beginning 20 



The Study of Good Books 20 



Handling Bees .■ . . . 21 



THE FAMILY OF HONEY BEES 23 



Worker Bees 24 



Development of Bees 24 



The Queen, or Mother, Bee 25 



The Drones, or Males 28 



RACES OF BEES 29 



Black, or German, Bees ,. 29 



Italian Bees 30 



Cyprian Bees 31 



Holy Land, or Palestine, Bees 31 



Carniolan Bees 31 



Banat Bees 32 



Caucasians 32 



Which is the Best Bee? 33 



BUYING BEES 33 



Transferring 3 4 



Starting With Nuclei 35 



Moving and Shipping Bees 35 



Moving Bees Short Distances 36 



Transporting Long Distances 37 



How to Ship Bees 38 



Shipping Bees by Freight 39 



LOCATING BEES IN THE APIARY 39 



Water for Bees 42 



Locating Out-Apiaries 42 



How Far Do Bees Ply? 44 



Renting Locations 45 



HIVE EQUIPMENT 45 



Hive Bottoms and Covers 47 



Surplus Arrangements 48 



Make or Buy Hives? 50 



What the Beginner Needs ;....: 51 



When to Buy Supplies 52 



Painting HiveS 53 



APIARY MANAGEMENT 54 



Honey Flows 54 



Spring Examinations ■. 54 



Building-Up Colonies 5 5 



Feeding Bees ■ 5 6 



Uniting Bees 57 



Laying-Workers 5 8 



Robbing 59 



U. S. Bulletins on Bees 140 



Texas Department of Agriculture Bulletins 143 



