CONTENTS. 



Preface 



I. Introductory and Historical ... 



II. The Honey Bee and its Varieties ... 



III. Inmates of the Hive : Their Natural 

 History 



IV. What Bees Collect and What They 

 Produce 



\^ The Apiary ... ... ... ... . 



VI Hives, Fr.\mes, and Section Boxes 



VII. Comb Foundation 



VIII. The Honey Extractor and Extracting 

 Appliances 



IX. Handling Bees 



X. Transferring Bees 



XI. Increase — -Natural and Artificial 

 Swarming 



XII. Queen Rearing 



XIII. Surplus Honey ... 



XIV. Autumn and Winter Management 

 XV. Diseases and Enemies of Bees 



XVI. The New Zealand Apiaries Act ... 



XVII. Bee Forage — Bees in Relation to 



Horticulture and Agriculture ... 



XVIII. Bees in Relation to Agriculture ... 



XIX. Calendar and Bee-Keeper's Axioms ... 

 vii. 



39 



47 

 65 



71 



83 



85 



94 



III 



127 



134 

 146 



149 



153 

 166 



