Contents. xiii. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PAQH 



uoney Plants 249 



Real Honey Dew 252 



Sweet Sap and Juices 253 



What are the Valuable Honey Plants? 254 



Description with Practical Remarks 258 



March Plants. 259 



A-pril Plants 259 



May Plants 261 



.r-^ne Plants 266 



."oly Plants 278 



August and September Plants 288 



Books on Botany 291 



Practical Conclusions 291 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Wintering Bees 293 



"She causes of Disastrous Wintering 293 



"he Requisite to Safe Wintering— Good Food 294 



fcecure Late Breeding 295 



f«> Secure and Maintain the Proper Temperature 296 



/Sox for Packing 296 



Shaff Hives , 298 



Rules for Their Use 299 



'Vinteringin Bee House 300 



Wintering in Cellar 301 



Burying Bees, or Clamps 303 



Spring Dwindling 30< 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The House Apiary and Bee House 39 



Bee Houses 305 



CHAPTER XX. 



Evils That Confront the Apiarist 308 



Robbing 308 



Disease -. 309 



Foul Brood ,. 309 



Remedies 311 



.Enemies of Bees 312 



The Bee Moth S12 



History 316 



Remedies 316 



