TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



FASK 



List of Plates and Explanation of Wood-Cats Blustratrng the 



Natural History of Bees 11 



GlUfTES. 



I. Facta connected with the invention of th6 Movable-Comb 



Bee-Hive 13 



n. The Honey-Bee capable of being tamed 24 



III. The Queen, or Mother-Bee. — The Drones. — The Workers. 



— Facts in their Natural History 29 



IV, Comb : 69 



V. Propolfs 16 



VI. Pollen, or " Bee Bread." , 80 



VII. Ventilation of the Bee-Hive ; 88 



VIII. Kequisites of a Complete Hive 95 



IX. Natural Swarming, and Hiving of Swarms 109 



X. Artificial Swarming 143 



XL Loss of the Queen 213 



XII. The Bee-Moth, and other Enemies of Bees. — Diseases of 



Bees 228 



Xin. Robbing, and how Prevented 261 



XIV. Directions for Feedmg Bees 26T 



XV. The Apiary. — Procuring Bees to Stock it. — Transferring 



Bees from Common to Movable-Comb Hives. ....... 279 



XVL Honey 285 



XVII. Bee-Pasturage.— Over-Stocking 292 



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