CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



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Advantages of Bee-keeping. — Usefulness of Bees : (a) 

 AS Producers of Food otherwise wasted ; {6) as 

 Fertilisers, Valuable to the Farmer or Gardener. 

 — Districts suitable to the Industry, ... i 



CHAPTER II. 



Life History and Structure of the Bee. —The Egg, 

 Larva, Pupa, Queen, Worker, Drone. — Varieties of 

 THE Honey-bee. — Construction of the Comb, . 



CHAPTER III. 



Bee-keeping Appliances.— Straw Skeps. — Modern Appli- 

 ances : Bar-frame Hive (different Forms of it), 

 INCLUDING Description of the Various Parts op 

 A Hive : Outside Case, Brood-chamber, Section- 

 crates, etc., .... .... 



CHAPTER IV. 



Other Modern Appliances (including a description of 

 how to fit some of them up) : Bar-frames with 

 Wax Foundation.— Sections, with Wax Guides.— 

 Feeders. — - Smokers. — Honey-extractors. — Wax- 

 extractors, 3° 



