THE LIFE AND HABITS OF THE HONEY BEE 
The inmates of the 
hive, known as the col- 
ony, consist during the 
spring and summer 
months of 300,000 work- 
ers, 300 drones, and 1 
queen. The accompany- 
ing cut pictures a rep- 
resentative of each 
Some beekeepers by 
careful manipulation 
: use 2 queens, but this is 
‘ not to be recommended 
: for the amateur. Suc- 
| cess in beekeeping de- 
; pends largely upon the 
| bees which are kept as 
much as the care given 
to them. Table on page 
37 for the three pre- 
dominating kinds of 
honey bees in Tennessee 
emphasizes this fact. 
There are a few Carni- 
Tic. I-INMATES oF THE HIvE 
Fic. 2-~Heap anp Toncus 
or Honey BEE 
(After Cheshire) 
olian and Cyprian bees 
kept in the State. The 
hybrids of the Italian 
Fic. 3—Lecs or THE Honey BEE 
a, ANTENNA CLEANER 
(After Hammar) 
