LIST OF PLATES 
How To HANDLE A FRAME . Frontispiece 
FACING PAGE 
QUEEN, WORKER AND DRONE BEEs . : . 2 
A STANDARD FRAME WITH DRAWN-OUT CoMB: AN 
EFFICIENT QUEEN EXCLUDER: A FRAME 
HIVE WITH THE Top REMOVED . ‘ . 36 
QUEEN ON A PATCH OF SEALED HONEY . . 48 
EXAMINING FRAMES . ‘ F ‘ ; . 64 
‘“ SKEPPING’? A SWARM . F ‘ ‘ . 68 
“SHAKING”? A SWARM. ‘ : : . 7 
SECTION FITTED WITH COMB FOUNDATION: BEES 
AT WORK ON A SECTION . F ‘ - 94 
