TABLE OP CONTENTS. XV 



809. Temperature reqiiireil. 810. Killed by heavy frosts. Sll. Dis- 

 gusting results Sia. How to protect comb.i . 81S. Italians nearly moth- 

 proof. X14 Qneenlesa colonies their easy prey. 815. Moth not to he 

 feared. 816 Mice. 817 Birds. 818 Sparrows. 81». Do not kill 

 birds. 820 Bariiyar.l fowls. 831. Toads. 833. Bears. 833. Braula 

 coeca. 83 «. Other insects. 



Chapter XX. — Honey Handling, and Marketing. Uses of Honey. 



835. Different grades 830. Ooml)-honey sweating. 887. Leakage of 

 sections. 838. Care in shipping. 839. Barrels for extracted. 8S0 

 Grannlatioi. 8S1 . Experiences on graDUlatioii. 832 . Coarse granula- 

 tion. 83 t. Fermentation, 834. Melting honey. S3"S. Uesult of in- 

 erased production 836. Adulteration. 837. Tliat vile Wiley lie. 838. 

 Objections to granulation . 839 European people not prejudiced. 8IO. 

 Inducing consumption. 811 Showy labels. 84 i. Tin packages to be 

 prefei-reil. 843 How to stop leaka -e. 841. Persua ling grocers. 84:5. 

 Explaining what houey is 816 Gaining confldence. 847. Houey as 

 food. 848 Veiy healthy. 819 Honey dainties. 850. French pain- 

 d'tjpice. 851. Crisp gin ::eri)rea 1 8.53. Alsatian gingerbread. 853. 

 Honey cakes. 854 Italian croccante. 855. Muth honey cake. 856. 

 Vinegar. 857 Honey as medicine. 



CiiAPTER XXI. — Beeswax and its Uses. 



858 Laying up wax. 859. The cappings. 860. 'Washing dark comb. 

 861. Melting. 862 Pressing. 863 Steam and sun extractors. 864 

 Treating wax residue ^ 865. Cleaning. 866. Care and bleaching. 867. 

 Wax on writing-tablets and for embalming. 868. Wax candles. 869. 

 Otherusea. 870. Recipes for medicinal ami other purposes, 



Cmaptkr XXII. — Bees and Fruits and Flowers. 



871. Bees cannot injure fruits. 878. Our experiments. 873. Damaged 

 by birds. 875. Bees improving wine. 876. Annoyance. 877. Juice 

 of fruits injuring bees. 878. Bees always heneflclal to flowers. 



Chapter XXIII. — Bee Keeper's Calendar. Mistaltes and Axioms. 



879. January. 880. February. 881. March. 883. April. 883 May. 

 881. June. 885. July. 886. August. 887. September. 888. Octotier. 

 889. November 890. December. 891. Spring. 893 Summer. 893. 

 Fall. 894. Winter. 895. Mistakes. 896. Axioms. 



