•1 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



19 Queen bee 38 



20 *• cells iu pro-T-eas 43 



21 " sting of— from G rarJ 46 



22 " abdomen of— from' Illnstrieite Bieneazeltii:)? " 62 



23 Workerbee 66 



24 Egg in thecell 69 



25 Brooil in all stages— from Girard 70 



26 Coiled in the cell — from ' 'L'Apicoltnra in Italia" 70 



27 Stretched in the cell " " " 71 



28 Transformations in sealed cells " " " 71 



29 Spinning the cocoon " " " 72 



30 Comparative size of ovaries— from Girard 75 



31 Drone 70 



32 " organs of— from Girard 82 



33 Drone-trap -firom " The Bee-keepers' Handy Book " 84 



34 WaxScales sm 



35 Secretion of wax scales— ftom "lllustrierteBienenzeitung" *•• 



36 Wax-producing organ -from Girard an 



37 Bees hanging in chains— Srom " L'Apicoltura in Italia " 92 



38 " " " ' " " " 92 



39 The slope of the cells " " " 97 



40 Comb 98 



41 ruBChia 112 



42 Field apiary— from Gravenhorst 115 



43 ScTophularia Nodosa from Cheshire 124 



44 Water supply bottle— from " L'Apiooltara in Italia" 128 



45 Earthenhives- from "L'Apicoltore" 129 



46 Straw hive with cap— from Hamet 13J 



47 Box " ' " 130 



48 Straw Ekehlve " " 131 



49 Kadouan Eke hive " " 131 



50 Soria " " " 132 



51 Dividing hive " " 132 



52 Divers movable top bars 137 



53 Huber leafhive 139 



54 Original Langstroth hive j41 



55 Rerlepsch hive — from " Ulu-trierte Bienenzeitung '' 143 



56 First improvement of Langstrotb hive 144 



57 Gravenhorst hi \e — from"Illustrieite Bienenzei ung" 140 



58 Old standard Langstroth frame 146 



59 Dia;^ram of principal frames— from ' ' The A B C of Bee-Culture "... 147 



60 "of Gallup and Langstroth hi \ es- from " The A B C of Bee- 



Culture 149 



61 Mehringstamp 151 



62 Metal corners— from " The ABC of Bee Culture " l.=ie 



6i Langstroth hive with glass 157 



64 Van Deuseu clamp— from " The ABC of Bee Culture " ^r>S 



65 Hive with super 159 



66 Two-story Langstroth simplicity hive— ftoni ' ' The A B C of Bee- 



Cultxire" 161 



