CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL. 



Antiquity of the Use of Honey — Origin of the Art of Bee-keeping — 

 Modern Art of Bee-keeping— Bee-keeping in New Zealand and 

 Australia— Introduction of the Black or German Bee into New 

 Zealand — Introduction of Italian Bees — Improved System of Bee- 

 keeping in New Ztaland — Introduction of Bees and Bee Culture 

 into Australia and Tasmania — Italian Bees in Queensland, in 

 New South Wales, in Victoria, in South Australia, in Tasmania 

 — Suitability of New Zealand and Australia for Apiculture — 

 Climate — Native Flora— Importance of Apiculture as an Industry 

 —Profits of Bee-keeping — Adaptation to Women — Advice to Be- 

 ginners— State Aid to Apiculture — Bee Publications ... 1 — 24 



CHAPTER II. 



THE HONEY BEE, ITS VARIETIES AND DISTRIBUTION. 



Apis Mellifica — Geographical Distribution of its Varieties — German 

 or Black Bee — Italian or Ligurian Bee — Markings of pure Italian 

 Bees — Hybrids— German, Italian, Cyprian, Syrian and Palestine 

 Bees — Carniolans, Herzegovian, Dalmatian, Koumelian, and Hy- 

 mettus Bees — Other Races of Bees— Native Bees of New Zealand 

 and Australia ... ... ... ... ... 25 — 39 



CHAPTER III. 



INMATES OF THE HIVE, THEIR NATURAL HISTORY. 



General Description —The Queen — The Drone — The Worker — 

 Physiology and Anatomy of the Honey. Bee — Classification of 

 Species — General Characteristics of Structure — Nervous System 



