— Respiratory Organs — Air-Sacs of Bees — The Head— The Eyes 

 — The Mouth — The Antennae — Senses of Hearing and Smelling — 

 The Wings— The Legs— The Honey Sao— The Sting— Repro- 

 ductive Organs of Queen — Parthenogenesis — Dzierzon Theory - 

 Development from Egg to the Bee — Fertile Workers — Relation of 

 Bees to Flowers ... ... ... ... 40—79 



CHAPTER IV. 



WHAT BEES COLLECT, AND WHAT THEY PRODUCE. 



Honey — Nectar of Blossoms — Adulteration of Honey — Honey - Dew — 

 Wax — Bees Wasting Wax — Extravagant Waste of Wax — Method 

 of rendering Wax — Comb, how constructed — Advantages of 

 the hexagonal form of Cells— Pollen and Bee-Bread — Artificial 

 Pollen— Propolis ... ... ... ... 80—98 



CHAPTER V. 



THE APIARY. 



Location — General Arrangement — Shade — Water — Area of Ground — 

 Arrangement of Hives — Extracting House and Honey Store — 

 Workshop and Hive Store —Fumigating House — Stocking tie 

 Apiary — Moving Hives —House Apiary ... ... 99 — 110 



CHAPTER VI. 



HIVES, FRAMES, AND SECTION BOXES. 



Movable Comb Hives — Choice of a Hive — An ideal Hive — Various 

 forms now in use— The Langstroth Hive — General Description 

 — Instructions for making — Body of Hive — Bottom Board — 

 Alighting Board — Cover — Half-Story Hives — Hive Cramp — 

 Nucleus Hive — Observatory Hive — Timber for Hive-making — 

 Painting Hives— Frames — Narrow or brood Frames — Broad, or 

 Section Frames — Half-story Frames— Frame Form— Number of 

 Frames to a Hive — Mats for covering Frames — Section Boxes — 

 Requisites of good Sections— To Make sections — One Piece 

 Sections— Putting dovetailed Sections together— Clinching the 

 Dovetails — Separators — Dispensing with Separators — Section 

 Racks and Cases— The Heddon Section Case— Honey Boards — 

 How to construct Honey Boards and Section Cases 111 — 144 



