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INTRODUCTION : THE OLDKST CRAFT UNDER THE 



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l/I. THE ANCIENTS AND THE HONEY-BEE - 1 



II. THE ISLE OF HONEY 1 8 



III. BEE-MASTERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES ' 28 



IV. AT THE CITY GATES 50 

 V. THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE HIVE - 67 



VI. EARLY WORK IN THE BEE-CITY 84 



VII. THE GENESIS OF THE QUEEN - 94 



Via. THE BRIDE- WIDOW - 1 1? 



IX. THE SOVEREIGN WORKER-BEE 12 7 



X. A ROMANCE OF ANATOMY 1 46 



XI. THE MYSTERY OF THE SWARM 1 74 



XII. THE COMB-BUILDERS I95 



XIII. "WHERE THE BEE SUCKS " - 219 



XIV. THE DRONE AND HIS STORY 233 

 XV. AFTER THE FEAST - 248 



XVI. THE MODERN BEE- FARM 257 



XVII. BEE-KEEPING AND THE SIMPLL LIFE - 267 



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