10 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Fig. 28. Section of improved tin frame-rest 44 



29. The Langstrotli hive (Dadant-Quinby form), cross section showing 



construction 45 



30. The Nonpareil hive 46 



31. Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive— open 46 



32. The Bingham bee smoker 48 



33. Automatic reversible honey extractor 49 



34. Quinby uncapping knife 49 



35. Bingham & Hetherington uncapping knife 49 



36. Excelsior wax extractor 50 



37. Simplicity feeder 51 



38. Fruit-jar bee feeder, l)ottom of feeding stage and perforated cap 



shown separately 51 



39. The Porter spring bee escape 52 



40. Daisy foundation fastener 53 



41. Fastening starter of comb foundation in frame .53 



42. Spur wire-embedder 54 



43. Comb-foundation machine 55 



44. Willow herb (Ejnlobium avgustifolinm) 57 



45. Wagner's flat pea {Lathyrus sylrestrls wagneri) 59 



46. Dwarf Essex or winter rape ( Brassica napus) 60 



47. Summer or bird rape ( Brasska na2)Hs) 60 



48. Sachaline or giant knotweed (rolygonum saclialinense) 61 



49. Russian or hairy vetch ( Ficia villosa) 61 



50. Mountain laurel (Ealmia JatifoUa) 63 



51. Apple {Pyrns mains) 63 



52. Heath-like wild aster {Aster ericoides) 64 



53. Transferring — drumming the bees from a box hive into a frame hive. 71 



54. Transferred comb and inserted queen cell 73 



55. Uncapping and extracting honey 77 



56. One-piece " V "-grooved sections 80 



57. Super with section holders and sections in place 80 



58. Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive, elevated from bottom board 



and slid back for ventilation in summer 82 



59. Langstroth hive with combined surplus case and shipping crate 83 



60. Honey shipping cases 83 



61. Boardman solar wax extractor 85 



62. Comb showing worker brood and queen cells 88 



63. Queen cells and worker brood in various stages 89 



64. The Benton queen cage for transporting a queen and attendants by 



mail 92 



65. Caging a queen for mailing 92 



66. Queen introducing-cage r4 



67. Hiving a swarm of bees 9(5 



68. The Simmins non-swarming system, single-story hive with supers . .. 103 



69. The Simmins non-swarming system, donble-story hive with supers .. 103 



70. Beehives with Langdon nonswarmer attached 104 



71. Percolator for preparation of winter food 107 



72. The American straw hive of Hayek Bros 108 



73. Davis hive with newspapers packed between inner and outer cases 



and brood frames on end for winter 108 



74. Double-walled hive adapted to outdoor wintering as well as summer 



use below 40^ north latitude in United States 109 



75. An apiary in Vermont — winter view 110 



76. Cheshire antirobbing entrance 117 



