BEES & BEE-KEEPING; 



Scientific anb practical, 



A Complete Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, 



Floral Relations, and Profitable Management 



of the Hive Bee. 



BY 



FRANK R. CHESHIRE, F.L.S., F.R.M.S., 



Lecturer on Apiculture at South Kensington, 



Author of "Diagrams on the Anatomy of the Honey Bee;" "Practical 



Bee-Keeping ; " "Abdominal Distention in Bees during Winter;" 



"Honey as Food;" "The Apparatus for Differentiating the 



Sexes in Bees and Wasps;" "The Relations of Insects to 



Flowering Plants;" "Foul Brood not Micrococcus 



but Bacillus— The Means of its Propagation, 



and the Method of its Cure;" etc., etc. 



With Numerous Illustrations of the Internal and External Structure 

 of the Bee, and its Application to Plant Fertilisation ; 

 Bee Appliances, and Methods of Operation, Diseases, & 

 expressly drawn for this work by the Authc- 



'wr. 



VOL. I.-SCIENTIFIC. 



LONDON : 



L. UPCOTT GILL, 170, STRAND, W.C. 



1886. 

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