CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



HISTORY AND PHYSIOLOGY OP THE HONEY BEE. 



The queen, 11 



Description of the queen, - - 12 

 Does the queen govern the colony, - 13 

 No sovereignty exercised by the queen 



over the colony, - - - 15 



The economy of the colony directed by 



workers, - - - - - 19 

 The only necessity for the queen is to 



provide eggs, - - - -23 

 No eggs are deposited by the queen in 



queen cells, - - - - 26 



Do worker bees accord royal honors to 



queens, .... 



Mode of rearing queens, 

 Impregnation of queens, - 

 Langstroth's theoap, - 

 The worker bee, ... 



Description of the working bee, - 

 The drone, .... 



Drone-laying queens, ... 

 Fertile workers, ... 



Rearing brood, 

 Mode of commencing, - 

 Mode of laying eggs described, 

 Description of the eggs, 



SPRING. 

 CHAPTER II. 

 BREEDING OE BEES. 



- 67 Young bees reared without water, 



71 



68 



69 



When and how brood is reared up and 



perfected, - 

 Quantity of eggs laid by a queen, 



Wax, 



Analysis of wax, 



Boo bread, or pollen, 



CHAPTER III. 



WAX. 



76 Comb, or architecture of bees, 

 - 78 Economy of materials, 



CHAPTER IV. 

 BEE-BREAD, OR POLLEN. 



86 How pollen is stored, 



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