Cz UNV EIN. iS: 
CHAPTER: 1 
INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL. 
Antiquity of the Use of Honey—Origin of the Art of Bee-keeping— 
Modern Art of Bee-keeping—Bee-keeping in New Zealand and 
Australia--Introduction of the Black or German Bee into New 
Zealand—Introduction of Italian Bees—Imrroved System of Bee- 
keeping in New Zcaland—Introduction of Bees and Bee Culture 
into Australia and Tasmania—Italian Bees in Queensland, in 
New South Wales, in Victoria, in South Australia, in Tasmania 
—Suitability of New Zealand and Australia for Apiculture— 
Climate—Native Flora—Importance of Apiculture as an Industry 
—Profits of Bee-keeping—Adaptation to Women—Advice to Be- 
ginners—State Aid to Apiculture—Bee Publications ... 1—24 
CHAPTER IL. 
THE HONEY BEE, ITS VARIETIES AND DISTRIBUTION. 
Apis Mellifica—Geographical Distribution of its Varieties—German 
or Black Bee—Italian or Ligurian Bee —Markings of pure Italian 
Bees— Hy brids— German, Italian, Cyprian, Syrian and Palestine 
Bees—Carniolans, Herzegovian, Dalmatian, Roumelian, and Hy- 
mettus Bees—Other Races of Bees—Native Bees of New Zealand 
and Australia... Bs foe ee be 25—39 
CHAPTER III. 
INMATES OF THE HIVE, THEIR NATURAL HISTORY. 
General Description—The Queen—The Drone—The Worker— 
Physiology and Anatomy of the Honey. Bee—Classification of 
Species—General Characteristics of Structure—Nervous System 
