Eis?’ OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
FRONTISPIECE : 
FIG. ; PAGE 
1. German or Black Queen 28 
2. Italian Queen .. 29 
3. Abdomen of Italian Worker 32 
4. The Queen Bee 41 
5. The Drone 42 
6. The Worker 42 
7. Wings of a bee : 46 
8. Nervous system of the been 47 
9. Trachea, magnified .. so es} 
10. Respiratoryorgansofthebee 49 
1l. Airsacsandovariesof queen 50 
12. Air sacs of worker 50 
13. Head of worker bee .. 51 
14. Hooklets of wings 56 
15. Hind leg of bee, ena 
pollen basket... 57 
16. Anterior leg of sire 
magnified 58 
17. Bee sting, magnified 60 
18. Ovaries of queen 63 
19. Queen’s egg under the mi- 
croscope 69 
20. From the egg to ‘the bee 70 
21. Worker nymph and larva, 
in comb ; 71 
22. Worker larvee singh queen 
cells a 72 
23. Queen cells builtover padkow 
cells a0 ee OE 
24, Salvia officinalis, young 
flower visited by a bee 77 
25. Ditto, stamens and anthers 8 
26. Ditto, older flower, with pis- 
til developed .. : 78 
27. Under side of abdomen of 
worker bee, showing wax 
pockets and wax scales .. 88 
28. The Gerster wax extractor 91 
29. Jones’ wax extractor 92 
Burwood Apiary, Matamata. 
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. Worker cells and drone cells 
. Hexagonal cells 
. Circular cells as 
. Pollen grains under the mi- 
croscope 
. Water bottle ; 
. Arrangement of hives 
. House apiary for 20 hives .. 
. Movable comb-hive .. : 
. Two-storied Langstroth hive 
. Knd of hive (inside view) .. 
. Ditto (outside view) . 
. Side of hive (inside ee). 
. Showing how the different 
parts of the hive go to- 
gether .. 
. Bottom board 
. Alighting board : 
. End of cover (inside view).. 
. Side of cover, ditto 
. Ridge board of cover 
. Roof board of cover .. 
. Cover complete 
. Hive cramp : 
. Nucleus hive, ae cover 
and mat 
. Observatory hive 
. Narrow or brood frame 
. Broad or section frame, with 
sections and tin separators 
55. Half-story frame, with sec- 
tions and tin separator 
. Frame form or gauge 
57. One-pound section box, with 
starter of comb-foundation 
. One piece section 
. Section cramp and form 
. Prize section rack is 
. The Heddon section case .. 
