CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
PAGE 
On Rational Bee-Keeping ... i 
CHAPTER II. 
On the Prosperity and Decline of an Apiary con- 
ducted ON THE Old System, and the means of 
REMEDYING DEFECTS IN THAT SYSTEM ... ... Q 
CHAPTER III. 
On the Bee-House simplified ii 
CHAPTER IV. 
On Various Systems of Hives 14 
CHAPTER V. 
Anatomy of the Bee 28 
