TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
TASK 
List of Plates and Explanation of Wood-Cuts Illustrating the 
Natural History of Bees. 11 
OuAPTEB. 
I. Facts connected with the invention of the Movable-Comb 
Bee-Hive. IS 
II. The Honey-Bee capable of being tamed. 24 
III. The Queen, or Mother-Bee.—The Drones.—The Workers. 
—Facts in their Natural History. 29 
IV. Comb. 69 
y. Propolis. 76 
VI. Pollen, or “ Bee Bread.”. 80 
VII. Ventilation of the Bee-Hive. 88 
VIII. Requisites of a Complete Hive. 96 
IX. Natural Swarming, and Hiving of Swarms. 109 
X. Artificial Swarming. 143 
XI. Loss of the Qncen. 213 
XII. The Bec-Moth, and other Enemies of Bees.—Diseases of 
Bees. 228 
XIII. Robbing, and how Prevented. 261 
XIV. Directions for Feeding Bees. 267 
XV. The Apiary.—Procuring Bees to Stock it.—Transferring 
Bees from Common to Movable-Comb Hives. 279 
XVI. Honey. 285 
XVII. Bee-Pasturage.—Over-Stocking. 293 
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