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CONTENTS
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
I. | Why Keep Bees | 3 |
II. | How to Begin Bee-Keeping | 8 |
III. | The Location and the Arrangement of the Apiary | 20 |
IV. | The Inhabitants of the Hive | 27 |
V. | The Industries of the Hive | 50 |
VI. | The Swarming of Bees | 64 |
VII. | How to Keep from Keeping Too Many Bees | 73 |
VIII. | The Hive and How to Handle It | 83 |
IX. | Details Concerning Honey | 106 |
X. | Extracted Honey | 117 |
XI. | Points About Beeswax | 126 |
XII. | Feeding Bees | 136 |
XIII. | How to Winter Bees | 145 |
XIV. | Rearing and Introducing Queens | 156 |
XV. | Robbing in the Apiary | 164 |
XVI. | The Enemies and Diseases of Bees | 172 |
XVII. | The Anatomy of the Honey Bee | 181 |
XVIII. | Interrelation of Bees and Plants | 194 |
XIX. | Bee-Keepers and Bee-Keeping | 206 |
XX. | Bee-Hunting | 211 |
Bibliography | 215 | |
Index | 219 |