TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Preface—Introductory | [1] |
SECTION I.
| Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Hive 3 | |
| The queen | [4] |
| The drone | [11] |
| The worker bee | [15] |
| Eggs of bees | [16] |
| Increase of bees | [18] |
| Swarming | [21] |
SECTION II.
| Anatomy and Physiology of the Bee | [31] |
| Head | [34] |
| Thorax, or Chest | [40] |
| Abdomen | [44] |
SECTION III.
Modern Bee-Hives.
| Nutt's Collateral Hive | [50] |
| Neighbour's Improved Single-Box Hive | [62] |
| Taylor's Amateur Shallow Box or Eight-bar Hive | [65] |
| Neighbour's Improved Cottage | [68] |
| Improved Cottage, without Windows | [76] |
| Ladies' Observatory or Crystal Bee-hive | [77] |
| Cottagers' Hive for taking Honey in Straw Caps without the Destruction of the Bees | [80] |
| Woodbury Bar and Frame Hives:—Wood | [84] |
| Straw | [85] |
| Glass | [88] |
| Frame | [89] |
| Improved Comb Bar | [90] |
| Compound Bar and Frame | [91] |
| Super and Cover | [93] |
| Taylor's Improved Cottage Hive | [96] |
| " Eight-Bar Straw | [95] |
| Neighbour's Unicomb Observatory Hive | [97] |
| Woodbury | [102] |
| Stewarton or Ayrshire Hive | [109] |
| Huber's Hive | [118] |
SECTION IV.
Exterior Arrangements and Apparatus.
| Bee House to contain Two Hives | [123] |
| " " Twelve Hives | [126] |
| " " Nine Hives | [128] |
| Evening Thoughts in January | [129] |
| Ornamental Zinc Cover | [131] |
| Zinc Cover | [132] |
| Taylor's Cover of Zinc | [132] |
| Bell Glasses | [133] |
| Taylor's Glasses | [133] |
| Payne's Glass | [134] |
| Taylor's Bell Glass with lid | [135] |
| Guide-Comb for Glasses | [135] |
| Exterior and Interior of an Apiary | [138] and [139] |
| The New Bottle-Feeder | [140] |
| Round Bee-Feeder | [143] |
| Zinc Fountain Bee-Feeder | [144] |
| Honey Cutters | [145] |
| Fumigator | [145] |
| Tube Fumigator | [147] |
| Bee-Dress or Protector | [148] |
| Engraved Pressing Roller, for the Guidance of Bees in the Construction of Honey-comb on the Bars | [150] |
| Impressed Wax Sheets for Artificial Combs | [151] |
SECTION V.
| Manipulation and Uses of Bar and Frame Hives | [157] |
| Putting on Super Hive | [162] |
| Taking out Frames with Combs | [163] |
| Advantages of Bar and Frame Hives | [168] |
| Artificial Swarming | [169] |
| Royal Brood | [175] |
| Queen Cages | [175] |
| Driving | [179] |
| Changing Old Stocks to New Hives | [182] |
| Weighing Hives, &c. | [185] |
SECTION VI.
Miscellaneous Information.
| Stings: their Prevention and Cure | [189] |
| Pollen, or Food for Infant-Bees | [193] |
| Propolis, or Bees' Cement | [195] |
| Pasturage for Bees | [197] |
| The Ligurian or Italian Alp Bee | [200] |
| Living Bees at the International Exhibition of 1862, Sending Bees to Australia, &c. | [213] |
| Bee-keeping in London | [215] |
| Wasps and Moths | [223] |
| Draining Honey from the Combs | [230] |
| Diseases of Bees | [232] |
| General Remarks | [238] |
| On the First Flight of Bees in Spring | [250] |
APPENDIX.
Testimonials of the Press.
| Great Exhibition of 1851:— | |
| From the "Cottage Gardener" | [255] |
| " "Illustrated London News" | [255] |
| " "Express" | [255] |
| International Exhibition of 1862:— | |
| From the "Illustrated London News" | [259] |
| " "Journal of Horticulture" | [259] |
| " "Illustrated News of the World" | [261] |
| " "Gardener's Weekly Magazine" | [261] |
| Bath and West of England Agricultural Show at Exeter in June, 1863:— | |
| From the "Journal of Horticulture" | [264] |
| " "Western Times" | [264] |
| " "Devon Weekly Times" | [267] |
| " "Exeter Gazette" | [267] |
| Royal Agricultural Show, Newcastle, 1864:— | |
| From the "Northern Daily Express" | [268] |
| Royal Agricultural Show, Plymouth, 1865:— | |
| From the "Journal of Horticulture" | [270] |
ERRATUM.
At eleventh line from bottom of [page 111], for "three," read "those."
[Transcriber Note: Correction seems to have been made.]