CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.
| PAGE | |
| Literature of Bee-keeping | [1] |
CHAPTER I.
The Bee as an Insect.
| SEC. | ||
| I. | Classification | [7] |
| II. | The Queen | [8] |
| III. | The Drone | [19] |
| IV. | The Worker | [27] |
| V. | The Italian or Ligurian Bee | [34] |
| VI. | Other Foreign Varieties | [45] |
| VII. | Faculties and Functions | [54] |
| VIII. | Eggs and Transformations | [59] |
| IX. | Reproductive Economy | [62] |
| X. | Relation of Sex to Cells | [67] |
| XI. | The Rationale of Swarming | [72] |
| XII. | Increase of Bees | [82] |
CHAPTER II.
Anatomy and Physiology.
| I. | Preliminary Remarks | [86] |
| II. | The Head and Organs of Sensation | [88] |
| III. | The Thorax and Organs of Motion | [97] |
| IV. | The Abdomen and Secretive Organs | [102] |
CHAPTER III.
Modern Beehives.
| I. | Common Cottager's Hive | [108] |
| II. | Neighbours' Crystal Palace Skep | [109] |
| III. | The Cottager's Hive | [110] |
| IV. | An Improved Cottager's Hive | [112] |
| V. | Neighbours' Improved Cottager's Hive | [113] |
| VI. | The Ladies' Observatory Hive | [120] |
| VII. | Nutt's Collateral Hive | [123] |
| VIII. | Huber's Hive | [127] |
| IX. | The Woodbury Frame Hive | [134] |
| X. | Neighbours' New Frame Hive | [139] |
| XI. | Neighbours' Cottager's Frame Hive | [142] |
| XII. | The Philadelphia Frame Hive | [143] |
| XIII. | Cheshire's Frame Hive | [145] |
| XIV. | Abbott's New Frame Hive | [146] |
| XV. | The Stewarton Hive | [146] |
| XVI. | The Lanarkshire Hive | [155] |
| XVII. | Neighbours' Unicomb Observatory Hive—Outdoor | [157] |
| XVIII. | Neighbours' Unicomb Observatory Hive—Indoor | [162] |
CHAPTER IV.
Fittings and Apparatus.
| I. | Bee-Houses | [166] |
| II. | Zinc Covers | [171] |
| III. | Wood Covers | [172] |
| IV. | Quilts | [180] |
| V. | Bell Glasses | [180] |
| VI. | Bar Supers | [183] |
| VII. | Ekes and Nadirs | [186] |
| VIII. | Impressed Wax Sheets | [187] |
| IX. | Comb Foundations | [190] |
| X. | Cheshire's Guide-Maker | [191] |
| XI. | Bar-Frame Holder | [192] |
| XII. | Cheshire's Transferring Board | [192] |
| XIII. | Honey Cutters | [193] |
| XIV. | The Honey Extractor | [193] |
| XV. | Cheshire's Nucleus Hive | [197] |
| XVI. | Queen-Cages | [198] |
| XVII. | Queen and Drone Preventer | [200] |
| XVIII. | Bee-Traps | [201] |
| XIX. | Drone-Traps | [201] |
| XX. | Bee-Feeders | [202] |
| XXI. | Fumigators | [206] |
| XXII. | Bee-Dress or Protector | [208] |
CHAPTER V.
Bee Manipulation.
| I. | Hiving Swarms | |
| II. | Transferring Swarms | |
| III. | Transferring Old Stocks | |
| IV. | Driving | |
| V. | Uniting Colonies | |
| VI. | Artificial Swarming | |
| VII. | Queen-Rearing | |
| VIII. | Introducing New Queens | |
| IX. | Italianising | |
| X. | General Hints on Frame Hives | |
| XI. | Removing Bees | |
| XII. | Supplying Natural Comb | |
| XIII. | Applying Supers | |
| XIV. | Removing Supers | |
| XV. | Removing Frames | |
| XVI. | Extracting Honey | |
| XVII. | Melting Combs down | |
| XVIII. | Weighing Hives | |
| XIX. | Feeding | |
| XX. | Winter Precautions | [283] |
CHAPTER VI.
Miscellaneous Information.
| I. | Stings: their Prevention and Cure | |
| II. | Position of Hives | |
| III. | Pasturage for Bees | |
| IV. | Honey | |
| V. | Pollen, or Bee-Bread | |
| VI. | Propolis, or Bees' Cement | |
| VII. | Secretion of Wax | |
| VIII. | Robbing | |
| IX. | Diseases of Bees | |
| X. | Bee Enemies | |
| XI. | Bee-keeping in London | |
| XII. | General Remarks | [332] |
APPENDIX.
| International Exhibition of 1862 | |
| Cases of Acclimatising Bees | |
| Philadelphia Exhibition | |
| Caledonian Apiarian Society | [351] |
