ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES.

Page.
An apiary in Maryland[Frontispiece.]
PlateI.Honey bees[16]
II.Digestive system of bee[22]
III.Alfalfa (Medicago saliva)[64]
IV.Esparcet or sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa)[64]
V.Sweet clover or melilot (Melilotus alba)[64]
VI.Acacia (Acacia constricta)[64]
VII.Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora)[64]
VIII.Blue weed or viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare)[64]
IX.Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum)[64]
X.Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)[64]
XI.Bacillus alvei[112]

TEXT FIGURES.

Fig.1.Worker cells of common East Indian honey bee (Apis indica)[12]
2.Worker cells of tiny East Indian honey bee (Apis florea)[13]
3.Comb of tiny East Indian honeybee (Apis florea)[14]
4.Worker cells of common honey bee (Apis mellifera)[15]
5.Ovaries of queen and workers[19]
6.Heads of queen and drone[20]
7.Modifications of the legs of different bees[21]
8.Head and tongue of Apis mellifera worker[22]
9.Wax disks of social bees[26]
10.Comb building, side of hive removed[27]
11.Cross section of brood apartment[29]
12.Use of veil and bee smoker[31]
13.Manipulation removing comb from hive[32]
14.Manipulation tilting to bring reverse side of comb to view[33]
15.Manipulation reverse side of comb brought to view[33]
16.Manipulation examining reverse side of comb[33]
17.Quinby closed-end frames[34]
18.Box hive prepared for transportation[37]
19.Frame hive prepared for transportation[37]
20.An apiary in Florida[38]
21.An apiary in California[39]
22.Ancient Greek movable comb hive[41]
23.Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive with cap and gable roof[41]
24.Langstroth frame showing construction[42]
25.Form in which to nail frames[42]
26.Lock-joint chaff hive[43]
27.Manner of nailing hives[43]
28.Section of improved tin frame-rest [44]
29.The Langstroth hive (Dadant-Quinby form), cross section showing construction[45]
30.The Nonpareil hive[46]
31.Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive open[46]
32.The Bingham bee smoker[48]
33.Automatic reversible honey extractor[49]
34.Quinby uncapping knife[49]
35.Bingham & Hetherington uncapping knife[49]
36.Excelsior wax extractor[50]
37.Simplicity feeder[51]
38.Fruit-jar bee feeder, bottom of feeding stage and perforated cap shown separately[51]
39.The Porter spring bee escape[52]
40.Daisy foundation fastener[53]
41.Fastening starter of comb foundation in frame[53]
42.Spur wire-embedder[54]
43.Comb-foundation machine[55]
44.Willow herb (Epilobium angustifolium)[57]
45.Wagner's flat pea (Lathyrus sylvestris wagneri)[59]
46.Dwarf Essex or winter rape (Brassica napus)[60]
47.Summer or bird rape (Brassica napus)[60]
48.Sacaline or giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinense)[61]
49.Russian or hairy vetch (Vicia villosa)[61]
50.Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)[63]
51.Apple (Pyrus malus)[63]
52.Heath-like wild aster (Aster ericoides)[64]
53.Transferring drumming the bees from a box hive into a frame hive[71]
54.Transferred comb and inserted queen cell[73]
55.Uncapping and extracting honey[77]
56.One-piece "V"-grooved sections[80]
57.Super with section holders and sections in place[80]
58.Dadant-Quinby form of Langstroth hive, elevated from bottom board and slid back for ventilation in summer[82]
59.Langstroth hive with combined surplus case and shipping crate[83]
60.Honey shipping cases[83]
61.Boardman solar wax extractor[85]
62.Comb showing worker brood and queen cells[88]
63.Queen cells and worker brood in various stages[89]
64.The Benton queen cage fur transporting a queen and attendants by mail[92]
65.Caging a queen for mailing[92]
66.Queen introducing-cage[94]
67.Hiving a swarm of bees[96]
68.The Simmins non-swarming system, single-story hive with supers[103]
69.The Simmins non-swarming system, double-story hive with supers[103]
70.Beehives with Langdon non-swarmer attached[104]
71.Percolator for preparation of winter food[107]
72.The American straw hive of Hayek Bros[108]
73.Davis hive with newspapers packed between inner and outer cases and brood frames on end for winter[108]
74.Double-walled hive adapted to outdoor wintering as well as summer use below 40 C north latitude in United States[109]
75.An apiary in Vermont winter view[110]
76.Cheshire anti-robbing entrance[117]