CONTENTS

Natural History[3]
Situation of the Apiary[5]
Hives[6]
Payne's Improved Cottage Hive[6]
Neighbour's Improved Cottage Hive[8]
Neighbour's Observatory Hive[9]
Taylor's Amateurs' Hive[10]
Fenn's Hive[11]
The Stewarton Hive[13]
Tegetmeier's Hive[14]
The Woodbury Hive[15]
Method of Securing Combs in Frames[19]
Swarming[20]
Uniting Swarms[23]
Ventilation[24]
Feeding[25]
Manner of Taking Honey[28]
Stupifying Bees[29]
Method of Draining Honey from the Combs[29]
Preparation of Wax[30]
Mead[30]
Honey Vinegar[31]
Remedies For the Sting of a Bee[31]
Bee Dress[32]
Purchasing Stocks[32]
The Ligurian Or Yellow Alp Bee[32]
To Unite a Ligurian Queen to a Common Stock Or Swarm[34]
Multiplying Swarms of Ligurians[35]
Bee-keeper's Calendar[37]
January[37]
February[38]
March[40]
April[42]
May[46]
June[50]
July[53]
August[55]
September[59]
October[61]
November[63]
December[65]
Index[69]