SECTION I.
| The inhabitants of the hive | [2] |
| The queen | [2] |
| The drone | [6] |
| The worker bee | [8] |
| Eggs of bees | [8] |
| Increase of bees | [9] |
| Swarming | [11] |
SECTION II.—Modern Bee-Hives.
| Nutt's Collateral Hive | [17] |
| Neighbour's Improved Single Box Hive | [24] |
| Taylor's Amateur Shallow Box or Eight-bar Hive | [26] |
| Taylor's Amateur Seven-bar Hive | [27] |
| Neighbour's Improved Cottage | [28] |
| Improved Cottage | [31] |
| Ladies' Observatory or Crystal Bee-hive | [32] |
| Cottagers' Hive for taking honey in straw caps without the destruction of the bees | [34] |
| Woodbury Bar and Frame Hives:— | |
| Wood | [36] |
| Straw | [37] |
| Glass | [38] |
| Frame | [39] |
| Improved Comb Bar | [39] |
| Compound Bar and Frame | [40] |
| Cover | [41] |
| Taylor's Improved Cottage Hive | [43] |
| " Eight Bar Straw | [43] |
| Neighbour's Unicomb Observatory Hive | [44] |
| Woodbury " " " | [46] |
| Huber's Hive | [50] |
SECTION III.—Exterior Arrangements and Apparatus.
| Bee House to contain two hives | [53] |
| " " twelve hives | [55] |
| " " nine hives | [56] |
| Evening thoughts in January | [56] |
| Exterior and interior of an Apiary | [58] |
| Zinc Cover | [59] |
| Ornamental Zinc Cover | [59] |
| Cover of Zinc | [60] |
| Bell Glasses | [60] |
| Taylor's Glass | [60] |
| Payne's Glass | [61] |
| Bell Glass with lid | [61] |
| Guide Comb for Glasses | [61] |
| The New Bottle Feeder | [63] |
| Round Bee Feeder | [65] |
| Zinc Fountain Bee Feeder | [65] |
| Nutt's Drawer Feeder | [66] |
| Honey Cutters (13) | [66] |
| Fumigator (11) | [66] |
| Fumigator (12) | [68] |
| Bee Dress or Protector | [68] |
| Engraved Pressing Roller, for the guidance of bees in the construction of honey-comb on the bars | [69] |
| Impressed Wax Sheets for artificial comb | [70] |
SECTION IV.
| Manipulation and uses of Bar and Frame Hives | [73] |
| Putting on Super Hive | [75] |
| Taking out Frames with Combs | [76] |
| Artificial Swarming | [79] |
| Driving | [84] |
| Changing Old Stock to new Hives | [86] |
| Weighing Hives, &c. | [88] |
SECTION V.—Miscellaneous Information.
| Stings: their Prevention and Cure | [88] |
| Pollen or Food for Infant Bees | [91] |
| Propolis or Bees' Cement | [92] |
| Pasturage for Bees | [93] |
| The Ligurian or Italian Alp Bee | [95] |
| Living Bees at the International Exhibition of
1862, sending Bees to Australia, &c. | [100] |
| Bee-keeping in London | [102] |
| Wasps and Moths | [106] |
| Draining Honey from the Combs | [110] |
| General Remarks | [110] |
| On the First Flight of Bees in Spring | [116] |