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]

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.

[PLATE I. (Page 34).]

1.Queen bee.
1a.Antenna of ditto.
1b.Hind leg of ditto.
1c.Front view of head of ditto.
1d.Mandible of ditto.
2.Worker, or imperfect female.
2a.Antenna of ditto.
2b.Hind leg of ditto, inner side showing the pollen-brushes.
2b*Ditto, outer side showing the pollen-basket.
2c*Side view of head.
2c.Back view of ditto, showing the junction of the gullet with the thorax, and position of the tongue and its appendages.
2d.Mandible.
3.Male, or drone.
3a.Antenna of ditto.
3b.Hind leg of ditto.
3c.Front view of head of ditto.
3d.Mandible of ditto.
A.Enlarged view of the wing. B. Hind edge of fore wing, showing the thickened margin, and fore edge of hind wing, showing the hooks, which hold on to the thickened margin of the fore wing, and keep them together during flight.