Hon. James Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture,

[CONTENTS.]

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Locations suited to the keeping of bees[9]
The returns to be expected from an apiary[11]
Anyone who desires to do so can learn to manipulate bees[13]
How to avoid stings[14]
What race of bees to choose[16]
Caucasians[16]
Carniolans[17]
Italians[17]
Cyprians[17]
Cyprio-Carniolans and Cyprio-Caucasians[18]
Syrian and Palestine or "Holy-Land" bees[18]
German, common black, or brown bees[18]
What hive to adopt[19]
Management in swarming[21]
Natural swarming[21]
Artificial swarming[22]
Dividing[22]
Nucleus system[22]
Shaken or brushed swarms[23]
Prevention of swarming[23]
Dequeening[24]
Requeening[24]
Space near entrances[25]
Selection in breeding[25]
Special crops for honey alone not profitable[26]
Economic plants and trees for cultivation for honey and pollen[27]
How to obtain surplus honey and wax[29]
Extracted honey[30]
Comb honey[31]
Grading and shipping comb honey[33]
Production of wax[34]
The wintering of bees[35]
General considerations[37]
Indoor wintering[38]
Outdoor wintering[38]
The risk of loss through disease and enemies[41]
Foul brood or bacillus of the hive[41]
Bee paralysis[44]
Insect and other enemies[45]
Robber bees[46]
Legislation affecting apiarian interests[47]
Journals treating of apiculture[47]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Fig.1.The Bingham bee smoker[14]
2.Bee veil[15]
3.The Porter spring bee escape[16]
4.Langstroth hive with two half-depth supers for surplus honey[19]
5.The Langstroth hive—Dadant-Quinby form—cross section showing construction[20]
6.Quinby closed-end frames[20]
7.The Simmins nonswarming system—single-story hive with supers[24]
8.The Simmins nonswarming system—double-story hive with supers[25]
9.Quinby uncapping knife[30]
10.The automatic reversible honey extractor[31]
11.Langstroth hive—super above, holding 28 sections for comb honey[32]
12.Comb honey stored in pound section[32]
13.Perforated zinc queen excluder[33]
14.Shipping cases for comb honey[34]
15.Solar wax-extractor[35]
16.Steam wax-extractor[35]
17.Double-walled hive adapted to outdoor wintering, as well as summer use[39]
18.The American straw hive (Langstroth principle) of Hayek Brothers[40]
19.Colony of bees with newspapers packed between inner and outer cases and brood frames on end for the winter[41]

BEE KEEPING.

LOCATIONS SUITED TO THE KEEPING OF BEES.