A NEW EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED BY THE
EDITORS OF THE JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE.

THIRTIETHTHOUSAND.

LONDON:
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE OFFICE,
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LONDON
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BEE-KEEPING FOR THE MANY.

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]

NATURAL HISTORY.

The following brief but comprehensive epitome of the principal facts in the natural history of the Honey Bee is from the pen of Mr. Woodbury, of Exeter, better known to the readers of The Journal of Horticulture as "A Devonshire Bee-keeper."