In these days of intense business pressure, it is a good thing for people to cultivate hobbies. We are sure that comparatively few people know what marvelous creatures bees are; what constant pleasure may be found in watching their work; what opportunities for skillful use of brain and hand are afforded by an apiary; what a wide field of study and information is displayed by these domesticated insects: and though we shall not hold out dazzling prospects of a large return of money from the pursuit we are commending, we shall show by facts that, in ordinary seasons, the yield of honey should amply cover the cost of the bees, their homes, and their requirements.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. HISTORIC SKETCH.
- CHAPTER II. NATURAL HISTORY.
- CHAPTER III. THE QUEEN-BEE
- CHAPTER IV. THE DRONES.
- CHAPTER V. THE WORKERS.
- CHAPTER VI. HONEY.
- CHAPTER VII. MEAD.
- CHAPTER VIII. WAX.
- CHAPTER IX. POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD.
- CHAPTER X. PROPOLIS.
- CHAPTER XI. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BEE.
- CHAPTER XII. HEARING, TASTE, AND SMELLING.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE THORAX.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE ABDOMEN.
- CHAPTER XV. THE DISEASES OF BEES.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE ENEMIES OF BEES.
- CHAPTER XVII. HIVES.
- CHAPTER XVIII. NATURAL SWARMING.
- CHAPTER XIX. ARTIFICIAL SWARMING.
- CHAPTER XX. QUEEN REARING.
- CHAPTER XXI. FEEDING.
- CHAPTER XXII. WINTERING BEES.
- CHAPTER XXIII. BEE-STINGS.
- CHAPTER XXIV. PASSIONS AND EMOTIONS OF BEES.
- CHAPTER XXV. INTELLECT AND INSTINCT IN BEES.
- CHAPTER XXVI. BEES IN RELATION TO FLOWERS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. SUPERSTITIONS CONNECTED WITH BEES.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PROFITS OF BEE-KEEPING.
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