CONTENTS

Page
 
Breeding queen, where to keep 16
 
Cell building, how to prepare a colony for 18
 
Cell building, method number one 19
 
Cell building, method number two 26
 
Cell building, method number three 29
 
Cell building, feeding while going on 29
 
Cell building, how to prepare eggs for 21
 
Cell building, destroying eggs 22
 
Cell building, theory of using young bees 24
 
Cell building, how to rear the best 27
 
Drones, objectionable 37
 
Drones, how to catch and destroy 37
 
Drones, how to obtain and preserve 44
 
Drone-trap, utility of 46
 
Honey, how to prevent candying 54
 
Nuclei, how to form 31
 
Nuclei, how to feed 44
 
Pipe for burning tobacco 41
 
Queen-cell frame, description of 38
 
Queen-cells, transferring 40
 
Queens, how to care for 49
 
Queens, age at which they mate 49
 
Queens, virgin, forcing to mate 50
 
Queens, age at which they lay 51
 
Queens, to know fertile from unfertile 50
 
Queens, fertilizing in confinement 51
 
Queens, respect bees show them 51
 
Queen-cells, destroying 51
 
Queens, comparative size 53
 
Queen-rearing, first improvements 11
 
Queen-rearing, latest improved methods 12
 
Queen-rearing, on a large scale 14
 
Queen-rearing, proper conditions of apiary 15
 
Queen-rearing, to prepare eggs for 16
 
Queen-breeding colony, how to start 19
 
Queen-breeding hive, how to make 17
 
Queens, fertile, how to introduce 34
 
Queens, unfertile, how to introduce 35
 
Queen nursery, how to use 29
 
Queenless bees, necessity of 28
IMPROVED QUEEN-REARING
OR
How to Rear Large, Prolific and Long-Lived Queen Bees