| Chapter. | Page | |
| I. | —Honey Bees | 19 |
| II. | —The Controllable Hive and New System of Bee Management | 22 |
| III. | —Patent and non-Patent Hives | 29 |
| IV. | —Feeding | 32 |
| V. | —Boxes for Surplus Honey | 40 |
| VI. | —Swarming and Hiving | 45 |
| VII. | —Anger of Bees | 55 |
| VIII. | —Bee Moth | 59 |
| IX. | —Robbing | 62 |
| X. | —Profits of Bee Keeping | 66 |
| XI. | —Changing Old Queens for Young Ones | 74 |
| XII. | —Rearing and Introducing Queens | 77 |
| XIII. | —Sources of Honey | 84 |
| XIV. | —Location of Hives | 89 |
| XV. | —Wintering Bees | 92 |
| XVI. | —Transferring Bees | 98 |
| XVII. | —Italian Bees | 103 |
| XVIII. | —Construction of Controllable Hives | 107 |
| XIX. | —Monthly Duties | 113 |
| XX. | —Conclusion | 120 |