| Preface—Introductory | 1 |
SECTION I.
| Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Hive 3 | |
| The queen | 4 |
| The drone | 11 |
| The worker bee | 15 |
| Eggs of bees | 16 |
| Increase of bees | 18 |
| Swarming | 21 |
SECTION II.
| Anatomy and Physiology of the Bee | 31 |
| Head | 34 |
| Thorax, or Chest | 40 |
| Abdomen | 44 |
SECTION III.
Modern Bee-Hives.
| Nutt's Collateral Hive | 50 |
| Neighbour's Improved Single-Box Hive | 62 |
| Taylor's Amateur Shallow Box or Eight-bar Hive | 65 |
| Neighbour's Improved Cottage | 68 |
| Improved Cottage, without Windows | 76 |
| Ladies' Observatory or Crystal Bee-hive | 77 |
| Cottagers' Hive for taking Honey in Straw Caps without the Destruction of the Bees | 80 |
| Woodbury Bar and Frame Hives:—Wood | 84 |
| Straw | 85 |
| Glass | 88 |
| Frame | 89 |
| Improved Comb Bar | 90 |
| Compound Bar and Frame | 91 |
| Super and Cover | 93 |
| Taylor's Improved Cottage Hive | 96 |
| " Eight-Bar Straw | 95 |
| Neighbour's Unicomb Observatory Hive | 97 |
| Woodbury | 102 |
| Stewarton or Ayrshire Hive | 109 |
| Huber's Hive | 118 |
SECTION IV.
Exterior Arrangements and Apparatus.
| Bee House to contain Two Hives | 123 |
| " " Twelve Hives | 126 |
| " " Nine Hives | 128 |
| Evening Thoughts in January | 129 |
| Ornamental Zinc Cover | 131 |
| Zinc Cover | 132 |
| Taylor's Cover of Zinc | 132 |
| Bell Glasses | 133 |
| Taylor's Glasses | 133 |
| Payne's Glass | 134 |
| Taylor's Bell Glass with lid | 135 |
| Guide-Comb for Glasses | 135 |
| Exterior and Interior of an Apiary | 138 and 139 |
| The New Bottle-Feeder | 140 |
| Round Bee-Feeder | 143 |
| Zinc Fountain Bee-Feeder | 144 |
| Honey Cutters | 145 |
| Fumigator | 145 |
| Tube Fumigator | 147 |
| Bee-Dress or Protector | 148 |
| Engraved Pressing Roller, for the Guidance of Bees in the Construction of Honey-comb on the Bars |
150 |
| Impressed Wax Sheets for Artificial Combs | 151 |
SECTION V.
| Manipulation and Uses of Bar and Frame Hives | 157 |
| Putting on Super Hive | 162 |
| Taking out Frames with Combs | 163 |
| Advantages of Bar and Frame Hives | 168 |
| Artificial Swarming | 169 |
| Royal Brood | 175 |
| Queen Cages | 175 |
| Driving | 179 |
| Changing Old Stocks to New Hives | 182 |
| Weighing Hives, &c. | 185 |
SECTION VI.
Miscellaneous Information.
| Stings: their Prevention and Cure | 189 |
| Pollen, or Food for Infant-Bees | 193 |
| Propolis, or Bees' Cement | 195 |
| Pasturage for Bees | 197 |
| The Ligurian or Italian Alp Bee | 200 |
| Living Bees at the International Exhibition of 1862, Sending Bees to Australia, &c. |
213 |
| Bee-keeping in London | 215 |
| Wasps and Moths | 223 |
| Draining Honey from the Combs | 230 |
| Diseases of Bees | 232 |
| General Remarks | 238 |
| On the First Flight of Bees in Spring | 250 |
APPENDIX.
Testimonials of the Press.
| Great Exhibition of 1851:— | |
| From the "Cottage Gardener" | 255 |
| " "Illustrated London News" | 255 |
| " "Express" | 255 |
| International Exhibition of 1862:— | |
| From the "Illustrated London News" | 259 |
| " "Journal of Horticulture" | 259 |
| " "Illustrated News of the World" | 261 |
| " "Gardener's Weekly Magazine" | 261 |
| Bath and West of England Agricultural Show at Exeter in June, 1863:— | |
| From the "Journal of Horticulture" | 264 |
| " "Western Times" | 264 |
| " "Devon Weekly Times" | 267 |
| " "Exeter Gazette" | 267 |
| Royal Agricultural Show, Newcastle, 1864:— | |
| From the "Northern Daily Express" | 268 |
| Royal Agricultural Show, Plymouth, 1865:— | |
| From the "Journal of Horticulture" | 270 |
ERRATUM.
At eleventh line from bottom of page 111, for "three," read "those."
[Transcriber Note: Correction seems to have been made.]