THE HONEY-BEE: ITS NATURE, HOMES, AND PRODUCTS.

W. H. HARRIS, B.A., B.Sc.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE HONEY-BEE: ITS NATURE, HOMES, AND PRODUCTS.

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.