Transcriber Note Text emphasis denoted as =Bold= and _Italics_. BEE-KEEPING FOR PROFIT =E. H. TAYLOR,= WELWYN, ============= HERTS. [Illustration] =The Smallholder's No. 12 Dovetail Hive at 8/9.= The Strongest Hive & best value ever offered. ---- =A Big Stock of Bee Goods= always on hand for immediate despatch £2 orders carriage paid as conditions in Catalogue. LARGE CATALOGUE _FREE_. +----------------------------------------------------+ | _CASSELL'S VOLUMES_ | | | | =Practical Rabbit Keeping= | | =By George A. Townsend.= With 20 full-page | | Illustrations. Cloth gilt. =3s. 6d.= net. | | | | =Poultry & Profit= | | =By William W. Broomhead.= _Cloth._ =1s.= net. | | | | =Dogs & All About Them= | | =By Robert Leighton.= with Frontispiece in Colour | | and 16 Plates in Black-and-White. _Cloth._ | | =2s. 6d.= net. | | | | =Poultry Foods & Feeding= | | =By D. F. Laurie.= _Cloth._ =2s. 6d.= net. | | | | CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, | | LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LONDON, E.C. | +----------------------------------------------------+ [Illustration: How to Handle a Frame] BEE-KEEPING FOR PROFIT BY W. S. MORLEY WITH EIGHT PLATES CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne 1914 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 1. GENERAL INFORMATION AND HINTS 3 2. HIVES 21 3. BEE-KEEPERS' REQUISITES 35 4. BEES: THEIR HABITS AND PRODUCTS 44 5. FLOWERS AND BEES 53 6. HINTS ON WORKING THE BEES 58