Directions for general manipulations 19 Transferring 22 Uniting 24 Preventing robbing in the apiary 25 Feeding 26 Spring management 26 Swarm management and increase 29 Artificial swarming 31 Prevention of swarming 32 Preparation for the harvest 33 The production of honey 33 Extracted honey 34 Comb honey 36 The production of wax 39 Preparations for wintering 40 Diseases and enemies 42 General information 44 Breeders of queens 44 Introducing queens 44 Dealers in bee keepers' supplies 45 Bee keepers' associations 45 Laws affecting beekeeping 45 Disease inspection 45 Laws against spraying fruit trees while in bloom 46 Laws against the adulteration of honey 46 When bees are a nuisance 46 Supposed injury of crops by bees 46 Journals and books on beekeeping 46 Publications of the Department of Agriculture on beekeeping 47 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Fig. 1. A well-arranged apiary 7 2. A ten-frame hive with comb honey super and perforated zinc queen excluder 10 3. Smoker 11 4. Bee veil with silk-tulle front 11 5 Hive tools 12 6. Drone and queen trap on hive entrance 12 7. Bee escape for removing bees from supers 13 8. Spring bee escape 13 9. Bee brush 14 10. Worker, queen, and drone 16 11. Comb architecture 17 12. Egg, larvæ, and pupa 18