13. Queen cells 18 14. Handling the frame: First position 21 15. Handling the frame: Second position 21 16. Handling the frame : Third position 22 17. Division-board feeder to be hung in hive in place of frame 27 18. Feeder set in collar under hive body 27 19. "Pepper-box" feeder for use on top of frames 28 20. Pan in super arranged for feeding 28 21. Knives for uncapping honey 34 22. Honey extractor 35 23. Perforated zinc queen excluder 38 24. Shipping cases for comb honey 38 25. Queen mailing cage 45 BEES. =INTRODUCTION.= Beekeeping for pleasure and profit is carried on by many thousands of people in all parts of the United States. As a rule, it is not the sole occupation. There are, however, many places where an experienced bee keeper can make a good living by devoting his entire time and attention to this line of work. It is usually unwise to undertake extensive beekeeping without considerable previous experience on a small scale, since there are so many minor details which go to make up success in the work. It is a good plan to begin on a small scale, make the bees pay for themselves and for all additional apparatus, as well as some profit, and gradually to increase as far as the local conditions or the desires of the individual permit. Bee culture is the means of obtaining for human use a natural product which is abundant in almost all parts of the country, and which would be lost to us were it not for the honey bee. The annual production of honey and wax in the United States makes apiculture a profitable minor industry of the country. From its very nature it can never become one of the leading agricultural pursuits, but that there is abundant opportunity for its growth can not be doubted. Not only is the honey bee valuable as a producer, but it is also one of the most beneficial of insects in cross-pollinating the flowers of various economic plants. Beekeeping is also extremely fascinating to the majority of people as a pastime, furnishing outdoor exercise as well as intimacy with an insect whose activity has been a subject of absorbing study from the earliest times. It has the advantage of being a recreation which pays its own way and often produces no mean profit.