Chap. Page. I. The History and Physiology of the Bee 1 II. The Apiary 47 III. The Bee-house 52 IV. Pasturage 55 V. Honey-dew 71 VI. The Purchase of Bees 80 VII. Bee-boxes 83 VIII. Bee-hives 95 IX. Comparative Advantages of Wooden Boxes and Straw Hives 100 X. Leaf Hives 102 XI. Dividers 107 XII. Storifying 109 XIII. Swarming 115 XIV. Comparative Advantages of Storifying and Single-hiving 122 XV. Symptoms which precede Swarming 127 XVI. Hiving of Swarms 136 XVII. On removing Bees from common Straw Hives to Storifying Hives or Boxes 148 XVIII. Super- and Nadir-hiving by means of Binders 151 XIX. Uniting Swarms or Stocks 154 XX. Proper Periods of Deprivation 162 XXI. Taking Money by means of Dividers 167 XXII. The Bee-dress 176 XXIII. Feeding 179 XXIV. Diseases of Bees 184 XXV. Enemies of Bees 199 XXVI. Exotic Bees 210 XXVII. Separation of Wax and Honey 216 XXVIII. Wax 220 XXIX. Honey 226 XXX. Mead 236 PART II. XXXI. The Anatomy of Bees 249 XXXII. Senses of Bees 302 XXXIII. Instincts of Bees 318 XXXIV. On the Architecture of Bees 339 XXXV. An Inquiry into the Source and Nature of Bees-wax 356 XXXVI. Pollen 370 XXXVII. Propolis 375 XXXVIII. Importance of Bees to the Fructification of Flowers 380 A GENERAL VIEW OF THE