DEDICATION
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I THE BEE-MASTER OF WARRILOW
CHAPTER II FEBRUARY AMONGST THE HIVES
CHAPTER III A TWENTIETH CENTURY BEE-FARMER
CHAPTER IV CHLOE AMONG THE BEES
CHAPTER V A BEE-MAN OF THE 'FORTIES
CHAPTER VI HEREDITY IN THE BEE-GARDEN
CHAPTER VII NIGHT ON A HONEY-FARM
CHAPTER VIII IN A BEE-CAMP
CHAPTER IX THE BEE-HUNTERS
CHAPTER X THE PHYSICIAN IN THE HIVE
CHAPTER XI WINTER WORK ON THE BEE-FARM
CHAPTER XII THE QUEEN BEE: IN ROMANCE AND REALITY
CHAPTER XIII THE SONG OF THE HIVES
CHAPTER XIV CONCERNING HONEY
CHAPTER XV IN THE ABBOT'S BEE-GARDEN
CHAPTER XVI BEES AND THEIR MASTERS
CHAPTER XVII THE HONEY THIEVES
CHAPTER XVIII THE STORY OF THE SWARM
CHAPTER XIX THE MIND IN THE HIVE
CHAPTER XX THE KING'S BEE-MASTER
CHAPTER XXI POLLEN AND THE BEE
CHAPTER XXII THE HONEY-FLOW
CHAPTER XXIII SUMMER LIFE IN A BEE-HIVE
CHAPTER XXIV THE YELLOW PERIL IN HIVELAND
CHAPTER XXV THE UNBUSY BEE
CHAPTER XXVI THE LONG NIGHT IN THE HIVE
CHAPTER XXVII THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BEE-GARDEN
CHAPTER XXVIII HONEY-CRAFT OLD AND NEW
CHAPTER XXIX THE BEE-MILK MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXX THE BEE-BURNERS
CHAPTER XXXI EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN HIVE
THE LORE OF THE HONEY-BEE
FOOTNOTES.
This etext was transcribed by Les Bowler
“A corner in the bee garden”
BY TICKNER EDWARDES
FELLOW OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AUTHOR OF “THE LORE OF THE HONEY-BEE”
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published
1907
Second Edition (Methuen & Co. Ltd.) Revised and Enlarged
1920
Third Edition
1921
These Essays are reprinted by the courtesy of the Proprietor of “The Pall Mall Gazette.”
