Preface

7

Introduction

13

I.

The Bee-Master of Warrilow

17

II.

February amongst the hives

24

III.

A twentieth century bee-farmer

31

IV.

Chloe among the bees

37

V.

A bee-man of the ’Forties

44

VI.

Heredity in the bee-garden

52

VII.

Night on a honey-farm

59

VIII.

In a bee-camp

65

IX.

The bee-hunters

73

X.

The physician in the hive

80

XI.

Winter work on the bee-farm

86

XII.

The queen bee: In romance and reality

93

XIII.

The song of the hives

100

XIV.

Concerning honey

107

XV.

In the Abbot’s bee-garden

113

XVI.

Bees and their masters

120

XVII.

The honey thieves

126

XVIII.

The story of the swarm

132

XIX.

The mind in the hive

139

XX.

The King’s bee-master

145

XXI.

Pollen and the bee

152

XXII.

The honey-flow

158

XXIII.

Summer life in a bee-hive

164

XXIV.

The yellow peril in Hiveland

170

XXV.

The unbusy bee

176

XXVI.

The long night in the hive

182

XXVII.

The autocrat of the bee-garden

189

XXVIII.

Honey-craft old and new

196

XXIX.

The bee-milk mystery

202

XXX.

The bee-burners

209

XXXI.

Evolution of the modern hive

214