L. L. Langstroth

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ADVERTISEMENT

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II. THE HONEY BEE CAPABLE OF BEING TAMED OR DOMESTICATED TO A MOST SURPRISING DEGREE.

CHAPTER III. THE QUEEN OR MOTHER-BEE, THE DRONES, AND THE

CHAPTER IV. COMB.

CHAPTER V. PROPOLIS, OR "BEE-GLUE."

CHAPTER VI. POLLEN, OR BEE-BREAD.

CHAPTER VII. ON THE ADVANTAGES WHICH OUGHT TO BE FOUND IN AN IMPROVED HIVE.

CHAPTER VIII. PROTECTION AGAINST EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD,

CHAPTER IX. VENTILATION OF THE HIVE.

CHAPTER X. NATURAL SWARMING, AND HIVING OF SWARMS.

CHAPTER X. ARTIFICIAL SWARMING.

CHAPTER XI. THE BEE-MOTH, AND OTHER ENEMIES OF BEES. DISEASES OF BEES.

CHAPTER XII. LOSS OF THE QUEEN.

CHAPTER XIII. UNION OF STOCKS. TRANSFERRING BEES FROM THE COMMON HIVE. STARTING AN APIARY.

CHAPTER XIV. ROBBING.

CHAPTER XV. DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING BEES.

CHAPTER XVI. HONEY. PASTURAGE. OVERSTOCKING.

CHAPTER XVII. THE ANGER OF BEES. REMEDY FOR THEIR STING. BEE-DRESS. INSTINCTS OF BEES.

The above are a very accurate representations of the Queen, the Worker and the Drone. The group of bees in the title page, represents the attitude in which the bees surround their Queen or Mother as she rests upon the comb.

LANGSTROTH ON THE HIVE AND THE HONEY-BEE,
A Bee Keeper's Manual,

BY
REV. L. L. LANGSTROTH.

NORTHAMPTON: HOPKINS, BRIDGMAN & COMPANY. 1853.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by L. L. Langstroth, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

C. A. MIRICK, PRINTER, GREENFIELD.