| 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 |