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The Apiary

by Alfred Neighbour

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface to the Second Edition
  2. 2Preface to the First Edition
  3. 3Section I · Section II — Section III — Modern Bee-Hives
  4. 4Section V
  5. 5Section VI — Miscellaneous Information
  6. 6Description of Plates
  7. 7Plate II — Page 31
  8. 8The Apiary; or, Bees, Bee-Hives, and Bee-Culture
  9. 9I — Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Hive
  10. 10The Queen
  11. 11The Drone
  12. 12The Worker-Bee
  13. 13The Eggs of Bees
  14. 14Increase of Bees
  15. 15Swarming
  16. 16II — Anatomy and Physiology of the Bee
  17. 17III — Modern Bee-Hives
  18. 18Neighbour’s Improved Single Box Hive
  19. 19Taylor’s Amateur Shallow Box or Eight-Bar Hive
  20. 20Neighbour’s Improved Cottage Hive
  21. 21Improved Cottage Hive Without Windows
  22. 22The Ladies’ Observatory or Crystal Bee-Hive
  23. 23Cottager’s Hive, for Taking Honey in Straw Caps, Without the Destru…
  24. 24Woodbury Straw Bar and Frame Hive
  25. 25Woodbury’s Glass Bar and Frame Hives
  26. 26Frames
  27. 27Improved Comb Bar
  28. 28Compound Bar Frame
  29. 29Covers
  30. 30Taylor’s Improved Cottage Hive
  31. 31Eight-Bar Straw Hive
  32. 32Neighbour’s Unicomb Observatory Hive
  33. 33Woodbury Unicomb Hive
  34. 34The Stewarton, or Ayrshire Hive
  35. 35Huber’s Hive
  36. 36IV — Exterior Arrangements and Apparatus
  37. 37Bee-House to Contain Twelve Hives
  38. 38Bee-House to Contain Nine Hives
  39. 39Evening Thoughts in January
  40. 40Ornamental Zinc Cover
  41. 41Zinc Cover
  42. 42Taylor’s Zinc Cover
  43. 43Bell Glasses
  44. 44Taylor’s Bell Glasses
  45. 45Flat-Topped Glass
  46. 46Guide-Comb for Glasses
  47. 47The New Bottle-Feeder
  48. 48Round Bee-Feeder
  49. 49Zinc Fountain Bee-Feeder
  50. 50Honey Cutters
  51. 51Box Fumigator
  52. 52Tube Fumigator
  53. 53The Bee Dress or Protector
  54. 54Engraved Pressing Roller for the Guidance of Bees in the Constructi…
  55. 55Impressed Wax Sheets for Artificial Combs
  56. 56Manipulation and Uses of Bar and Frame Hives
  57. 57Putting on Super Hive
  58. 58Taking Out Frames With Combs
  59. 59Advantages of Bar and Frame Hives
  60. 60Artificial Swarming
  61. 61Driving
  62. 62Changing Old Stocks to New Hives
  63. 63Weighing Hives, &c.
  64. 64VI | Miscellaneous Information
  65. 65Pollen, or Food for Infant-Bees
  66. 66Propolis, or Bees’ Cement
  67. 67Pasturage for Bees
  68. 68The Ligurian or Italian Alp Bee
  69. 69Living Bees at the International Exhibition of 1862, Sending Bees t…
  70. 70Bee-Keeping in London
  71. 71Wasps and Moths
  72. 72Draining Honey From the Combs
  73. 73Diseases of Bees
  74. 74General Remarks
  75. 75On the First Flight of Bees in Spring
  76. 76Appendix

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