Section I
| Natural History of the Inhabitants of the Hive 3 |
| The queen | 4 |
| The drone | 11 |
| The worker bee | 15 |
| Eggs of bees | 16 |
| Increase of bees | 18 |
| Swarming | 21 |
Section II
| Anatomy and Physiology of the Bee | 31 |
| Head | 34 |
| Thorax, or Chest | 40 |
| Abdomen | 44 |
Section III Modern Bee-Hives
| Nutt’s Collateral Hive | 50 |
| Neighbour’s Improved Single-Box Hive | 62 |
| Taylor’s Amateur Shallow Box or Eight-bar Hive | 65 |
| Neighbour’s Improved Cottage | 68 |
| Improved Cottage, without Windows | 76 |
| Ladies’ Observatory or Crystal Bee-hive | 77 |
| Cottagers’ Hive for taking Honey in Straw Caps without the Destruction of the Bees | 80 |
| Woodbury Bar and Frame Hives:—Wood | 84 |
| Straw | 85 |
| Glass | 88 |
| Frame | 89 |
| Improved Comb Bar | 90 |
| Compound Bar and Frame | 91 |
| Super and Cover | 93 |
| Taylor’s Improved Cottage Hive | 96 |
| ″ Eight-Bar Straw | 95 |
| Neighbour’s Unicomb Observatory Hive | 97 |
| Woodbury | 102 |
| Stewarton or Ayrshire Hive | 109 |
| Huber’s Hive | 118 |
SECTION IV.
Exterior Arrangements and Apparatus.
| Bee House to contain Two Hives | 123 |
| ″ ″ Twelve Hives | 126 |
| ″ ″ Nine Hives | 128 |
| Evening Thoughts in January | 129 |
| Ornamental Zinc Cover | 131 |
| Zinc Cover | 132 |
| Taylor’s Cover of Zinc | 132 |
| Bell Glasses | 133 |
| Taylor’s Glasses | 133 |
| Payne’s Glass | 134 |
| Taylor’s Bell Glass with lid | 135 |
| Guide-Comb for Glasses | 135 |
| Exterior and Interior of an Apiary | 138 and 139 |
| The New Bottle-Feeder | 140 |
| Round Bee-Feeder | 143 |
| Zinc Fountain Bee-Feeder | 144 |
| Honey Cutters | 145 |
| Fumigator | 145 |
| Tube Fumigator | 147 |
| Bee-Dress or Protector | 148 |
Engraved Pressing Roller, for the Guidance
of Bees in the Construction of Honey-comb
on the Bars | 150 |
| Impressed Wax Sheets for Artificial Combs | 151 |