The honey beeFront matterReading editionChapter navigation19 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterBulletin No. 1. New Series. (Third Edition.)FRANK BENTON, M. S.,LETTER OF TRANSMITTALPREFACE.ILLUSTRATIONS.Chapter I · CLASSIFICATION OF THE HONEY BEEChapter II · KINDS OF BEES COMPOSING A COLONY—BEE PRODUCTS AND DESCRIPTION OF COMBS—DEVELOPMENT OF BROOD.Chapter III · QUIETING AND MANIPULATING BEES.Chapter IV · ESTABLISHING AN APIARY: TIME—SELECTING HIVES OF BEES—MOVING BEES—SELECTION OF SITE.Chapter V · HIVES AND IMPLEMENTS.Chapter VI · BEE PASTURAGE.Chapter VII · SPRING MANIPULATION.Chapter VIII · SECURING SURPLUS HONEY AND WAX.Chapter IX · REARING AND INTRODUCING QUEENS.Chapter X · INCREASE OF COLONIES.Chapter XI · WINTERING BEES.Chapter XII · DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF BEES.BOOKS AND JOURNALS RELATING TO APICULTURE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Bulletin No. 1. New Series. (Third Edition.)All chapters and sections (19)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsBulletin No. 1. New Series. (Third Edition.)FRANK BENTON, M. S.,LETTER OF TRANSMITTALPREFACE.ILLUSTRATIONS.Chapters123456789101112Other sectionsBOOKS AND JOURNALS RELATING TO APICULTURE.USDA: Bull. 1.--the Honey Bee: a Manual of Instruction in Apiculture, by Frank BentonBull. 1, new series, Div. of Entomology, U. S. Agriculture.◇Frontispiece.◇An Apiary in Maryland.◇Bulletin No. 1. New Series. (Third Edition.) →