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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> • <br /> PREFACE 1 <br /> What's New in the Second Edition? 1 <br /> INTRODUCTION 2 <br /> Beekeeping and Bee Biology 2 <br /> Four Principles of Productive Beekeeping 2 <br /> BASIC HONEY BEE BIOLOGY AS IT PERTAINS TO BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 3 <br /> The Colony 3 <br /> The Superorganism 3 <br /> Castes 4 <br /> Queens 5 <br /> Development 5 <br /> Workers 6 <br /> Development 6 <br /> Lifespan 6 <br /> Division of Labor 6 <br /> Drones 7 <br /> Development 7 <br /> Colony Life Cycle 8 <br /> Seasonal Cycle 8 <br /> • Swarms 10 <br /> Queens Cells 11 <br /> SUBSPECIES, OR RACES, OF HONEY BEES 14 <br /> European Subspecies 14 <br /> Stocks or Lines of European Bees 15 <br /> African Subspecies 15 <br /> EQUIPMENT, THE APIARY,AND BUYING BEES 16 <br /> Personal Equipment 16 <br /> The Hive -A Home for Your Honey Bees 19 <br /> Painting Equipment 20 <br /> Components of a Hive 20 <br /> The Exterior 21 <br /> The Interior 21 <br /> Honey Production for Harvest 23 <br /> Feeding Supplies 24 <br /> Feed Pail 24 <br /> Sugar Syrup 24 <br /> Pollen Substitute 25 <br /> Wintering Equipment 25 <br /> Quantity of Hive Equipment Needed for Each Colony 25 <br /> Where to Buy Equipment 26 <br /> • Selecting an Apiary Site 26 <br /> Around Your Hive 26 <br /> Weather and Protection 27 <br />