Publisher's Introductory. 



The writer of the following' treatise on the honey- 

 bee, Mr. E. F. Phillips, Ph.D., is the scientist who 

 spent nine weeks with us here in Medina investigating 

 the honeybee during the summers of 1903 and 1904. 

 His articles, which appeared later in Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture^ added much to our knowledge of the 

 bee. All of these articles were of a very technical 

 nature; but in this booklet will be found in simple 

 language the history and life of the bee. Any one 

 without previous instruction can, by reading this book- 

 let, gain a practical knowledge of the honey-bee. 



Dr. Phillips gi^aduated in Allegheny College, Mead- 

 ville. Pa., in 1890. He taught science in the New 

 Brighton high school for two years. He then entered 

 the post-graduate department of the University of 

 Pennsylvania in 1901, holding University scholarships 

 for 1902 and 1903. He was appointed Harrison 

 Fellow of Zoology for 1903 and 1904. Mr. Phillips 

 is now Expert in Charge of Apiculture, in the Bureau 

 of Entomology of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Mav, 1910. 



