PREFACE. 



THIS Handbook contains, in form convenient for 

 everyday use, a comprehensive digest of the knowledge 

 of beehives and bee keepers' appliances, scattered over 

 more than twenty thousand columns of WORK one 

 of the weekly journals it is my fortune to edit 

 and supplies concise information on the details of the 

 subjects of which it treats. 



Readers who may desire additional information 

 respecting special details of the matters dealt with in 

 this Handbook, or instructions on kindred subjects, 

 should address a question to the Editor of WORK, La 

 Belle Sauvage, London, E.C., so that it may be answered 

 in the columns of that journal. 



P. N. HASLUCK. 



La Belle Sauvage, London. 



