PREFACE 



In writing this book the author has an- 

 swered such questions as are put to him in the 

 hundreds of letters that come to his desk from 

 every part of our own country and from many 

 foreign lands. There is a constantly increas- 

 ing interest in beekeeping. Men and women 

 in large numbers are looking to beekeeping as 

 a possible source of hvelihood, while others 

 find an interesting diversion from routine duties 

 with a few colonies of bees. The novice wants 

 a book that covers the fundamental without 

 going too much into detail regarding the vari- 

 ous systems of honey production. This book 

 is designed to meet such a need, and does not 

 pretend to cover the whole field of beekeeping. 

 The business is too complicated to make pos- 

 sible anything more than a casual introduction 

 in a book of this size. Those who desire to make 

 a more extended study, will find " Productive 



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