Vlll BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DADAXT. 



tinned to do so until his methods were adopted, especially in 

 Switzerland, France, Italy and Russia, where the hive which 

 he recommended is now known under his name. For twenty 

 years he was a regular contributor to the Revue Internationale 

 D'Apiculture, and, as a result, there is probably not another 

 l3ee-writer whose name is so thoroughlj- kno^vn the world over. 



31r. Dadant was made an honorary member of more than 

 twenty bee-keepers' associations throughout the world and his 

 death, which occurred July 16, 1902, was lamented by eveiy 

 bee publication on both continents. 



]Mr. Dadant was a congenial man and a philosopher. He 

 retained his cheerfulness of spirit to his last day. 



In addition to his supei-\'ision of the revision of this book, 

 he was the author of a small treatise on bees, "Petit ("ours 

 d'Apiculture I'ratique.'* He also published, in connection with 

 his son, a pamphlet on ''Extracted Honey,"' 1881, now out of 

 print. 



