prefacf:. 



carded e^en by their inventor. Reversible hives were the craze, 

 and were praised in e^'er^' way. We ga^'e two of them a 

 mention in our pages, \\-ith a warning against their use. Re- 

 versible hives are now almost entirely abandoned. 



We recommend the large hives, yet we know they are not 

 popular, because buyers want inexpensive hives. We have 

 bowed before public wishes and give descriptions of severrJ 

 popular hives ^^hich are certainly successful. But we use 

 large hives ourselves, for we consider them the best. 



In our preface of the first re^dsion we extended our thanks 

 to Mr. C. F. Muth, now deceased, and to jSIiss Favard, for 

 their help in our work. The T\Titer has undertaken this last 

 revision alone, but owes gratitude for sound ad^^ce on many 

 points to a man who has to do vdth both practice and theorj- 

 and whose long experience entitles him to the consideration of 

 all bee-keepers. Doctor C. C. Miller, author of "A Year Among 

 the Bees" and "Fifty Years Among the Bees." Dr. Miller, 

 -with small hives, enlarged at the proper time and again reduced 

 in the brood chamber for the honey crop, has sho^vn what 

 could be done T\-ith intelligent and energetic management. He 

 is not only a successful -vsTiter but a most extensive producer 

 of comb honey, and is justly entitled to the name p^'en him 

 of the "Nestor of American Bee-Keeping." 



The work of Father Langstroth, sustained in Europe by the 

 pen of the Senior Dadant, has entirely changed European 

 methods of bee-culture. The improved hive, based upon the 

 Langstroth sj'stem, has been adopted all over the world, and 

 testimonials come to us from the most remote countries showing 

 that the methods taught have proven successful. 



The principal changes in this edition are upon the question 

 of "Diseases," as much progress has lately been made in the 

 knowledge concerning foul-brood. 



C. P. DADANT. 



Hamilton, lUinois, January, 1919. 



