TO 



THE REV. RICHARD WALOND, 



RECTOR OF WESTON UNDER PENYARD AND 



TREASURER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH 



OF HEREFORD. 



DEAR SIR, 



J. o whom can I with so much 

 propriety dedicate the following sheets as to 

 you, who, in the elegant retirement of private 

 life, have occupied so many of your leisure 

 hours in studying the ceconomy and manage- 

 ment of Bees, and to whom, by the aid and 

 encouragement you have afforded me, is mainly 

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