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" A manual wliich will most assuredly be of great value." — Pall Mall 



Gazette. 



" Practical to ilie core, really fascinating: reading, in each part tlie 

 evidence of a master liand is apparent." — Gardener. 



" Newspapers of all shades are loud in its praise, wliich is well deserved, 

 as the work has been well done. It bids fair to become the standard work 

 on bees in Ireland.' — Aberdeen Jovrmil. 



" This is one of the many realiy good tilings that come to us from the 

 Emerald Isle, and is, we believe, the best practical guide to beekeeping that 

 lias been published either in England or Ireland." — Hereford Times. 



" Essentially practical, lucid in style, often eloquent in diction, as a 

 popular work on a fascinating branch of natural history, it will hold the 

 attention of any intelligent TQa.(\er.'"— Wellington Evening Post, New Zealand. 



" The structure of the bees, both external and internal, is described 

 accurately, and in sufficient detail, while the story of their lives and labours 

 is told vividly and poetically. We heartily congratulate the author." — Irish 

 Naturalist. 



" The most practical and com]>rehcnsivo book on bees that has been 

 offered of late years. There is nothing in this 'Manual' that would fail to 

 instruct, interest, and charm all lovers of bees, and incidentally all lovers 

 of nature."- -IFet'fc^y Freeman. 



" Probably the best practical guide to the subject that has been published. 

 Nothing of the kind which has been published of late approaches the book 

 in thoroughness. It is full of detail, and yet it is so well arranged that the 

 beginner as well as the expert will read it with profit. — Saturday Review. 



"From the first to the last page it is packed with such information as 

 the apiculturist particularly needs. One can read, learn, and enjoy. 

 Mr. Digges has the faculty of marshalling his facts in the clearest possible 

 way. Every point of importance in the subject is expounded."— -4[;r/cw(?0/raZ 

 'Economist, 



" The style is simple, vigorous, and crisp, yet withal occasionally soaring 

 up into dazzling flights of beautiful and touching eloquence. Some of the 

 paragraphs remind one of the stately and majestic march of Maeterlinck's 

 harmonious, but oftentimes involved sentences. Occasionally we get a 

 flash of Celtic wit — we never meet either a dull or uninteresting paragraph." — 

 Kerry Sentinel. 



"A thoroughly trustworthy, complete, and up-to-date manual of the art of 

 modern beekeeping. The arrangement and get up of the volume deserve a 

 special word of commendation. In order to facilitate reference, beside the 

 caption every paragraph is numbered, so that the special point upon which 

 information is sought can be turned up without trouble. "What will certainly 

 attract the non-beekeeper is the character of the illustrations." — Irish Times. 



" This manual will be found a perfect encyclopiedia of knowledge iu 

 regard to the 'bee. The author, already well known as the editor of The Irish 

 Bee Journal, is to be congratulated on his handling of the vast amount of 

 matter at his disposal. He has contrived to preserve intact all the fascination 

 of his subject, and, while supplying the most minute and detailed informatioD, 

 to compile a book to be read with interest from other than a beekeeping 

 standpoint." — " Literary World. 



" Since Cheshire, twenty years ago, brought out his two expensive 

 volumes, ' Bees and Beekeeping,' nothing has appeared in these countries 

 dealing witli the modern management of bees upon the same comprehensive 

 scale, as does this guide. The author' s recognised ability as an expert in 

 beekeeping, his delightful treatment of the subject, and the very high-clase 

 printing and bindinij of the volume have combined to produce a worl^ which 

 has out-distanced all its competitors, and is the most comprehensive book 

 of its kind ever published in this country." — Freeman's Journal, 



