which has far exceeded my expectations, and I issue this 

 revised, enlarged, and improved edition in the hope that ir 

 may enjoy a like popularity, and may prove to l^e a reliable 

 Guide for such as are interested, or may become interested, in 

 the fascinatingf and profitable industry of Beekeeping'. 



J. G. DIGGES. 

 Clooncahir, Lough Rynn, 



Co. Leitrim, May 23rd, igio. 



PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



Queries, numbering several hundred, referred to me as 

 Editor of the IrisJi bee Journal during the last three years, 

 have convinced me that there is need for a Guide to Bee- 

 Keeping which shall supply information and advice of a more 

 extensive nalure than any yet published in this country, and 

 in fuller detail than could be accommodated in the columns 

 of a newspaper or periodical. Accordingly, and at the request 

 of several prominent Bee-Keepers interested in the spread of 

 the Industry, I have written this Ibish Bee Guide, in the 

 hope that it may help to promote a wider knowledge of the 

 wonders of Bee life, to encourage humane and intelligent 

 treatment of the Honey Bee, and to assist the development of 

 Bee-Keeping in Ireland as a National Industry. 



J. G. DIGGES. 

 Clooncahir, Lough Rynn, 



Co. Leitrim, May 23rd, igo4. 



