vi Preface. 
very poor work was done, so that the impressions of the 
last three editions have been far from satisfactory. This 
has led me to wholly revise the present edition. In doing 
this I have thought it wise to add largely, especially to the 
scientific portion, as the intelligence of our bee-keepers 
demands the fullest information, I have thus added one 
hundred and fifty pages and more than thirty illustrations. 
All this has involved so much expense that I am forced, 
though very reluctantly, to increase the price of the work. 
Iam glad to welcome advertisers, as I can thus afford 
the book at a less price; and as I only admit advertisements 
from those whom I know to be reliable, this makes the 
book more valuable. 
As our bee-keepers know, I have permitted wide use of 
the illustrations prepared expressly for this work, believing 
heartily in the motto“greatest good to the greatest number;’’ 
so I have drawn widely from others. Of the cuts used the 
following were prepared expressly for this work: 1, 3, 5, 
6, 8, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27, 315 35, 42) 43s 445 45) 40, 47, 48, 49, 
505 515 54s 55s 56; 61, 65, 69, 715 725 73, 74, 78, 79, 81, 88, 
93,93, 96, 114, 118, 125, 126, 140, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 
148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 
162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 170, 171, 175, 176, 177, 178; 
179, 180, 181, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 
197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 
210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 
and 222. The following were copied for this work, often 
with some change, from Schiemenz: 11, 21, 37, 40, 41; 
from Duncan: 2, 8, 16, 18, 24, 28, 30, 53; from Wolff: 15, 
21, 36, 39; from Leuckart: 23) 33, 343 from Cheshire: 14, 
20; from Gegenbower: 13, 14; from Gray: 144, 148; from 
Riley: 142, 196; from Swammerdam: 12; from Dujardin: 
17; from Packard: 19; from Girard: 38; from Neighbor: 
