BEE-KEEPING SIMPLIFIED 
FOR THE 
COTTAGER AND SMALLHOLDER 
I—THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE BEE COMMUNITY. 
To be successful, the bee-keeper, no matter how humble his 
circumstances, should know a little of the habits and require- 
ments of bees. This knowledge should be obtained before, 
and not after, procuring his stock. Practical knowledge 
gained by one’s own experience is excellent, but by obtaining 
it in this way a great deal of unprofitable time must be 
spent, and costly mistakes made. The wise take advantage 
of the experience of others, and read what they have written 
before commencing any pursuit connected with living 
creatures. 
After studying this small treatise, and a start has been 
made, the bee-keeper will profit by taking one of the two 
papers of which the author is Junior Editor, ‘The British 
Bee Journal,’ 1d. weekly, post free 6s. 6d. per annum, or 
“The Bee-keepers’ Record,’’ 2d. monthly, post free 2s. 6d. per 
annum, from the office, 23, Bedford Street, Strand. He will 
also do well to join the local or County Bee-keepers’ 
Association. 
In Great Britain there are over two hundred different 
species of bees, the majority of them solitary, and, with the 
exception of the honey bee, “ Apis Mellifica’’? (which is wild 
by nature), none are social during the winter. The workers 
and drones of all the other species die off in the autumn, the 
queen hibernates during the cold months and commences 
breeding in the spring. 
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