vi PREFACE. 



The chapter on breeding for improvement consists chiefly 

 of a lecture given by the author on " Mendelian Methods 

 applied to Apiculture" at the Zoological Gardens, London, 

 on September loth, 1912, under the auspices of the British 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The original article on " A Scent-producing Organ in the 

 Abdomen of the Worker Bee " appeared in the British Bee 

 Journal of April nth and i8th, 1901, and that on " How 

 Pollen is Collected by the Honey-bee and Bumble-bee, and 

 the part played in the process by the Auricle " in the B.B.J . 

 of December 14th, 1911. Both of these papers described, 

 apparently for the first time, the true function of important 

 specialised organs in the worker-bee, and as they are of 

 general interest it has been thought advisable to reproduce 

 them, with a few alterations and additions, as an appendix 

 to the book. 



The figures illustrating the text are from drawings and 

 photographs by the writer. Some of them were made to 

 illustrate the original articles in the British Bee Journal ; 

 others are now appearing for the first time. The drawing 

 of the legs of the honey-bee, shown at Fig. 37. originally 

 appeared in the Canadian Bee Journal for July, 19 12. 

 The British Bee Journal has kindlv supplied the blocks of 

 Figs. 3, 5, 6, 16, 17, 22, 24, 25, 2q, 30, 3r to 35, 38 to 41, 

 43, and 44. 



The hum of the bees in Ripple Court Apiarv is no longer 

 heard by the author, who has entered a wider field of bee 

 work in Canada, but he looks hack with pleasure to the 

 happy years spent in that rural spot in the old country, and 

 he takes this opportunity of thanking the British bee-keepers 

 for the generous support they accorded him while there. 



F. W L. S. 

 Ottawa, Canada. 



February 28th, 19T3. 



