PEEFACE TO REVISED EDITION. 



In presenting this revised edition of " New Bee-keep- 

 ing," I have but one object in view, namely, the desire to 

 place Bee-keeping as a substantial branch of agriculture 

 on a higher and broader basis. 



There seems to be a wide-spread conviction that there 

 IS nothing new to be learned in Bee-keeping, and the num- 

 ber of bees yet kept in box-hives throughout the country 

 is ample proof that there is yet a great work to be accom- 

 plished. I am of the opinion that even the majority of 

 progressive bee-keepers fail to comprehend the uitimate 

 possibilities of our pursuit. I have endeavored to bring 

 this work fully up to the time, and to this end have de- 

 scribed and illustrated all of the latest appliances and 

 methods, which from actual experience have proved of 

 value. 



The price to be paid for progress in this, as in all other 

 callings, is continuous labor and application, and what- 

 ever value this work may possess, lies in the fact that it 

 gives the reader the benefit of the most extended practi- 

 cal experience of any work ever published upon the 

 subject. 



L. C. Eoox. 



