PUBLISHERS' PEEFACE. 



After the death of Mr. Quinby, the preparation of a 

 new and revised edition of his work, which he had in 

 contemplation, fell into the hands of Mr. L. C. Root, his 

 relative and long-time business associate. This secured 

 the incorporation of Mr. Quinby's latest views and meth- 

 ods, and the introduction of important improvements 

 that had then just been tested, especially that of comb- 

 foundation, and the treatise thus embodied the experience 

 of two skilled apiarians. The work was so largely re- 

 written by Mr. Root, that he might in justice have 

 claimed to be its author, but with rare modesty, and in 

 a spirit of reverence to the memory of one who had de- 

 voted his life to the advancement and popularizing of 

 bee-culture, he preferred to retain the title of " Quinby's 

 New Bee-TSeeping. " In the present edition the work has 

 been revised throughout, numerous jfeges and parts of 

 pages have been cancelled and replaced by new ones ; 

 new engravings have been prepai-ed, and the matter 

 everywhere brought up to the present date. This has 

 been done so thoroughly, as to make the present edition, 

 what each previous one has been, the standard guide to 

 bee-culture, presenting all tested improvements, and the 

 latest views, both of the author and other workers in the 

 same field of industry. The work is offered to the ex- 

 perienced bee-keeper as a reliable volume of reference, 

 and to the novice as a guide in commencing the occupa- 

 tion of keeping bees. Annually vast quantities of honey 

 literally "waste their sweetness on the desert air," for 

 the lack of bees to secure and preserve it in a form in 

 which it may be consumed or converted into money. It 

 is hoped that this work, in its improved form, may aid 

 many dwellers in rural districts to increase their luxuries 

 and their incomes. 



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