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the various appliances used, and many will be glad to 

 be provided with working drawings of that best of all 

 hives, the W.B.C., for which bee-keepers can never 

 repay Mr W. B. Carr, its inventor. The illustrations 

 are very numerous and will be of interest to experienced 

 bee-keepers as well as to the novice. It is believed that 

 the photographs reproduced in this book are beyond 

 comparison with anything previously attempted in the 

 way of illustrations of bee-life. 



The Editor desires to express his thanks for assistance 

 rendered by the following gentlemen and firms, either 

 in the form of advice or of the granting of permission to 

 illustrate certain appliances manufactured by them : — 

 The editors of the British Bee Journal, which should be 

 supported, read and studied by everyone who possesses 

 even a single hive ; Mr F. W. L. Sladen, of Ripple 

 Court, near Dover ; Mr W. P. Meadows, of Syston, 

 near Leicester ; Mr E. H. Taylor, of Welwyn, Herts ; 

 Messrs Abbott Bros., of Southall, near London ; and Mr 

 John H. Howard, of Holme, near Peterborough. 



