THE APIARY; 



OR, 



BEES, BEE-HIVES, AND BEE- 

 CULTURE. 



BEING A FAMILIAR ACX;OUNT OF THE HABITS OF BEES AND THE 



MOST I5IPR0VED METHODS OF MANAGEMENT, WITH FULL 



DIRECTIONS, ADAPTED FOR THE COTTAGER, FARMER, 



OR SCIENTIFIC APIARIAN. 



By ALFRED NEIGHBOUR. 



'*Beaucoup de gens aJment les abeilles; je n'ai vu personne qui lea aima mediocrement: 

 ou se passionnc pour elles." — GELIEU. 



LONDON: 

 KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW ; 



GEO. NEIGHBOUR AND SONS, 

 149, REGENT STREET, AND 127, HIGH HOLBORN ; 



AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. 

 1866. 



