10 PREFACE. 
The hive and system of bee management recommended 
in these pages, is entirely original with me and is not 
patented. lL invented the hive and plan of management 
for my own use, as J am engaged in raising honev for the 
market, and wish every swarm of bees I keep to produce 
the greatest amount of surplus honey, and in the most con- 
venient and attractive marketable form. Iam induced to 
place this work before the public at the earnest and oft 
repeated requests of friends and correspondents. The 
work has been hurriedly written, as I had but little spare 
time to devote to this matter, consequently sentences are 
not all, perhaps, grammatically arranged. I have made 
the beautiful of secondary importance to the useful. I 
have endeavored, however, to make my statements so 
clear as to be readily understood and comprehended by 
every person of intelligence, although he may be wholly 
unacquainted with bee keeping. 
Hivery person, who has a farm or garden should keep 
bees, at least one or more swarms, to furnish honey for 
the use of the family. There is no greater luxury than 
nice honey in clean, snow-white comb in nice glass boxes, 
such as is produced by my new system of bee manage- 
ment. This best of all sweets is now within reach of 
every one who has a plot of ground large enough to set 
a hive of bees upon. 
After bees are once located in my hives but very little 
expense is required to keep them in proper condition, so 
that they will give a good quantity of nice box honey 
every year. 
