NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION, 



The author gratefully acknowledges tlie many fa- 

 vourable notices of the first edition of this book by 

 the press, and the kindly reception it met with from 

 the bee-loving community. 



More gratifying still are the statements and evi- 

 denpes ef private letters to the author. Hundreds of 

 apiarians, in all positions of society, are now masters 

 of the art of bee-keeping, and are "successfully prac- 

 tising the system of management unfolded in the 

 pages of this work. 



He trusts that this edition will be found as useful 

 as the first, in giving its readers a firm grasp of the 

 subject ; and that it will encourage all who are seek- 

 ing profit or honey from bee-keeping, to carry into 

 practice most of its lessons. 



A. PETTIGEEW. 



Sale, Cheshiee, 

 8ft February 1875. 



