FOREWORD 



It has been a pleasure to read this httle book wherein the Author 

 has assembled much information about bee-stings, and arranged it 

 into such a natural sequence that the knowledge it conveys is driven 

 home as subtly and surely as was ever the venom of the sting itself. 



Between the real dangers of stings and the imaginary terrors 

 with which they are enshrouded a nice balance is maintained, and 

 even the most timorous will gain in fortitude as they read and learn 

 that if bee-keeping is not all honey, neither need it be a torment. 



The marvellous mechanism of the sting is portrayed in a 

 manner to encourage those owning microscopes, or even strong 

 lenses, to study it for themselves, and a more satisfactory subject 

 would be hard to find: the novice will see enough for pleasure; 

 the skilled will be puzzled to see everything. It is this feeling of 

 wanting to discover more and more about bees which bids welcome 

 to this little monograph. 



A. L. Gregg. 

 149, Harley Street, W.l. 



