iv. Preface. 



such matters as have a very important bearing upon 

 the management of Bees. When the beginner has 

 mastered the present system he will then be in a 

 position to use his own judgment in selecting the 

 good and leaving out the errors of others. 



The Author does not hesitate to say that he has 

 himself learned more by his failures than by success, 

 in that where he has failed there has been a direct 

 incentive to overcome such difficulty ; and as the 

 result, some of the most important methods of manage- 

 ment have been brought about, while time and labour- 

 saving implements have been devised ; all of which 

 will be- found invaluable to the Apiarist of the present 

 day. 



It has been the Author's utmost endeavour to place 

 the management of Bees before the novice and those 

 who wish to become Bee-keepers, in as clear and 

 straightforward a manner as possible. He knows full 

 well how difficult it is for one more advanced in the 

 science to fully expose every detail of procedure, and 

 how equally difficult it is for those just entering the 

 ranks to grasp many of the details which go to make 

 up the grand total of success; hence the reason why 

 -some apparently simple matters are gone into at 

 length, that the learner may profit by 'the writer's own 

 earlier experiences — in some cases, costly experiments 

 and failures. 



