94 BEES FOR PLEASUKB AND PEOFIT. 



Conclusion. 



And now I have reached the end of ijay task : much more 

 I could write if it were my object to compile a large treatise, 

 dealing copiously with the subject, and entering into the many 

 controversies which arise with regard to some of the scientific 

 and practical points of this most interesting study ; but there 

 are already so many admirable works of this description that I 

 have only endeavoured to give the beginner a foundation on 

 which to build, by careful study, thought and experience, an 

 edifice of scientific and practical knowledge which may enable 

 him to succeed in the pursuit of apiculture. 



And now I must lay down my pen, for the hour is late : 



Jam nox humida coelo 

 Prseoipitat suadentque cadentia sidera somnos, 



So, in the hope that my book may tend to the advancement 

 of Bee-keeping in however small a degree, I bid my readers 

 — Adieu ! 



