PREFATORY NOTE. 



The present revised edition of "Bee-culture" has been 

 prepared by the Apiary Instructors, Messrs. F. A. Jacob- 

 sen, G. V. Westbrooke, and E. A. Earp, in conference. 



The remarkable progress made since the New 

 Zealand Department of Agriculture considered bee-culture 

 worthy of recognition has fully warranted the assistance 

 it has received. Nothing contributed more to this ad- 

 vancement than the passing of the Apiaries Act, which, 

 for efficiency in dealing with foul-brood and the cause of 

 its spreading, surpasses all similar Acts in existence at 

 the present time. It put new life into the industry, by 

 encouraging the legitimate bee-farmer to look forward to 

 the time when the chief source of his trouble hitherto, 

 the common box hive, shall have been swept out of 

 existence. 



There are now three Apiary Instructors, who are 

 also graders of honey and Inspectors, in New Zealand. 

 Instructor Westbrooke carries out the duties in the 

 Auckland Provincial District ; Instructor Jacobsen in 

 Wellington, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, and Poverty Bay ; 

 and Instructor Earp in the South Island. 



Beekeepers who are in any doubt as to disease in 

 their apiaries, or who require expert advice on matters in 

 connection with bee-culture, should write to the Director 

 of the Horticulture Division, Department of Agriculture, 

 Wellington, or to the Instructor for their district. 



T. W. KIRK, 

 Director of the Horticulture Division. 

 July, 1920. 



