OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



From The Journal of Horticulture, February 28, 1865. 



Mr. Neighbour says in his preface : ' ' We are so frequently applied 

 to for advice oil matters connected with bees and bee-hives, that it 

 seemed likely to prove a great advantage to our correspondents and 

 ourselves if we could point to a ' handy book ' of our own which 

 should contain full and detailed replies sufUcient to meet all ordinary 

 inquiries." Keeping this object steadily in view, the writer describes 

 the various hive's and apiarian apparatus manufactured by his firm, 

 pointing out the various advantages claimed for them, and giving 

 ample directions for their use. When we add that the author ex- 

 presses his acknowledgments to Mr, Woodbury, Mr. Taylor, the 

 illustrious Huber and Mr. Langstroth, it may readily be imagined 

 that the information derived from such sources must in the main be 

 correct, and that Mr. Neighbour, in addition to the strictly business 

 portion of his work, has been enabled to impart to his readers a very 

 considerable amount of sound instruction on most points of Apiarian 

 management. 



From The Journal of Horticulture, May 29, 1866. 



Mr. Neighbour's book, the first edition of which was noticed by 

 us in February 1865, now makes its appearance in a new guise, 

 being reduced from demy 8vo. to crown 8vo. , whilst the number of 

 its pages is increased from 134 to 274, with Isut a slight increase in 

 price. In addition to a description of the various hives and 

 apiarian apparatus sold by the well-known firm of which the author 

 is a member, it contains a considerable amount of generally accurate 

 information compiled from the best authorities ; Mr. Woodbury's 

 contributions to our pages being in particular heavily drawn upon. 



A new feature in this edition is a couple of steel plates illustra- 

 tive of the anatomy of the bee, engraved- by Mr. E. W. Robinson with 

 his customary ability ; embracing also coloured delineations of the 

 three sexes of the Ligurian or Italian variety of honey-bee. . . . 



Mr. Neighbour possesses a very great advantage over a mere 

 compiler, in that he himself is a practical bee-keeper, and divers 



