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of improvement we are largely indebted to the very 

 masterly and exhaustive treatise of Baron von Berlepsch, 

 "Die Biene und ihre Zucht in beweglichen Waben " 

 ("The Bee and its Culture in Movable Combs "); after 

 this to Dr. Dzierzon's latest work, " Rationelle Bien- 

 enzucht ; " to Schmid and Kleine's " Leitfaden ; " to 

 Samuelson and Hicks's " Honey Bee ; " to Mr. John 

 Hunter's very comprehensive and readable " Manual ot 

 Bee-keeping ; " and to the British and American Bee 

 'journals, the former for letters from correspondents, and 

 the latter also for the very able articles by which that re- 

 markably well-conducted periodical is distinguished. To 

 Mr. Frederick Smith, of the Entomological Department 

 at the British Museum, we have also to acknowledge 

 our indebtedness for courteous personal communications 

 rendered more than once. 



Reference should also be made to aid in the transla- 

 tions from the German Treatises before mentioned, as 

 well as to some other literary assistance which we hope 

 has added to the interest of this work. 



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