LITERATURE OF BEE-KEEPING. S 



ance with the bee. Besides the great naturahsts Lin- 

 nteus and Cuvier we therefore select the following : — 



SLxteenth century. — Hill, Xikol Jacob. "De Proprietatibus 

 Apum" (anon.) published about 1510. 



Seventeenth century. — Butler, Purchas, Goedart, Swammerdam, 

 Sir C. Wren, Hartlib, Gedde. Rusden, Ray (with Willughby and 

 Dr. M. Lister), Dr. Martin John (of Germany). 



Eighteenth century. — Maraldi, Mme. ilerian. Dr. Warder, Dr. 

 Derham, Reaumur, Thorley, Lyonnet, Vaniere (.poet, of Holland), 

 Dobbs, Rev. Stephen White, Schirach, Janscha, Bonner, Debraw, 

 Thos. and Danl. Wildman, Gilb. White, Mme. Vicat, Pijsl, Abbe 

 Delia Rocca, Hubbard, Keys, Bonnet, Riem, Dr. Jno. Hunter. 



Nineteenth Century. — Francois Huber (with his son Pierre, and 

 Bumens), Latreille, Mile. Jurine, Spitzner, T. A. Knight, Rev. Dr. 

 Dunbar, Huish, Dr. Evans (poet), Feburier, Kirby and Spence, 

 Humphrey, Baron von Ehrenfels, Newport, Dr. Bevan, Gundelach, 

 Lord Brougham, Pastor Oettl, Capt. von Baldenstein, Xutt, Payne, 

 Taylor, Golding, Maj. Munn, Woodbury, Quinby (of America), 

 Wagner (ditto). 



. Of contemporary writers in our own language, we may, 

 in addition to Langstroth, refer to Rev. W. C. Cotton, 

 Samuelson (with Dr. Hicks), Hunter, Cheshire, and 

 Pettigrew ; while to the German names already given 

 may be added those of Professors Leuckart and Von Sie- 

 bold, Drs. Donhoff and Kiichenmeister, Pastors Kleine 

 and Schonfeld, Vogel, Dathe, Rothe, Count von Stosch, 

 and Schmid, the editor of the Bienenzeitung. It is worth 

 noting how large is the number of apiarians of different 

 lands to whom the title of "reverend" is prefixed. 



But while conceding to Germany an unquestioned 

 first position in the theoretical department, we do not 



