11 PKEPACE. 



The authors are aware of the numerous treatises published on this 

 subject ; but they appear to them for the most part to be the result 

 not so much of experience as of vague and conjectural speculation, 

 and not sufficiently embodying what is practical ^nd useful. 



This work is intended as an accompaniment to all our hives, and is 

 the result of observation and experience, and, it is thought, comprises 

 all that is necessary to make a skilful apiarian. 



THE AUTHORS. 



