vi Preface. 



very poor work was done, so that the impressions of the 

 last three editions have been far from satisfactory. This 

 has led me to wholly revise the present edition. In doing 

 this I have thought it wise to add largely, especially to the 

 scientific portion, as the intelligence of our bee-keepers 

 demands the fullest information. I have thus added one 

 hundred and fifty pages and more than thirty illustrations. 

 All this has involved so much expense that I am forced, 

 though very reluctantly, to increase the price of the work. 



I am glad to welcome advertisers, as I can thus afford 

 the book at a less price; and as I only admit advertisements 

 from those whom I know to be reliable, this makes the 

 book more valuable. 



As our bee-keepers know, I have permitted wide use of 

 the illustrations prepared expressly for this work, believing 

 heartil}'in the motto "greatest good to the greatest number;" 

 so I have drawn widely from others. Of the cuts used the 

 following were prepared expressly for this work: i, 3, 5, 

 6, 8, 9, 10, 35, 26, 27, 3], 35, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 

 50, 51. 54> 55> 56, 61, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79, 81, 88, 

 9'>93'96, ii4> 118= 125, 126, 140, 141, 143, 145, 146, 147, 

 148, 149, 150,151, 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 

 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 170, 171, 175, 176, 177, 178, 

 179, 180, 181, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 

 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 

 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 

 and 222. The following were copied for this work, often 

 with some change, from Schiemenz: 11, 21, 37, 40, 41; 

 from Duncan: 2, 8, 16, 18, 24, 28, 30, 53; from Wolff: 15, 

 21,36,39; from Leuckart: 23,33,34; from Cheshire: 14, 

 20; from Gegenbower: 13, 14; from Gray: 144, 148; from 

 Riley: 142, 196; from Swammerdam: 12; from Dujardin: 

 17; from Packard: 19; fromGirard: 38; from Neighbor: 



