PREFACE. 



Having been asked to edit the following notes during their 

 original publication in the columns of the Field newspaper 

 and their republication in the present form, I have had 

 much pleasure in acceding to the request. 



The principle of the Giotto hive is not new, it being 

 a slight modification of the leaf hive designed by Huber. 

 Its merit lies in its simplicity and cheapness, and in the 

 admirable manner in which it is capable of being worked 

 with the inexpensive honey extractor or smielatore. 



With regard to the home manufacture of the hive, I 

 would suggest that anyone, liviag within reach of a saw 

 mill, would find it much more advantageous to obtain the 

 pieces for each frame separately, as rods 3ft. OJin. long, 

 l|in. wide, and lin. thick, could be procured cut to the 

 exact size, and at a much cheaper rate at a saw mill than 

 they could be cut out of planks. 



It gives me much pleasure to be the means of introducing 

 so practical and useful a system of bee management to the 

 English public. 



W. B. TBGBTMBIBR. 



Finehley, 



London, N. 



