PREFACE. 



IN this volume I have collected together some of my published 

 articles, chiefly those that appeared from time to time in the 



N.S.W. "Agricultural Gazette."' One of my reasons for so 

 doing is to make known the history of the introduction into this 

 State, of so valuable an insect as the honey bee. The publication 

 of newspaper and other extracts, herein presented, will prove the 

 historical authenticity of the facts. 



A large percentage of the following pages was uttered from 

 public platforms, and what was there voiced was obtained by 

 research and of life-long observation ; not as Wisdom learned, out 

 as knowledge gained from the book of Nature. Nevertheless, a 

 well and judiciously selected library is the best of fertilizers to 

 inspire a healthy growth in research and of keen observation. 



ALBERT GALE- 



