CHAPTER IL 
INTRODUCTION. 
Tue object of this treatise is not to enter into a detail of the physi- 
ology and anatomy of the Bee, and a scientific definition of its pecu- 
liar construction, but to place oefore the public a practical work, the 
result of actual experience, whereby the veriest tyro in Bee-keeping 
will be enabled, with the aid of proper hives, to enter upon their cul- 
ture, with almost « surety of success. We, therefore, have left out 
the scientific disquisitions of those who profess to be learned in the 
physiological structure of this interesting insect, and proceed at once 
to describe the different classes into which the common honey bee is 
divided, a thorough knowledge of whose peculiarities, habits, and. 
offices, which each individual class is called upon to perform, in the 
municipal regulations of the hive, is necessary for their successful 
culture. Many works are published upon this subject, which contain 
much which is not easily understood by the general reader, and of little 
practical use to the common bee-keeper, who in most instances has but a 
little time to spare, to search through rubbish after practical truths, 
and who requires a treatise easily understood, and as easily put into 
practical use. Such as require a more extended work, we refer to 
those of Huber, Bevan, and many of the larger works upon the sub- 
ject to be found in our bookstores. We proceed to describe the three 
classes of bees which are necessary to constitute a successful working 
hive, viz.: the QuEEN Bez, the Worxine Bes, and the Drone. 
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