Preface. 



I ^M VERY well-regulated Book needs a Preface. This par- 

 I ^3 ticular Preface is written to tell you that the Advertiser 

 I ^^ supplies the money to pay the Printer. If you feel like 

 thanking anybody for it, please thank the Advertiser; he 

 is a Gentleman and the Friend of the Busy Bee and the Busy Bee- 

 n^aster. If you don't feel like thanking any one, take the advice of 

 good old Isaak Wahon and "be quiet and go a-angling"— or talk it 



over with the undersigned. 



D. W. WORKING. 



Cwo Doctors. 



A. B. MASON. Toledo, Ohio. 



Secretary National Bee- Keepers' 



Association. 



C. C. MILLER, Marengo, Illinois. 



A Director of the National 



Association. 



