BEES AND BEEKEEPING: 



A PLAIN, PRACTICAL WORK; 



RESULTING FROM YEAJS OF EXPERIENCE AND CLOSE OBSERVATION IN EXTENSIVE 

 APIARIES, BOTH IN PENNSYLVANIA AND CALIFORNIA. 



WITH DIRECTIONS 



BOW TO MARE BEE-KEEPING A DESIRABLE AND LUCRATIVE BUSINESS, 



AND FOR 



SHIPPING BEES TO CALIFORNIA. 



W. C. HARBISON, 



PRACTICAL APIARIAN, 



NEW YOKK: 

 C. M. SAXTCXN", BARKER & CO. 



AGRICULTURAL BOOK PUBLISHERS, No. 25 PARK ROW. 



1860. 



