xii. Introduction to Revised Edition. 



lated in the interests of both apiarist and agriculturist; it will certainly 

 result in a better understanding between those engaged in the respec- 

 tive pursuits. 



The Chapter on honey and its uses, has had some important additions 

 made to it, in showing the practical uses of honey in both chest and 

 throat complaints ; in what form to use it, as well a^ giving such recom- 

 mendations for other rational treatment in connection therewith, which 

 will seldom fail in affording speedy relief This knowledge should 

 be spread broadcast by every bee-keeper who has honey to sell. 



The subjects of queen-introduction, queen-rearing, and many others 

 win be found to have undergone careful revision ; while in some cases 

 other valuable facts have been added, as the result of a further extended 

 experience. 



A revolution has occurred in the treatment of Foul Brood ; or rather 

 I should perhaps say that a complete change has taken place in ray own 

 methods of dealing with that disease since the last issue of this work. 

 The new treatment is of such vast importance to bee-keepers generally, 

 that I have been requested by my Readers to include in my new work 

 the several propositions formerly published by me in another paper, in 

 connection with the origin, development, and cure of Foul Brood, both 

 with and without medicine, and without the destruction of valuable 

 combs and other material. 



Radical chanyc or revolutionary teaching, though proving correct in 

 application, is sildom accepted as an economic principle for at least a 

 decade after its advent. The same may be said of my original principle 

 of advanced hive construction, and prevention of swarming, as finally 

 represented in the Conqueror hive which was illustrated in my 1893 

 edition and left to work its waj' upon its own merits. 



By referring to the bee-literature of that period, it will be found that 

 neither at home nor abroad was there any mention of a non-swarraing 

 hive pr system until after the publication of the Author's pamphlet upon 

 the subject in 1886; many copies of which were circulated both here 

 and in America, as well as in the colonies, and other countries. 



In the same work was given also my Systems of Controlling Swarm- 

 ing with common hives, such as " Swarming without Increase," and 

 "Combined Swarmint; and Doubling without Increase"; definite and 

 vital principles laid down in the said pamphlet of 1886, and such as are 

 not even yet realized by the majority of bee-men who are still striving 

 after what has already been given them to see and to use — processes 

 which will enable them to double the strength of their honey colonies. 



I may be excused for suggesting that this work will not become out- 

 of-date, when 1 refer my Readers to the American Bee-Journals, wherein 

 quite recently a number of methods offered b)' our cousins as new and 

 valuable items in management, weie first published by myself in de- 

 finite form ten to twenty years ago. 



Thus in addition to the above methods of controlling swarming by 

 artificial swarming, we have "The Bleaching of Comb Honey " ; "The 

 Systematic Production of New Combs in sectioi'is prior to the current 

 honey season " ; " Building queen cells upon separate and movable pegs " ; 

 " Confining queen lells and virgin querns in tubular cages " ; " Several 

 queens in each nucleus " ; besides other matters treated in my earlier 

 works and hen in enlarged upon. 



S. SiMMINS. 



Broomham, 



Heathheld, Sussex. 

 :\l.\v, 1904. 



