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ON THE THRESHOLD OF 

 THE HIVE 



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IT is not my intention to write a trea- 

 tise on apiculture, or on practical 

 bee-keeping. Excellent works of the 

 kind abound in all civilised countries, 

 and it were useless to attempt another. 

 France has those of Dadant, Georges de 

 Layens and Bonnier, Bertrand, Hamet, 

 Webdr, Clement, the Abbe Collin, etc. 

 English-speaking countries have Langs- 

 troth, Bevan, Cook, Cheshire, Cowan, 

 Root, etc. Germany has Dzierzon, Van 

 Berlespoch, PoUmann, Vogel, and many 

 others. 



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