PREFACE 
By his invention of the most practical movable-frame 
hive, aud by his book, ‘‘The Hive and Honey-Bee’’,—a 
book as attractive as a novel, —Mr. Langstroth has laid 
the foundation of American Apiculture, whose methods 
and implements have become popular throughout the world. 
The re-writing of the ‘‘ Hive and Honey-Bee’’ was en- 
trusted to us, in 1885, by Mr. Langstroth, as his feeble 
health rendered him unable to attend to it since its last re- 
vision in 1859. 
In this difficult work, which demanded a review of the 
progress accomplished in the past thirty years, we have had 
to introduce more new matter than we had anticipated. 
This will probably please the Apiarists who have already 
read former editions, and who have been waiting for this 
long-promised revision. Yet, we have retained as much as 
possible. of Mr. Langstroth’s writings, and all who are con- 
versant with his style will readily recognize his masterly 
pen. 
Our thanks are due to Mr. C. F. Muth, of Cincinnati, for 
the enthusiastic interest which he has taken in this book, 
and to the able teacher and writer, Miss Favard, of Keokuk, 
for her criticism of the literary part of the work. 
As bee-keeping, like all other sciences, is but an accumu- 
lation of former discoveries, we have borrowed much from 
all sides, but we have tried to give due credit to all. Some 
of the engravings given are not original with the works 
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