PREFACE TO NEW EDITION 
HE original ‘‘ BeEzE-MasTter or WarRRILOow ’’— 
that queer little honey-coloured book of far- 
off days—contained but eleven chapters: in its 
present edition the book has grown to more than 
three times its former length, and constitutes prac- 
tically a new volume. 
To those who knew and loved the old ‘f BEE- 
MasTER oF WarRiLow,” no apology for the 
additional chapters will be required, because it is 
directly to the solicitation of many of them that this 
larger collection of essays on English bee-garden 
life owes its appearance. And equally, to those who 
will make the old bee-man’s acquaintance for the 
first time in these present pages, little need be said. 
In spite of the War, the honey-bee remains the same 
mysterious, fascinating creature that she has ever 
been; and the men who live by the fruit of her toil 
share with her the like changeless quality. The 
Master of Warrilow and his bees can very well be 
left to win their own way into the hearts of new 
readers as they did with the old. 
ip tewe ae 
Tue Rep CoTrtaGE, 
BurPHAM, ARUNDEL, 
SUSSEX. 
