Vlll BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DADANT. 



tiiiued to do so until his methods were adopted, esiDseially in 

 Switzerland, France, Italy and Russia, where the hive which 

 he recommended is now known under his name. For twenty 

 yeais he was a regular contributor to the Revue Internationale 

 D'Apiculture, and, as a result, there is probably not another 

 bee-writer whose name is so thoroughly known the world over. 



Mr. Dadant was made an honorary member of more than 

 twenty bee-keepers' associations throughout the world and his 

 death, Avhieh occurred July 16, 1002, was lamented by eveiy 

 bee publication on Ijotli continents. 



j\[r. Dadant was a congenial man and a philosopher. He 

 retained his cheerfulness of spirit to his last day. 



In addition to his supervision of the revision of this book, 

 he was the author of a small treatise on bees, "Petit (,'ours 

 d'Ai^iculture rrati([ue." He also published, in connection with 

 his son, a pamphlet on "Extracted Honey," 1881, now out of 

 151'int. 



