'1 PREFACE. 



from which we take them. Those of Girard, for instance, 

 are reduced copies of the beautiful chromos of Clerici, after 

 the microscopic studies of Couut G. Barbo, of Milan. Text- 

 boolvs are never entirely free from compi.ations of this kind. 

 Having spared neither time nor expense to produce a 

 book worth}' of the father of American Apiculture, we hope 

 that our work will be favorabl}- received and will prove of 

 some use in helping progress. 



THE REVISERS 



Dbcembee, 1888 



