PREFACE. 



By his invention of the most practical movable-frame 

 hive, and 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 tlie "Hive and Honey-Bce" 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 



