The Life of the Bee 
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ON THE THRESHOLD OF 
THE HIVE 
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T is not my intention to write a trea- 
tise on apiculture, or on practical 
bee-keeping. Excellent works of the 
kind abound in all civilised countries, 
and it were useless to attempt another. 
France has those of Dadant, Georges de 
Layens and Bonnier, Bertrand, Hamet, 
Weber, Clement, the Abbé Collin, etc. 
English-speaking countries have Langs- 
troth, Bevan, Cook, Cheshire, Cowan, 
Root, etc. Germany has Dzierzon, Van 
Berlespoch, Pollmann, Vogel, and many 
others. 
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