THE 



AMERICAN 



BEE KEEPER'S MAMJAL; 



BEING A 



PRACTICAL TREATISE 



ON THE 



HISTORY AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY OP THE HONEY-BEE, 

 EMBRACING A FULL ILLUSTRATION OF THE WHOLE 

 SUBJECT, WITH THE MOST ATPROVED METHODS 

 OF MANAGING TifiS INSECT THROUGH EVERY 

 BRANCH OP ITS CULTURE, THE RESULT 

 OF MANY years' EXPE- 

 RIENCE, fkr 



By T. B. miner. 

 EMBEILISBED BY TfflETT-FIVE BEAUTIFUI ENGRAVINGS. 



Queen. Worker. Drone. 



NEW YORK: 

 PUBLISHED BY C. M. SAXTON, 



121 FULTON STREET. 



1849 



