IV PREFACE. 



recognized system, there will be little possibility of one 

 being- confused by the usual multiplicity of ideas upon 

 any one subject. The exceptions will be such matters 

 as have a very important bearing upon the management 

 of Bees. When the beginner has mastered the present 

 system he will then be in a position to use his own 

 judgment in selecting the good and leaving out the 

 errors of others. 



The Author does not hesitate to say that he has 

 himself learned more by his failures than by success, in 

 that where he has failed there has been a direct incen- 

 tive to overcome such difficulty ; and as the result, some 

 of the most important methods of management have 

 been brought about, while many time and labour-saving 

 implements have been devised; all of which will be 

 found invaluable to the Apiarist of the present day. 



It has been the Author's utmost endeavour to place 

 the management of Bees before the novice and those 

 who wish to become Bee-keepers, in as clear and 

 straightforward a manner as possible. He knows full 

 well how difficult it is for one more advanced in the 

 science to fully expose every detail of procedure, and 

 how equally difficult it is for those just entering the 

 ranks to grasp many of the details which go to make up 

 the grand total of success ; hence the reason why some 

 apparently simple matters are gone into at length, 

 that the learner may profit by the writer's own earlier 

 experiences. 



