PREFACE. 
‘Tus author of this little book and originator of 
the system of Bee-Keeping herein advocated, has 
endeavored to present the results of many years of 
careful observation, experiments and study in the 
form of a practical treatise, so concise and yet so 
plain, that even the inexperienced may, with. his 
book and his hive, enter upon the business of bee- 
keeping confident of success. 
He takes pleasure in acknowledging that in his 
study of the Bee he has derived much valuable aid 
from the labors of Bevan, Huber, Huish, Miner, Tay- 
lor, Munn, Bruckish,Quinby, Langstroth, Harbison and 
others. Bringing their conflicting theories to the 
only sure test—the Bee-hive itself, so constructed as 
to expose to the eye its entire operations—he has, 
~ by careful observation at all hours and all seasons, 
and continued through many years, demonstrated 
the truth of some and the error of others. Thus, 
little by little, under his own eye, have the natural 
laws governing these wonderful little creatures, ar- 
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