Pao at. 
Ir is the design of this volume to aid the practical aplarian in 
the minute details of Bee-keeping. In the preparation of it, many 
things have been intentionally omitted which might appropriately have 
been inserted. The author of it has endeavored, in these days of 
exuberant beok-making, to keep distinctly in mind the maxim that 
short stories are preferable to long ones. He has aimed to say, upon 
a most interesting and prolific subject, as little upon each particular 
which has passed under consideration, as the na‘ure of the case would 
admit. He has perhaps studied brevity in some instances where more 
ample illustrations were demanded. Of two evils he has endeavored 
to choose the least. The concise statements which are made, and the 
brief directions which are given, will be found to be in accordance 
with truth. 
The inexperienced Bee-keeper will find the illustrations and reasons 
as he proceeds to practise in accordance with them. Results are 
stated, rather than the mode by which those results have been 
obtained. Those who are fond of philosophical research, and wish for 
a complete view of the subject which is here introduced, and have 
leisure to push their investigations far beyond the ability of the mere — 
