BEES & BEE-KEEPING. 
INTRODUCTION TO VOL. II. 
In entering now upon the practical aspects of 
apiculture, and striving to understand what the in- 
telligence and ingenuity of man have already accom- 
plished in converting the wondrous capabilities and 
instincts of the bee into an instrument for his 
material advantage, it is hardly possible to avoid 
some regrets, and the casting of a wistful glance 
towards the path we have long trodden together, 
opening up to us, as it has, so many marvels, not 
infrequently awakening a thrill of delight, though 
sometimes leaving us humbled, in making us realise 
that, even in what we are pleased to call the little 
things of the realm of Nature, we stand before an 
invisible Presence whose wisdom is inscrutable. But, 
while we reflect that art and man’s device lag sadly 
behind in the perfection of detail animated creation 
