Introduction. 
XI 
It would, no doubt, be desirable that the run- 
honey, which we get from some German 
cantons, should be free from all adulteration ; 
and that in our hotels the landlords should no 
longer supply, as honey, a chemical production 
which is honey in appearance only. 
It is, therefore, of the highest importance 
to endeavour to better the condition of the 
apiaries, and to establish new ones in places 
which offer every security for their prosperity. 
It is with a view to this that we have published 
the following little treatise. May it receive at 
the hands of the public in our cantons, a recep- 
tion equal to that which was accorded to our 
first edition. 
C. DE RIBEAUCOURT. 
Arzier^ Canton de Vaud. 
