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PREFACE. 
The proprietor of tho Vermont Bee Ili vo lias fonnti 
it necessary 1o publish a concise guide for lliose wild 
Use this In vo, by which they may culhvalo their bees 
without being cornpclhd tu read so extensive a work 
as the author’s Manual on bees. Yet, every A plan, 
an, who lias a taste for the natural history of these 
little industrious insects, should own somo trcaliso 
on tho subject of bees, which will dm cl his alien* • 
tion to the pe culiar instincts ol their nature, und hub. 
its, which might olhciwiso remain unlhought of. 
Ton thousand of tho author’s Manuals on bees have ■> 
gone before the public in several successive editions, v 
since Ifc'36, and another edition revised and enlarged 
is called lor. 
The triuls already made in tho use of tho Vermont | 
Bee llivo in various sections of the United States, has 
abundantly proved its superior advantages : and it is 
believed that no bco manager will ever regret that ho 
has made a faithful trial t.f this hive, ii ho strictly 
adopts tho principlo of managing his bees in accor* 
danco with my Mtnual. 
.THE AUTHOR. 
Entered according to act of Congress in tho year 
1840— Ry John M. Weeks, West Farms, Salisbury, 
Vt. in tho clerk’s office of the District Court of Vor- 
laont. 
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