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from having a strong desire to appear before the public on e*. 
pounders of that which to the masses seemed clothed with mjs- 
terv I have no doubt that much more remains for some yet un- 
bidden mind to bring to light and in the many path, of sci- 
ence some eccentric genius will place their perfect histoiy m 
the vast library- of time. To accomplish this is more than I ex- 
pect, and should the reader of to-day consider his knowledge as 
the best, how soon ho will learn his mistake if not “joined to his 
idols.” Let this he no hindrance,— “to err is human, to lent d, 
and learn aright, is divine. 
To me there appears to he many obstacles yet in our path of 
proirress. What these are and liow best to remove them is at 
this time of vast importance. Of the numerous book publications 
Kay , how many of the writers agree ? No two of the num- 
ber I can safely, say. Whence these discrepancies? Is the lan- 
guage of the bee a confusion of tongues, or lias man been rearing 
a modern Babel whose towering walls roust crumble to decay and 
bclome a monument of ignorance lor futuvo generations to be- 
hold. Is not the language of the bee the same m Vermont as in 
New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio ? Is it not the same in Luropc 
as America? Do' they not speak one universal language the 
world 'over? From the heaths of Germany to the shores of the 
Pacific, in every latitude that favors their cultivation they speak 
volumes to their keepers. And I desire to impress it upon the 
mind of every Bee Keeper throughout the land, Let your bccB hc- 
eome your Teachers Does not the Physiological structure of the 
bee sav, Protect me from the cold of Winter and 111 sing the 
songs of industry for you in summer. Docs the prosperous farm- 
er leave liis neat cattle and fine horses without protection through 
the chilling blasts of winter? How much tenderer are your 
bees ? yet but few get more protection in winter than m sum- 
mer. Do you not fill your barns and granaries for jour sheep 
and cattle? Yet if your bees do not collect enough for them- 
selves and without your help, enough is given them in the form 
of brimstone to settle the matter at once, this being cheaper than 
honey. Should we not give them a fair chance rathe inarch of im- 
provement ? I am answered by a thousand voices, Have we not 
expended thousands of dollars for improved hives and we arc n» 
hotter off than before. This is just what I want you to know.— 
Uad you studied your bees more and depended lees on the pre- 
tended knowledge of others, your practiced eye would have led 
you in a different path, you would have seen these monstrous de- 
fects. that have well nigh proved your rum and the utter de- 
