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THE APIARY;
OR,
BEES, BEE-HIVES, AND BEE-CULTURE.
BEING A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF BEES AND THE
MOST IMPROVED METHODS OF MANAGEMENT, WITH FULL
DIRECTIONS, ADAPTED FOR THE COTTAGER, FARMER,
OR SCIENTIFIC APIARIAN.
By ALFRED NEIGHBOUR.
"Beaucoup de gens aiment les abeilles; je n'ai vu personne qui lea aima médiocrement:on se passionne pour elles."—Gelieu.
LONDON:
KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW;
GEO. NEIGHBOUR AND SONS,
149, REGENT STREET, AND 127, HIGH HOLBORN;
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.
1866.
FOLKARD AND SON,
PRINTERS,
DEVONSHIRE STREET, QUEEN SQUARE.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
T is a source of much gratification to find thatwe are called upon to prepare another editionof this work in less than twelve months from its firstpublication.
No greater proof could have been afforded of therapid advance which the pursuit of bee-keeping is nowmaking in this country.
In the hope of rendering the present volume moreuseful and instructive than its predecessor, and also inacknowledgment of the kind approbation with whichour earlier efforts have been received, we have madeseveral additions, and trust that the same may proveacceptable to our readers.
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
UR apology for preparing a bee-book is a verysimple one. We are so frequently applied tofor advice on matters connected with bees and bee-hives,that it seemed likely to prove a great advantage, alike toour correspondents and ourselves, if we could point to a"handy book" of our own, which should contain fulland detailed replies sufficient to meet all ordinary inquiries.Most of the apiarian manuals possess somespecial excellence or other, and we have no wish todisparage any of them; yet