As this work does not profess to be an entomological essay but a practical
bee-master's directory, I have omitted those erudite questions about which
apiarians wrangle, and unfortunately lose their temper and employ their
stings.
But there are some interesting bits of instruction scattered over
bee-books which it may interest the reader to lay before him. If they
contribute nothing to the amount of the honey harvest, they may increase
the pleasure of the bee-master in the long winter evenings.