MANUAL
OF
THE APIARY,
BY
A. J. COOK,
Professor of Entomology
IN THE
MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
FOURTH EDITION,
REVISED, ENLARGED, MOSTLY RE-WRITTEN AND
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.
SIXTH THOUSAND.
CHICAGO, ILLS.:
THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON
1879.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by
THOMAS G. NEWMAN & SON,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
TO THE
REVEREND L. L. LANGSTROTH,
THE
INVENTOR OF THE MOVABLE FRAME HIVE,
THE
HUBER OF AMERICA, AND THE GREATEST MASTER OF
PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE, AS RELATING TO
APICULTURE, IN THE WORLD; THIS MANUAL
IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
BY
THE AUTHOR.