BEING A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF BEES AND THE
MOST IMPROVED METHODS OF MANAGEMENT.

BY

ALFRED NEIGHBOUR.

THIRD EDITION.
GREATLY ENLARGED, REVISED, AND REMODELLED.

"Beaucoup de gens aiment les abeilles; je n'ai vu personne qui les 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.
1878.

Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Printers, London and Aylesbury.

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.