Excerpt from Bee-Keeping Simplified: For the Cottager and Smallholder After repeated requests from friends, readers of The British Bee Journal and The bee-keepers' Record, and also from members of the audience at a large number of the lectures which I have given in every part of the British Islands, that I should write a cheap, concise, and up-to-date Handbook on Bee-keeping suitable for the Cottager and Smallholder, and realising that at the conclusion of the present terrible war the country will have to be more self-supporting for its food supply, and that what are now considered small industries, amongst which bee-keeping is included, will obtain their legitimate recognition, I have felt compelled to try and meet their wishes. This small book is the result. It is not claimed that it is an exhaustive treatise on the subject, but I have endeavoured to give in plain language Simple methods of managing bees suitable for those who wish to keep, or who already possess, a few stocks. Having mastered the rudiments of the craft, those who become ambitious may gain further knowledge by reading more advanced works. Without egotism, I claim that my varied experience during the past twenty-five years, first as a workman in the factories of appliance manufacturers, afterwards as a touring expert, and finally as a teacher and lecturer, being also the owner of a large apiary, enables me to give 1the advice required from actual experience instead of bolstering it up with theory and useless padding; neither has other writers' matter been cribbed and passed off as my own, which, unfortunately, is the practice of some persons who from mercenary motives try to obtain a reputation for know ledge which they do not possess, and who attempt to foist >their purloined goods upon unsuspecting persons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.