Excerpt from The American Bee Keeper's Manual: Being a Practical Treatise on the History and Domestic Economy of the Honey-Bee Embracing a Full Illustration of the Whole Subject, With the Most Approved Methods of Managing This Insect Through Every Branch of Its Culture, the Result of Many Years' Exper The following treatise has been written to fill a vacuum in this country, that has long existed. How it has happened that the management of the honey-bee should have been so neglected by writers in the United States, I am at a loss to comprehend; but so it is, and we cannot boast, up to the present time, a single volume on this subject, worthy of being called a full, practical treatise on the culture of this insect. Such small essays as have appeared from the pens of American authors, have given little, or no information of practical utility; the most of them, not even present ing a single engraving, as an illustration. In this work, the expense of the embellishments alone, will equal the entire cost of publishing any of the works of American origin, that have preceded it; and it has been my pride and aim, to render it a production, that will not only com pare with, but even exceed the most popular European treatises on the same subject, especially in all matters of a practical nature. 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.