Excerpt from The A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture: A Cyclopedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honeybee; Bees, Hives, Honey, Implements, Honey Plants, Etc., Facts Gleaned From the Experience of Thousands of Beekeepers and Verified in the Authors' Apiary While A. I. Root's name does not appear in any individual article, yet much of his original matter is scattered thruout the work. Some of it will never be stricken out, because it was fundamentally right for all time. His Preface and Introduction of 1877. 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.