Excerpt from Quinby's New Bee-Keeping: The Mysteries of Bee-Keeping Explained; Combining the Results of Fifty Years' Experience, With the Latest Discoveries and Inventions, and Presenting the Most Approved Methods, Forming a Complete Guide to Successful Bee-Culture During the latter years of his life, he was particularly anxious to embody his ripest experience, and most impor tant discoveries, in a new and thorough revision of his book; and had his life been prolonged a few years, this work would have been done by his own hands. Encouraged by the publishers, and inspired by the wish to fulfill his desire to keep step with the progress of his beloved pursuit, I have endeavored to prepare this rev1310n, and. Compile the results of his experience and thus, so far as lies within my power, carry out his idea of still farther elevating bee-keeping to the honorable po sitiou it deserves, as a scientific calling. 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.