This book contains a collection of articles on the methods and equipment of the beekeeper. Written with the beginner in mind and including a wealth of important and invaluable information conducive to successful bee-keeping, this text will be of much interest to the novice keeper, and makes for a worthy addition to collections of bee-keeping literature. The articles of this collection include: 'A Manual of Bee-Keeping'; 'A Practical Treatise on the Hive and the Honey Bee'; 'Artificial Swarms ¿ A Treatise on the Production of Early Swarms of Bees'; 'Bee Keeping Simplified ¿ For Small Cottager and Smallholder'; 'Bees and Bee Keeping ¿ A Plain and Practical Work'; and more. We are proud to republish this volume now, complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on bee-keeping.