Excerpt from The Bee-Keeper's Directory, or the Theory and Practice of Bee Culture, in All Its Departments: The Result of Eighteen Years Personal Study of Their Habits and Instincts IN the absence of historical data concerning the origin and history of the honey bee, We are compelled to rely upon well known collateral facts, and the inevitable deductions of anal ogy; yet these often constitute evidence as strong, and produce convictions as clear as the most direct and positive testimony. 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.