Front matter

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THE LORE OF THE HONEY-BEE

BY

TICKNER EDWARDES

AUTHOR OF “THE BEE-MASTER OF WARRILOW”

WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

THIRD EDITION

METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON

First Published August 1908

Second Edition October 1908

Third Edition 1909

TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH BEE-KEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION, THOMAS WILLIAM COWAN, F.L.S., ETC., TO WHOSE LABOURS AND RESEARCHES THE WRITER, AND ALL OTHER BEE-KEEPERS, ARE UNDER A LASTING OBLIGATION.