Enjoy Rev. Langstroth's treatise, the first work to discuss what is now called modern bee management. It is written in a friendly, familiar style and easily engages any reader. This book addresses many topics of interest to beekeepers and enthusiasts including: Physiology Lifecycles of Workers, Drones, and Queen Bees Feeding Bees Hives and their Construction Swarming Diseases and Enemies of Bees Handling Bees And Many Others Even with all of the technological enhancements and advances available to beekeepers today, this book is a must read for the bee enthusiast and keeper alike. This is a reprint of the book, originally published in 1853. Table of contents and internal page references have been updated with the new page numbers. Footnotes have been placed at the bottom of the appropriate pages. Variant spellings and minor inconsistencies have been left untouched.