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Bee Culture 





IS a book of nearly 100 pages ( the size of the Re- 

 view ) that I wrote and published in 1891 ; and I 

 will tell you how I ^fathered the information that it 

 contains. For 15 years I was a practical bee - keeper, 

 producing- tons of both comb and extracted honey; 

 rearing and selling thousands of queens, reading all of 

 the bee books and journals, attending conventions and 

 fairs, visiting bee - keepers, etc., etc. Then I began 

 publishing the Review, and, for several j-ears, each 

 issue was devoted to the discussion of some special 

 topic ; the best bee-keepers of the country giving their 

 views and experience. Advanced Bep: Culture is 

 reall}" the summing up of these first few j-ears of spe- 

 cial ^:^^c numbers of the Review ; that is, from a most 

 careful examination of the views of the most progres- 

 sive men, and a thorough consideration of the same in 

 the light of my experience as a bee -keeper, I have de- 

 scribed in plain and simple language what I believe to 

 be the most advanced methods of managing an apiary, 

 for profit^ from the beginning of the season through 

 the entire year. The book is illustrated, nicely print- 

 ed, and neatly bound in thick, heavy paper of such a 

 color and so printed that it resembles a sheet of queen- 

 excluding zinc. Price of the book, 50 cts.; the Re- 

 view one year and the book for only $1.25. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



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