1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



PRACTICAL BOOKS 



1477 



How to Keep Bees. 



By Anna Botsford Comstock. The novice in bee-keeping 

 usually seeks for a simple book on bees, and in this he is 

 wise. The modern texl-books relating to bees are excel- 

 lent in their way, but most or them are too technical for a 

 mere beginner, however well they may be written. A 

 simple book written in clear every-day language is much 

 better, even if it does not treat of quite so many little details 

 which interest only the professional bee-keeper. In this re- 

 spect "How to Keep Bees" fills the bill. The gifted au- 

 thoress, who is a charming writer as well as an artistic en- 

 graver and bee-keeper, made a start with bees three different 

 times, hence she had the opportunity of finding out for her- 

 self the difficulties and trials that beset the bt-ginner with 

 bees. She had no desire to make money with bees, but did 

 so, however, because they prospered under her care and skill. 

 For this reason she writes as an amateur to amateurs, making 

 no attempt to discuss the knotty problems which the expert 

 bee-keeper is interested in. The book is written in a 

 charming literary style, easily understood, almost entirely 

 free from the technical language used by bee-keepers. It is 

 arranged in chapters, and so eminently readable withal, that 

 any one interested in the subject can sit down and devour 

 it clear tlirough, the same as he would a modern novel. 

 Everything the average beginner desires to know is discussed, 

 including what to order if you have no bee-supplies or bees. 

 The print is large, and some very beautiful engravings 

 adorn its pages, for the authoress is one of the most skillful 

 wood-engravers in America. We can not do better than 

 recommend this work to every beginner in bee culture. 



There ate twenty chapters in the book as follows: 1. Why 

 Keep Bees. 2. How to Beginn Bee-keeping. 3. The Lo- 

 cation and Arrangement of the Apiary. 4. The Inhabitants 

 of the Hive. 5. The Industries of the Hive. 6. The Swarm- 

 ing of B»es. 7. How to Keep Irom Keeping too many Bees. 

 8. The Hive and How to Handle it. 9. Details Concerning 

 Honey. 10. Extracted Honey. 11. Pointsabout Beeswax. 12. 

 Feeding Bees. 13. How to Winter Bees. 14. Rearing and 

 Introducing Queens. 15. Robbing in the Apiary. 16. The 

 Enemies and Diseases of Bees. 17. The Anatomy of the 

 Honey-Bee. 18. The Interrelation of Bees and Plants. 19. 

 Bee-keepers and Bee-keeping. 20. Bee-hunting. 



There is also a bibliography and index. From a begin- 

 ner's standpoint it is a complete treatise on bees. 

 Cloth bound (228 pages), price $1.10 postpaid. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., New York City. 



THE SWARTHMORE LIBRARY. 



A series of booklets on bee subjects by E. L. Pratt, of 

 Pennsylvania, known to the bee-keeping world as "Swarth- 

 more." These books are full of t^e most valuable informa- 

 tion. The Swarthmore method of queen-rearing is spoken 

 of as the most important innovation in bee-keeping in recent 

 years. 



Increase. 



The first of the series. Any one desiring to enlarge his 

 apiary should learn the Swarthmore way. Price, postpaid, 

 25 cts. French edition, entitled "Accroissement," 50 cts. 

 postpaid. 



Baby Nuclei. 



The using of little frames and a handful of bees for mat- 

 ing queens has created quite a stir in the queen-rearing 

 business. From this booklet you get your information direct. 

 Price, postpaid, 25 cts. French edition, entitled "Nuclei 

 Miniatures," 50 cts. postpaid. 



Commercial Queen-rearing. 



A complete description of the Swarthmore methods of queen- 

 rearing in regard to cell-getting. Price, postpaid, 25 cts. 



Forcing the Breeding-Queen to Lay 

 in Cell Cups. 



This little book rounds off the Swarthmore system. It is the 

 finishing touch, and ought to be read by all queen-breeders. 

 Price 25 cts. 



Simplified Queen-rearing. 



Revised edition. It tells the honey-producer how to rear 

 queens by the very simplest method ever published. Good 

 queens for little money and little trouble, in ju>t an effective 

 and economical plan for the bee-keeper who works for profit. 

 Price 25 cts., postpaid. 



E. L. Pratt, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. 



By W. Z. HUTCHINSON 



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Ideas. 



This is, as its name implies, a book 

 for the professional or more advanced bee- 

 keeper, one who has mastered the ele- 

 mentary details of the business, and who 

 is looking for ideas which he can use in 

 his work. It is particularly good for the 

 bee-keeper who wishes to know how 

 large bee-keepers lay out their work; how 

 they manage out-apiaries; how they ex- 

 tract and how they prepare for the market, 

 and all the various details of the business 

 of keeping bees. It is almost equally 

 good for beginners also. The author of 



Advanced Bee Culture 



is Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson, editor of the 

 Bee-keepers' Review, who has hid a long 

 and varied experience in practical bee- 

 keeping. He writes in a very clear and 

 accurate stvie, so that there it never any 

 difficulty in following his meaning. He 

 eschews the scientific part of bee-keeping, 

 being content to study the commercial 

 side only. The book itself is beautifully 

 printed and illustrated, and very prettily 

 bound. It is a book the advanced bee- 

 keeper will often turn to just to see how 

 other skilled men do their work. One 

 good hint will pay for the book many 

 times over, and the author having been 

 through the mill himself always sees the 

 salient features of a system. In his quest 

 for information Mr. Hutchinson visited 

 many able bee-keepers with eyes and ears 

 wide open, that he might be the better 

 able to assist his readers with ideas tbe7 

 could use in their every-day work in the 

 apiary. 



He is an excellent photographer, 

 therefore it is not to be wondered at that 

 he supplies a number of very beautiful 

 illustrations which not only adorn but 

 instruct. Perhaps we can do nothing bet- 

 ter than give a list of chapters, as follows: 

 Bee-keeping as a Business ; Making a 

 Start in Bee-keeping; Mistakes in Bee- 

 keeping; The Influence of Locality; Best 

 Stock and How to Secure It; The Choice 

 of a Hive ; Honey-boards and Queen- 

 excluders; Sections and Their Adjustment 

 on the Hive; Arrangement of Hives and 

 Buildings; Comforts and Conveniences in 

 the Apiary; Shade for Bees; Contraction 

 of the Brood-nest; The Use and Abuse of 

 Comb Foundation ; Increase, Its Manage- 

 ment and Control; The Hiving of Bees; 

 Commercial Queen-rearing ; Introducing 

 Queens; The Feeding of Bees; The Pro- 

 duction of Comb Honey; Producing Good 

 Extracted Honey; Migratory Bee-keeping; 

 Out-apiaries; House-apiaries; Foul Brood; 

 Apiarian Exhibits at Fairs; The Fertiliza- 

 tion of Queens in Confinement; The Ren- 

 dering of Beeswax; The Relation of Food 

 to the Wintering of Bees; Outdoor Win- 

 tering of Bees; The Ventilation of Bees; 

 The Relation of Moisture to the Winter- 

 ing of Bees; The Influence of Tempera- 

 ture in Wintering Bees; Care of Bees in 

 Winter; Index. 



$1.20 postpaid; or the book and the Re- 

 view for 1908 and 1909 for only $2.00. 



W. Z. Hutchinson 



Flint, Mich. 



