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Bees and Honey.— This work is by Thomas G. Newman, 

 late editor of the "American Bee Journal." It is small, but 

 contains an epitome of the science and art of bee-culture. 

 Price, 75 cents. 



Scientific Queen-Rearing.— This work is by that well- 

 known and thoroughly practical bee-keeper, G. M. Doolittle. 

 It is invaluable, treating-, as it does, of a method by which the 

 very best queen-bees are reared in accord with nature's way. 

 Price, $1.00. 



Advanced Bee-Culttjre.— This is a full and plain expla- 

 nation of the successful methods practiced by the author, W. 

 Z. Hutchinson. Price, 50 cents. 



Bee-Keeping for Beginners.— By Dr. J. P. H. Brown, of 

 Georgia, is a practical and condensed treatise on the honey- 

 bee. 110 pages, bound in paper. Price, 50 cents. 



foreign pubi,ications. 



The British Bee Journal, as the exponent of British 

 methods and practices, is interesting and valuable to Ameri- 

 can bee-keepers. It shows that in many things, as in the 

 method of organizing and conducting conventions, so as to 

 make them highly conducive to apicultural progress, we have 

 much to learn from our brothers in Britain. The editor is one 

 of the best informed bee-keepers of the world. The best way 

 for Americans to secure this journal is through the editors of 

 our American bee-papers. 



foreign books. 



The best of these, indeed one of the best ever published, 

 is The Honey-Bee, by Thomas W. Cowan, of I^ondon, Eng- 

 land. It is the recognized authority in Europe, as it may well 

 be. It is not only beautiful, but full, accurate, and scientific 

 As a history of scientific discovery in relation to bees, it is of 

 special interest. It deserves a place in every bee-keeper's 

 library. Price, $1.00. 



A more pretentious book is Bees and Bee-Keeping, by 

 Frank Cheshire. In workmanship and illustration it is most 

 admirable. It is a compilation from Schiemenz, Girard, Wollf, 



