Advanced Bee Culture! 



One of the most difficult tasks of my life 

 is that of writing an advertisement of Ad- 

 vanced Bee Culture. Be as modest as I can, 

 it still smacks of egotism — sounds like a par- 

 ent praising his own child. If the book had 

 been written by some other man, the writ- 

 ing of an advertisement would be comi)ara- 

 tively easy. However, even at the risk of 

 laying myself open to ridicule, of becoming a 

 laughingstock, I am going to forget for once 

 that I am its author and publisher, and write 

 as though of another's work. 



When 1 8 years old I visited an apiary in 

 swarming-time; saw bees hanging in great 

 golden-brown clusters from the swaying bouglis 

 of the old apple tree; saw the snowy white 

 combs growing as by magic; saw the waxen 

 cells filled with nectar, and inhaled that 

 swce'est of all perfumes — the odor from a 

 bee-liive in harvest time. I was filled through 

 with enthusiasm. Here was a business that 

 was most truly 



The Poetry of Life. 



I was that day born a beekeeper. There was 

 no longer any doubt as to what should be my 

 life occupation. I at once beian buying bee 

 books and journals, and visiting bee-keepers, 

 and studving the business from every possi- 

 ble standnoint. It was six years later before 

 I w-is able actually to engage in the business, 

 but T then possessed as thorough a theoretical 

 knowledge of beekeeping as does a yoiuig 

 physician of medicine when he begins to 

 practice. 



All this was 30 odd years ago; and, since 

 then, I liave 



Run the Whole Gamut 



of beekeeping, time and time again. I have 

 practiced all sorts of methods of .''rtificial 

 increase. I have battled with the difficulties 

 of natural swarmirg; I have produced tons 

 and tons of comb honev; have tried my hand 

 at extrpcted-honey production; I have reared 

 and sold thousands and thousands of nueens; 

 I have exhibited bees and honey for 15 

 consec'tive years at from one to half a dozen 

 State fairs, I have wintered bees in all sorts 

 of ways, out doors and in, in cellars and 

 buried in clamps; I havp attended nearly all 

 of the conventions of a National character; 



Visited Hundreds Bee-keepers 



in their homes, scattered from ocean to ocean 

 and from the lakes to the gulf. I have read 

 all the book- and jo'irnals; for nearly 

 twentv years I have published the Review, 

 enioving the confidence and correspondence 

 of bee-keepers scattered all over this country; 

 In =hort, I have been a wide-awake, enthus- 

 iastic, practical, actual, work-a-day, bread-and- 

 butter bee-keeper all of these years, making 

 a living for myself, wife, and little ones, out 

 of bees. 



ADVANCED BEE CULTURE is the 



Ripened Fruit 



of all these years of varied experience; it is 

 the crowning effort of my life. I look upon 



it as the best piece of work that I have ever 

 done, or, perhaps, ever will do. It is written 

 from a bread-and-buter standpoint. It teach- 

 es how to make a living — yes, more than that. 



Make Money out of Bees. 



From all of these sources I have mentioned, 

 from my own experience, and that of the 

 men with whom I have associated, I have de- 

 scribed the mast advanced, the best methods, 

 of kee]iing bees for profit. I begin at the 

 opening of the year, and go through the sea- 

 son, step by step, touching brifly but clearly 

 and concisely, upon all of the most impor- 

 tant points, showing their relationship one to 

 the other, and how, joined together, they 

 make a perfect whole. If I could have had 

 this book twenty years ago, and followed its 

 teachings, I might now have 



Been a Rich Man. 



I say it fearlessly, because I know that it is 

 true, that no practical bee-keeper can afford 

 not to read it. The courage, enthusiasm, and 

 inspiration alone will be worth more to him 

 than the cost of the book, to say nothing of 

 the more practical instructions. Many a man 

 fails from a lack of these very useful quali- 

 ties, and the perusal of Advanced Bee Cul- 

 ture will do much to help him in this respect. 

 One more point: A dozen years ago I took 

 up photogranhy as a hobby, as a pastime. I 

 have studied it just as you have studied bee- 

 keeping. I have read journals and books on 

 the subjects, atlended the conventions, etc. 

 I have lugged a large camera, along with 

 me all over the United States and Canada, and 

 used it with loving care. Advanced Bee Cul- 

 ture contains the 



Gems of this Collection 



of all these years — a collection that is simply 

 unanproachable in the line of apiculture. 



The book is beautifully printed with clear 

 large tvpe, on heavy enameled paper. It is 

 bound in cloth of a bluish drab, and the front 

 cover embellished with a green vine of clover, 

 a I. 



Bee of Gold 

 sipping nectar from the snowy-white blossoms 

 uf the clover. Taken all in all, it is a beauti- 

 ful book. 



If the advertising that I have done in the 

 past has rot convinced you that you need 

 the bonk, then the fault is in the advertising; 

 and, for this once, I have cut loose and said 

 j"st what I think of the book, just as I woiild 

 of some other book — I may never do it again. 



Price of the book, $1.20 or the REVIEW 

 one year and the book for only $2.00. 



Special OfPer. 



Just at present I am offering all of the 

 back numbers of this year free to all who 

 send $1.00 for T907. In other words, you 

 can get the Review for 1906 and 1007, and 

 this look for only $2.00! I know of no way 

 in which you can get so much helpful, practi- 

 cal, valuable apicultural information for so lit- 

 tl^ honey. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Michigan 



