Jan. 10 1907 



American ^ee Journal 



ADVANCED 

 BEE-CULTUEE! 



One uf the most dilHoult tasks of my life is 

 that of writiofj an advertisement of Advanced 

 Bee Culture, Be as modest as I can, it still 

 smacksof egotism — soundslike a parent prais- 

 ing his own child. If the book had been writ- 

 ten by some other man, the writing of an ad- 

 vertisement would be comparatively easy. 

 However, even at the risk of laying myself 

 open to ridicule, of becoming a laughing- 

 stock, I am going lo forget for own that I am 

 its author and publisher, and write as though 

 of another's work. 



When IS years old I visited an apiary in 

 swarming-time; saw bees hanging in great 

 golden-brown clusters from the swaying 

 boughs of the old apple-tree; saw the snowy 

 white combs growing as by magic; saw the 

 waxen cells tilled with nectar, and inhaled 

 that sweetest of all perfumes — the odor from a 

 bee-hive in harvest time. I was filled through 

 and through with enthusiasm. Here was a 

 business that was most truly 



The Poetry of Life. 



I was that day born a bee-keeper. There was 

 no longer any doubt as to what should be my 

 life occupation. I at once began buying bee 

 books and journals, and visiting bee-keepers, 

 and studying the business from every possi- 

 ble standpoint. It was six years later before 

 I was able actually to engage in the business, 

 but I then possessed as thorough a theoretical 

 knowledge of bee-keeping as does a young 

 phvsician of medicine when he begins to 

 practise. 



All this was 30 odd years ago ; and, since 

 then, I have 



Run the Whole Gamut 



of bee-keeping, time and time again. I have 

 practised all sorts of methods for artificial 

 increase. I have battled with the difficulties 

 ot natural swarming; I have produced tons 

 and tons of comb honey; have tried my hand 

 at extracted-honey production ; I have reared 

 and sold thousands and thousands of queens; 

 I have exhibited bees and honey for 15 con- 

 secutive years at from one to half a dozen 

 State fairs. I have wintered bees in all sorts 

 of ways, outdoors and in, in cellars and buried 

 in clampsl I have 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 books and journals; for nearly twenty 

 years I have published the Review, enjoying 

 the confidence and correspondence of bee- 

 keepers scattered all over this country ; in 

 short, I have been a wide-awake, enthusias- 

 tic, practical, actual, workaday, 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 these years of varied experience: it is the 

 crowning eflort of my life. I look upon it as 

 the best piece of work that I have ever done, 



Lan^stroth «» the 

 **^ Honey-Bee 



or, perhaps, ever wM do. It is written from , 

 a bread-and-butter standpoint. It teaches i 

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



Make Money Out of Bees. 



From all these sources I have mentioned, 

 from my own experience, and that of the 

 men with whom 1 have associated, I have de- 

 scribed the most advanced, the hesl methods, 

 of keeping bees for t^rofit. I begin at the 

 opening of the year, and go through the sea- 

 son, step by step, touching briefly but clearly 

 and concisely, upon all of the most important 

 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 kuon' 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 

 qualities, and the perusal of Advanced Bee 

 Culture will do much to help in this respect. 

 One more point: A dozen years ago I tooL 

 up photography 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, attended 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 Culture 

 contains the 



Gems of this Collection 



of all these years — a collection that is simply 

 unapproachable in the line of apiculture. 



The book is beautifully printed with clear, 

 large type, on heavy enameled paper. It is 

 bound in cloth of a bluish drab, and the front 

 cover embellished with a green vine of cloveria 



Bee of Gold 



sipping nectar from the snowy-white blos- 

 soms of the clover. Taken all in all, it is a 

 beautiful book. 



If the advertising that I have done in the 

 past has not convinced you that you need the 

 book, then the fault is in the advertising ; 

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

 just what I think of the book — I may never 

 do it again. 



Price of the book, SI. ao, or the REVIEW 

 one year and the book for only S2.00. 



Special Offer. 



Just at present I am offering all of the back 

 numbers of this year freo to all who send 

 .*1.00 for 1907. In other words, you can get 

 the Review for 1906 and lOOT, and this book 

 for only S2. 00 1 1 know of no way in which 

 you can get so much helpful, practical, val- 

 uable apicultural information for so little 

 money. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



Revised by Dadant— Latest Edition. 



This is one of the standard books on 

 bee-culture, and ought to be in the 

 library of every bee-keeper. It is bound 

 substantially in cloth, and contains 

 over 500 pajjes, being revised by those 

 large, practical bee-keepers, so well- 

 known to all the readers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal — Chas. Dadant & Son. 

 Each subject is clearly and thoroughly 

 explained, so that by following the in- 



structions of this book one cannot fail 

 to be wonderfully helped on the way to 

 success with bees. 



The book we mail for SI .20, or club 

 It with the American Bee Journal for 

 one year — both for $2.00 ; or, we will 

 mail it as a premium for sending us 

 THREE NEW subscribers to the Bee 

 Journal for one year, with $3.00. 



This is a splendid chance to get a 

 grand bee-book for a very little money 

 or work. 



GEORGE W. YORK & CO. 



334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. ILL 



Wa Sbll Root's Goods in Miohiqan 



Let ns quote jon prices on Sections, Hives, 

 Fonndation, etc, as we can save joa time and 

 (reietat. Beeswax WanUd ior Casb. 



M. H. HUNT* SON. 



Bell Branch, Watnk Co., Mich 



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