December, 1907. 



American IKec Joarnalj 



Advanced Bee Culture 



One of the most difficult tasks of my life is 

 that of writing an advertisement of Adeanced 

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

 smacks of egotism-sounds like a parent 

 praising his own child. If the book had been 

 written by some other man, the writing of 

 an advertisement would be comparatively 

 easy. However, even at the risk of laying 

 myself open to ridicule, of becoming a 

 laughing-stock, I am going to 



Forget for Once 



that lam the author and publisher, and write 

 as though of another's work. 



When 18 years old I visited an apiary in 

 swarraing-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 filled with nectar, and inhaled 

 tbai eweetest of all perfumes -the odor of 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 beekeeper. There 

 was no longer any doubt as to what should 

 be my life-occupation. I at once began buy- 

 ing bee books and journals, and visiting 

 bee-keepers, and studying the business from 

 every possible standpoint. It was six years 

 later before I was able to engage actually in 

 the business, but I then possessed as thor- 

 ough a theoretical knowledge of bee-keeping 

 as does a voung physician of medicine when 

 he begins to practice. All this was 30 odd 

 years ago: and since then I have 



Run the Whole Gamut 



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

 have practiced all sorts of methods for arti- 

 ficial increase: 1 have battled with the diffi- 

 culties of natural swarming: I have produc- 

 ed tons and tons of comb honey: have tried 



my hand at extractedhoney production: I 



have reared and sold thousands of queens; 

 I have exhibited bees and honey for 15 con- 

 secutive vears 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 clamps; I have attended nearly all 

 of the conventions of a national character: 



Visited Hundreds of Bee- 

 Iceepers 



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 20 

 years I have published the Jlei-iew. enjoying 

 the confidence and correspondence of bee^ 

 keepers scattered all over the country: in 

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

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

 ter bee-keeper all of these years, making a 

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

 bees. Advanced ]iee t!u(ture 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 ifiU do. It is written 

 from a bread-and-butter standpoint. It 

 teaches how to make a living, yes, more than 

 that, make inonei/ out "f bees. From all of 

 these sources that I have mentioned, from 

 my own experience, and that of the men 

 with whom I have - ssociated, I have de- 

 scribed the most advanced, the Ixs' methods 

 of keeping bees for n'o.rit. I begin at the 

 opening of the year, and go through the 

 season 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 20 years ago. and followed its 

 teachings. I might now have 



Been a Rich Man 



I say it fearlessly, because / Inow 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 Adeanced Bee Cul- 

 ture will do much to help him in this respect. 

 One more point: A dozen years ago I took 

 up photography as a hobby, as a pastime. 

 I have studied it just as you have studied 

 bee-keeping. I have read the journals and 

 books on the subject, attended the conven- 

 tions, etc. I have lugged a large camera 

 along with me all over the United States and 

 Canada, and used it with loving care. Ad- 

 vanced Bee Culture. 



Contains the Gems 



of this collection of all these years-acoUec- 

 tion that is simply unapproachable in the line 

 of apiculture. The book is beautifully print- 

 ed with clear, large type, on heavy enanieled 

 paper. It is bound in cloth of a bluish drab, 

 and the front cover embellished with a green 

 vine of clover, a 



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 m 

 the adeertishui : and for this once I have cut 

 loose and said just what I think of the book, 

 just as I would of some other book— I may 

 never do it again. , „ • 



Price of the book $1.20, or the Bevtetr one 

 year and the book for only J2.00. And remem- 

 ber that just at present you get all of this 

 year's numbers free ! That is, you can gft 

 the Jieview toT this year and next, and 'he 

 book, for only $2.00! 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON^ FLINT^ MICHIGAN. 



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