1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1477 



Advanced Bee Culture ! 



One of the most difficult tasks of my life is that of 

 writing an advertisement of Advanced Bee Cult- 

 TUBB. Be as modest as I can, it still smacks of ego- 

 tism—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 I am its author and publisher, 

 and write as though of another's work. 



When 18 years old I visited an apiary in swarming- 

 time; saw bees hanging in great golden-brown clus- 

 ters 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 that 

 giveetest 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 long- 

 er 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 possible standpoint. It was six years later be- 

 fore I was able actually to engage in the business, but 

 I then possessed as thorough a theoretical knowledge 

 of bee-keeping as doese young 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 again. I have practiced 

 all sorts of methods for artificial increase. I have 

 battled with the difficulties of 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 consecutive 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 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 publish- 

 ed the Review, enjoying the confidence and correspon- 

 dence of bee-keepers scattered all over this country; 

 in short. I have been a wide-awake, enthusiastic, prac- 

 tical, 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-butter stand- 



point. It teaches how to make a living— yes, more 

 than that, 



Rfiake Money out of Bees. 



From all of these sources I have mentioned, from 

 my own experience, and that of Che men with whom I 

 have associated, I have described the most advanced, 

 the best methods, of keeping bees for pro.nt. 1 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 hook twenty years ago, and fol- 

 lowed its teachings, I might now have 



Been a Rich Man. 



I say it fearlessly, because I /,-now 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 him in this respect. 



One more point: A dozen years ago I took up pho- 

 tography 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 con- 

 ventions, 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 unap- 

 proachable in the line of apiculture. 



The book is beautifully printed with clear large 

 typt , 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 



Bee of Gold 



sipping nectar from the snowy-white blossoms 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 adrertisina: 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 REVIEW one year 

 and the book for only $2.00. 



Special Offer. 



Just at present I am offering all of the back num- 

 bers of this year free to all who send $1.00 for 1907. In 

 other words, you can get the Review for 1906 and 1907, 

 and this book for only $2 OO: I know of no way in 

 which you can get so much helpful, practical, valua- 

 ble apicultural information for so little money. 



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