No. 4.] ESSENTIALS OF BEEKEEPING. 1G9 



cedure which might rightfully find place in this bulletin, for which 

 the beekeeper is referred to other publications. 



" Swarm control," by no means satisfactorily settled, is, however, 

 alluded to in the consideration of requeening. " Handling and hiving 

 swarms " is rather generally understood and discussed in most books. 

 The time for " taking off surplus honey " may be said to be as soon 

 as the honey is sealed or capped; yet beekeepers have individual 

 preferences. " Increasing the honey crop " would be a profitable 

 subject for consideration. These and other subjects could well com- 

 prise a bulletin. '' The Production and Care of Extracted Honey " 

 is treated by Dr. E. F. Phillips, Bulletin No. 75, Part 1, Bureau of 

 Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. The reader 

 is urged to secure federal bulletins and to consult books and periodi- 

 cals on beekeejDing. 



List of Bee Books. 

 General. 

 Comstoek, Anna Botsf ord : " How to keep Bees." 

 Langstroth, L. L. : "Hive and the Honey Bee," 1853 (original edi- 

 tion ) ; recent revised editions by Dadant. 

 Miller, Dr. C. C. : " Fifty Years among the Bees." 



Poetical, Literary and Historical. 

 Edwardes, Tickner : " The Lore of the Honey Bee." 

 Materlinck, Maurice: "The Hive of the Bee;" "The Swann." 

 Morley, Margaret W. : "Bee People;" "Honey Makers." 



Technical. 



Root, E. R. and A. L: "A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture" (an 

 encyclopedic work for specialists and experienced beekeepers, 

 and the most comprehensive work in English). 



Hutchinson, W. Z. : " Advanced Bee Culture." 



Cheshire, Frank: "Bees and Beekeeping" (two volumes, practical 

 and scientific, fast becoming out of date, but considered an im- 

 portant source book). 



Von Buttel-Reepen, Dr. H. : "Are Bees Reflex Machines'?" (trans- 

 lated from the German. All of this author's papers are ex- 

 ceedingly important from the scientific and even the practical 

 standpoint). 



Queen-rearing Papers. 

 Phillips, Dr. E. F. : "Queen Rearing," Bulletin No. 55, Bureau of 



Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Doolittle, G. M. : "Scientific Queen Rearing." 



