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with bees, in order to secure the 

 coming honey harvest and also that 

 every beekeeper in order to suc- 

 ceed should learn to judge of the 

 condition of his bees without dis- 

 turbing them too frequently. 



Every apiarist should have every 

 preparation made for the coming 

 honey harvest in order that he may 

 not be driven with work and be be- 

 hindhand by and by. Every poor, 

 weak, or feeble queen should be 

 superseded before the honey har- 

 vest comes. And here let me state 

 that it is worse than foolish to rear 

 or purchase queens that have been 

 reared carelessly and hatched in a 

 lamp nursery. We are well ac- 

 quainted with the lamp nursery 

 and know that queens hatched in 

 them are weak and feeble. But re- 

 member that the most important 

 work of the month is to build up all 

 of your stocks until they are strong. 



BOOK 

 NOTICES AND REVIEWS. 



The Handy Book. — We have 

 just received a copy of the " Bee- 

 keeper's Handy Book" from the 

 author and feel pleased to recom- 

 mend it to our readers as the very 

 best work published on the subject 

 of queen-rearing and an invaluable 

 addition to the library of every pro- 

 gressive beekeeper. 



It is a handsome volume of 200 

 pages, fully illustrated and written 

 in a plain, practical manner, with 

 no attempt (as Mr. Alley says) in 

 the literary line. Its typography 

 and binding are worthy of com- 

 ment and a credit to the firm that 

 printed it. 



Mr. Alley thoroughly under- 

 stands the subject of queen-rearing, 

 has reduced it to a scientific sj^s- 

 tematic and practical method, and 

 has freely given to us the benefit of 

 this knowledge in the " Handy 



Book." We have made this sub- 

 ject a special study for a number 

 of years and never saw or heard of 

 queen-cells being built in rows uni- 

 formly and evenly spaced, until we 

 learned it of Mr. Alley and we feel 

 certain that he originated the 

 methods which he teaches. 



The work also contains a great 

 deal of general information relative 

 to the subject of beekeeping, not 

 found even in the most recent pub- 

 lications. In fact it is a work that 

 should be placed in the hands of 

 every progressive beekeeper in the 

 country, and is worth many times 

 its cost to the purchaser. It may 

 be purchased of the author (see his 

 advertisement) or at this oflJice, 

 (see club list). 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide. — 

 The "Manual of the Apiary, or 

 Bee-Keeper's Guide," publishAl by 

 Prof. A. J. Cook of Lansing, Mich., 

 is one of the most complete works 

 upon the subject of apiculture 

 extant and valuable alike to the 

 novice, expert and student. We 

 have just received a copy of the 

 latest edition and take great pleas- 

 ure in saying that not only has the 

 author maintained the former repu- 

 tation of his work, but has also 

 added much information that is 

 interesting and valuable. This 

 work should be placed in the 

 librar}' of eveiy apiarist who wishes 

 to succeed in his business or who 

 desires to become acquainted with 

 the nature and habits of tlie bee. 

 We have made arrangements with 

 the author so that we can add it to 

 our clubbing list at reduced rates 

 or it may be secured of the author. 



The Bible Banner, published 

 at No. 26 South Seventh street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa., is one of the 

 best religious weeklies among our 

 exchanges. Edited by J. D. Brown, 

 with two contributing editors and 

 a large corps of special contribu- 

 tors from diflTerent denominations. 



