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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Advanced Bee-Culture is the 



title of a neat book of 9(3 pages (price, 

 50 cents) by W. z; Hutchinson, Flint, 

 Mich. It begins with the care of bees 

 in Winter, and goes over the whole 

 ground until the honey is off the hives, 

 clearly and concisely touching upon all 

 important points. 



The book is worth a better shape and 

 binding. With the pages a little over 

 one-half the size, a more extensive index, 

 and a nice cloth binding, it would have 

 readily sold at a dollar. 



The topics presented are as follows : 

 Care of Bees in Winter— Securing 

 Workers for the Harvest— Hives and 

 their Characteristics — Honey-Boards — 

 Sections, and their Adjustment on the 

 Hives — Varieties of Bees — Introducing 

 Queens — Planting for Honey — Specialty 

 Versus Mixed Bee-Keeping — Arrange- 

 ment of Hives and Buildings — Separators 

 — Shade for Bees — Increase, Its Manage- 

 ment and Control — Contraction of the 

 Brood-Nest — Hiving Bees — Comb-Foun- 

 dation, Its Use and Abuse — Foul-Brood 

 — Queen-Rearing — How to Produce Good 

 Extracted-Honey — " Feeding Back " — 

 From the Hive to the Honey Market — 

 Marketing of Honey— Migratory Bee- 

 Keeping — Out-Apiaries — Apiarian, Ex- 

 hibits at Fairs— Relation of Food to the 

 Wintering of Bees— Out-Door Wintering 

 — Ventilation of Bee-Cellars- Relation 

 of Moisture to the Wintering of Bees — 

 Comforts and Conveniences in the 

 Apiary — Mistakes in Bee-Keeping. 



The author has given the "cream" 

 of the discussion of these topics when 

 they were presented in the Review 

 during the past three years. 



The book contains a fresh, clear and 

 concise yet comprehensive statement of 

 the most important apicultural topics of 

 the day. Every bee-keeper should have 

 a copy. It can be obtained at this 

 office. 



Xliat l^iley Ivie is again before 

 the people, but this time it is presented 

 in the light of a " gross libel," and a 

 $500 verdict is recorded against a paper 

 which had given it to the public. The 

 Michigan Farmer of last week contained 

 this item : 



The Wiley lie has been nailed at last, 

 and with a $500 verdict. The Detroit 

 Jounuil, some time last year, revamped 

 the old chestnut, and indicated Mr. E. 

 B. Weed, of Detroit, as the " ingenious 

 individual" who was deceiving the 

 public, and even the " bees themselves." 

 No name was mentioned, but the article 

 was worded so that there could be no 

 doubt as to who was meant. 



The Journal endeavored to show that 

 no one in particular was pointed out ; 

 but the judge and jury of the Wayne 

 Circuit Court thought otherwise, and the 

 Journal was taxed the above amount for 

 "gross libel." 



This was denounced as a "false, 

 slanderous and defamatory statement " 

 on page 416, and the Detroit Journal 

 was shown by Harmon Smith to have 

 " grossly adulterated the truth," in its 

 comments upon an invention by E. B. 

 Weed, Grand River Avenue, Detroit, 

 Mich. 



We are glad that the Detroit Journal 

 has been made to suffer for its reckless 

 statements, and we should like to see a 

 similar course pursued with other papers 

 which persistently misrepresent our pur- 

 suit, and lie about its devotees. 



Bai* Hives have small bars across 

 the top to which the combs are attached, 

 instead of being in frames. 



You Need an Apiary Register, 

 and should keep it posted up, so as to be 

 able to know all about any colony of 

 bees in your yard at a moment's notice. 

 It devotes two pages to every colony. 

 You can get one large enough for 50 

 colonies for a dollar, bound in full 

 leather and postage paid. Send for one 

 before you forget it, and put it to a good 

 use. Let it contain all that you will 

 want to know about your bees — includ- 

 ing a cash account. We will send you 

 one large enough for 100 colonies for 

 $1.25; or for 200 colonies for $1.50. 

 Order one now. 



