Advanced BeTcXn-e 





IS a book of nearly 100 pages ( the size of the Re- 

 view ) that I wrote and published in 1891 ; and I 

 will tell you how I gathered the information that it 

 contains. For 15 years I was a practical bee-keeper, 

 producing tons of both comb and extracted honey; 

 rearing and selling thousands of queens, reading all of 

 the bee books and journals, attending conventions and 

 fairs, visiting bee-keepers, etc., etc. Then I began 

 publishing the Review, and, for several years, each 

 issue was devoted to the discussion of some special 

 topic ; the best bee-keepers of the country giving their 

 views and experience. Advanced Bee Culture is 

 really the summing up of these first few years of spe- 

 cial topic numbers of the Review ; that is, from a most 

 careful examination of the views of the most progres- 

 sive men, and a thorough consideration of the same in 

 the light of m}' experience as a bee-keeper, I have de- 

 scribed in plain and simple language what I believe to 

 be the most advanced methods of managing an apiar}', 

 for profit^ from the beginning of the season through 

 the entire year. The book is illustrated, nicely print- 

 ed, and neatly bound in thick, heavy paper printed to 

 resemble a sheet of queen-excluding /inc. Price of 

 the book, 50 cts. ; the Review one year ( and twelve 

 back numbers ) and the book for only SI. 25. 



W, Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



