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publication became so popular in all French-speaking countries, so 

 cosmopolitan in its make-up, that within three years its title was 

 changed to that of "Revue Internationale D'Apiculture," which con- 

 tinued until 1903, with the help of Mr. Bertrand's wife and of a 

 noted French apiarist, Crepieux-Jamin. According to Thos. Wm. 

 Cowan, this was "without doubt the most practical and best French 

 bee-journal on modern bee-culture." 



The works published by Mr. Bertrand, at different times, for 

 the use of beginners, form quite an extensive apiarian library. I 

 will mention some of them : "Routine and Modern Methods," "Des- 

 cription of the Best Hives," "Advice and Notes for Beginners," 

 "Beekeepers' Calendar," etc. The material contained in these small 

 works was later condensed into a larger work entitled "Conduite 

 du Rucher" (Management of the Apiary). The latter work, after 

 seven translations and many editions, is still considered the stand- 

 ard bee book in Switzerland and many other countries. 



In 1886, Mr. Bertrand translated the work of Cowan, "The 

 British Beekeepers' Guide Book ;" later in 1890 the Italian work of 

 Rauschenfels, "The Bee Moth." In 1891, he took very active part in 

 the publication of the Dadant-Langstroth book, "The Hive and 

 Honeybee" in French. Two editions of this were published in 

 Geneva, under his supervision. He also published a pamphlet des- 

 cribing the "Dadant-Blatt hive." In 1897, the "Unedited Letters 

 of Francois Huber" were gathered and published by him, for we 

 must not forget that he lives in the very country where this fa- 

 mous writer made and published his interesting studies of the 

 honeybee. Vevay, the home of Huber, is only about thirty miles 

 from Nyon, on the shore of the same lake. These unedited letters 

 have never yet been translated into English and I have often 

 wondered whether a translation of them would be welcome to our 

 American readers. 



In 1901, after having fought and destroyed foulbrood in his 

 apiaries by the constant and careful use of drugs, he published a 

 work on this disease and its treatment, then translated the book of 

 F. C. Harrison, Canadian bacteriologist, upon the same subject. He 

 has also translated the "Honeybee" and "Wax Craft" of Cowan, 

 into French. 



The biography of Mr. Bertrand would be incomplete, if I 

 should fail to give more definite detail of the work of his wife, whom 

 I have already mentioned in connection with the publication of the 

 "Revue Internationale." Mrs. Bertrand, born also in Switzerland, 

 in 1843, and therefore eleven years younger than her husband, 



