CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



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WTio May Keep Bees 1 



Specialists 1 



Amateurs 1 



Who are Specially Interdicted 2 



Inducements to Bee-Keeplug 2 



Recreation 2 



Profits , 8 



Excellence as an Amateur Pursuit 3 



Adaptation to Women 5 



Improves the Mind and the Observation 7 



Yields Delicious Food 7 



Adds to the Nation's Wealth 8 



What Successful Bee-keeping Requires 8 



Mental Effort 8 



Experience Necessary 8 



Learn from Others 9 



Aid From Conventions 9 



Aid from Bee Publications 9 



American Bee Journal 9 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine 



Bee-Keepers' Exchange .^ 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 



Kansas Bee-Keeper — .. 



The California Apiarist 



Books for the Apiarist 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee 



Qulnby's Mysteries of Bee-Keeping 12 



King's Text-Book 12 



A B C of Bee Culture 12 



