CONTENTS 



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Who May Keep Bees 1 



Specialists , 1 



Amateurs 1 



Who Should not Keep Bees 2 



Inducements to Bee Keepinap 2 



Recreation 2 



Profits 3 



Excellence as an Amateur Pursuit 5 



Adaptation to Women 5 



Improves the Mind and the Observation 7 



Yields Delicious Food 8 



Adds to the Nation's Wealth 8 



What Successful Bee Keeping Requires 9 



Mental Effort 9 



Experience Necessary : 9 



Learn from Others 10 



Aid from Conventions 10 



Aid from Bee Journals ; 10 



American Bee Journal 11 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 11 



Bee-Keepers' Magazine 11 



Canadian Bee Journal ^ *... 11 



Bee-Keepers' Guide 12 



American Apiculturists 12 



Canadian Honey Producer 12 



Bee-Keeper's Review 12 



Books for the Apiarist .■... 12 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee 12 



Quinby's Mysteries of Bee Keeping 13 



King's Text Book 13 



A B C of Bee Culture.... 13 



Bees and Honey 13 



Blessed Bees 14 



Bee-Keepers' Handy Book 14 



Success in Bee Culture 14 



A Year Among the Bees 14 



The Production of Comb Honey 14 



