the surface ; also, that short articles scattered through different bee 

 journals did not present the subject in the best possible manner, and, as 

 a result, I published a little book in which I described in detail my 

 method of comb-honey production. 



One of the criticisms brought against the book was its small size ; 

 and I was repeatedly urged to write a larger book, giving my experience 

 and views more in detail, and upon other points. Flattering as all of 

 this may have been, I doubt if I should have yielded to these entreaties 

 had it not been that, by the time the last copy of the little book was sold, 

 I had been editor of the Bee-keepers' Review for nearly four years, and 

 had the benefit of reading, and studying over, special discussions, by the 

 most practical men, of the most important questions connected with our 

 pursuit. As it was, I went to work and classified, arranged, and con- 

 densed, and gave what I considered the cream of the special-topic 

 discussions that had appeared in the Review. So many new subjects 

 were taken up that the old title, "The Production of Comb Honey," 

 was no longer appropriate ; and as I was giving what seemed to me the 

 best and most advanced methods I called the new book Ad\'axced Bee 

 Culture. Two years ago, the first edition having been exhausted, I 

 rewrote and revised everything necessary to bring it up to date, and 

 got out a second edition, which has since been sold. The present edition 

 has been largely rewritten, many engravings, much new matter, and a 

 more substantial binding, being added, thus bringing the book more 

 nearly up to the ideal that I have for several )ears had in mind. 



.Advanced Bee Ci^lture is reall>- the summing-up of the best that 

 has appeared in the Bee-keepers' Review during the eighteen \'ears of 

 its existence ; that is, from a most careful examination of the views of 

 the most progressive men, and a thorough consideration of the same in 

 the light of my experience as a bee-keeper, I have described in plain 

 and simple language what I believe to be the most advanced methods of 

 managing bees for profit, from the beginning of the season throughout 

 the entire year. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Flint, Mich. 



