Author's Introduction to the 1911 Edition 



During the last four or five years I have been having quite a 

 bit of experience in establishing out-apiaries, and in the production 

 of honey upon a somewhat extensive scale. I have also visited a 

 number of prominent bee-keepers, and photographed and described 

 the methods whereby they made money. 



Of course, all of this has appeared in the Review and in Gleanings, 

 but in a more or less scattered fashion ; and, for a year or more, I 

 have had in mind the gathering together of this matter, in consecutive 

 order, in a new edition of Advanced Bee Culture. There are several 

 reasons why I have been unable to accomplish this, chief of which 

 has been the lack of health and strength to do the work. 



A few months ago a correspondence over the matter sprang up 

 between Mr. E. R. Root and myself, with the result that, under my 

 guidance and sanction, he revised the book, adding the new matter. 

 All of the new matter is something that I have written, but the work 

 of fitting in with the old, so as to make a smooth, continuous story, is 

 that of my friend Root. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. 



Introduction to the 1905 Edition 



This book is intended for the professional bee-keeper ; hence it is 

 taken for granted that the reader is fairly well acquainted with bees 

 and their management. 



No space is devoted to the natural history, anatomy, and physiology 

 of the bee, because my experience has been along commercial instead of 

 scientific lines. 



The history of this book, how and why it came to be written and 

 published, would read something as follows : Twenty or more years 

 ago, while making my living in the apiary, I learned that, with my 

 management, it was more profitable to use starters only in the brood-nest 

 when hiving swarms. My experiments and methods were described in 

 print ; others tried my plans ; discussions followed ; and finally it became 

 apparent that the system was really more complex than it appeared on 



