, Publisher's Preface. 
So many inquiries reach us every month 
from professional men and women, from 
clerks, teachers, and others whose duties 
keep them pretty close, yet who have some 
Hme to devote to and a desire to go into bee- 
Keeping, that we were delighted to find in a 
copy of that well-known religious paper, 
The Interior, a few days ago the following 
article on "Bee-keeping for Sedentary 
Folk." It is the more authoritative as it 
comes from a practical bee-keeper of the 
class for whom he is writing. The publish- 
ers of The Interior have kindly given us 
permission to reprint the article, and to the 
many who are seeking information we com- 
mend it. The illustrations used herein are 
from our files, as those in The Interior were 
not available for our use. The accompany- 
ing letters are interspersed to endorse the 
author's statements. Any inquiries regard- 
ing the subject will be cheerfully answered. 
The A. I. Root Co. 
Medina, Ohio, Oct., 1908. 
