The Townsend Bee Book Or How to Make a Better Start in Bees

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From the PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
In beekeeping, as in all pursuits, there are always many people just starting in the business, and one of the oft recurring questions that are asked has been, "How can I make a start with bees? "To answer this question properly we engaged Mr. E. D. Townsend, one of the best authorities in bee culture, and who produces honey by the carload, to write a special series of articles having to do primarily with the problems that beset every person who starts this most fascinating of nature studies. These duly appeared in our journal, GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. As they were received with such wide-spread enthusiasm, we decided to incorporate them in book form.
Mr. Townsend is peculiarly fitted for giving instructions along these lines, since he himself learned, by dear experience, how to avoid the common mistakes of an amateur, and, with practically nothing to start with, built up what is probably the most extensive business in connection with bees in the great State of Michigan. Moreover, he has never been carried away, so to speak, by fads and fancies; his advice always bristles with practical common sense.
It is hoped that by compiling these articles in book form we are going to "fill a long-felt want."
--THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY.

Genre: Business & Economics / Small Business (fancy, right?)