23 MARCH 1956, Page 26

BEES ARE MY BUSINESS. By Harry I. Whitcombe. (Gollancz, 16s.)

This is a heart-warming story of a very success- ful American bee'-keeper. Apparently he began when he was a boy and built up a business to a state of international renown. His writing is robust; he has something interesting to say about almost every aspect of bees, pollination, and honey, and the impression left behind is that of a very pleasant man whose success was well deserved. But if this book is to sell as well as it deserves to, why on earth didn't the pub-