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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



The ABC 



Bee Culture. 



Read what Dr. C. C. Miller says in the 

 National Stockman: — 



" Not a bad index of the advancement 

 of bee culture in this country is the fact 

 that besides two or three other good books 

 on bee-keeping, the A B C of Bee Culture 

 has been so extensively used that it has 

 reached its 67th thousand. The name is 

 rather a misnomer, suggesting as it does 

 a small primer for children. Instead of 

 that it is the most comprehensive work in 

 the English language pertaining to bees, 

 and a more appropriate name would be 

 The Encyclopedia of Bee Culture. It con- 

 tains 437 pages measuring 9>4 by (iV^ in- 

 ches each. It is profusely illustrated 

 with fine pictures, many of them full 

 page, and is printed on elegant paper in 

 clear type that is a delight to the eye. 



It was first written by A. I. Root some- 

 thing more than twenty years ago, but 

 bee-culture is not a science that is at a 

 stand-still, so during all these years the 

 book is kept standing in type, and w-ith 

 every advance in bee culture there has 

 been a change in type, so that the book, 

 now double its original size, is just a lit- 

 tle in the condition of a boy's jack-knife; 

 he lost a blade and had a new blade put 

 in, then the handle was broken and he 

 got a new handle; but still it was 'the 

 same old knife. ' The work has been ably 

 revised lately by E. R. Root, son of A. I. 

 Root, also a skillful and experienced'bee- 

 keeper, and the whole is entirely up-to- 

 date and practical. For one who has a 

 single colony of bees, and who desires a 

 work to which he can confidently turn for 



an answer to the thousand and one ques- 

 tions constantly coming up in practical 

 bee-work, it would be hard to invest |i.2o 

 more profitably than to send for Root's 

 A B C of Bee Culture." 



See what F. Danzenbaker, inventor of 

 the Danzenbaker hive says: — 



"Mr. E. R. Root: — I have read former 

 editions of the A B C of Bee Culture, and 

 I have carefully read all of the lastest. 

 It is so greatly improved, and brought 

 down to date, brimful of the latest expe- 

 riences of the most successful methods in 

 all departments, that it might well be re- 

 christened 'Bee-keeping from A to Z.' 

 The hundreds of expensive and beautiful 

 illustrations display to the eye what the 

 text conveys to the mind, in a way to cov- 

 er the entire field of apiculture, for be- 

 ginners and veterans alike. 



It is worth many times its cost to a be- 

 ginner with but a single colony, and to 

 those who have handled hundreds of col- 

 onies half a lifetime as well. It would 

 have been worth thousands of dollars to 

 me if I could have had such a book forty 

 years ago, and I would not take 150 for 

 the copy I have now if I could not get 

 another. 



If it could be placed in every school 

 and library in our land, for the instruc- 

 tion of the masses, it would greatly in- 

 crease the consumption as well as the pro- 

 duction of honey, adding greatly to the 

 health and wealth of the people." 



Sold by dealers in bee-keepers' supplies, 

 or sent post-paid on receipt of |i.2o. 



vSee our advertisement on back cover. 



The A. I. Root Medina, Ohio. 



