GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



BEE-BOOKS. 



THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE, 

 iy03 edition ; tlifi only encj'cio- 

 pedia on bees ; 500 pages. The 

 edition, 500U copies, issued in Oc- 

 tober, 1890, was exliausted in the 

 short space of one year. Even 

 beiore the edition was out ot 

 press, loOO copies had been sold ; 

 and betore tliiny days had passed 

 luuO more copies were tanen. W'c 

 immediately set to worls to print 

 a new edition. While the edition 

 of ISOt) was more thoroughly re- 

 vised than any previous one, that 

 for 1901 received even larger ad- 

 ditions of new matter, and the 

 edition for 1903 has been as thoroughly gone over, 

 so that the present volume is clear up to date with 

 all the latest there is in bee-keeping. It now con- 

 tains 500 double-column pages. It has been mo'it 

 carefully gone over by Dr. C. C. Jliller, who has 

 prepared a new set of comments, and by Prof. A. 

 J. Cook, of Pomona College, Cal. 



THIS 1903 EDITION MARKS THE 85tH THOUSAND. 



It is in many respects superior to any previous 

 one in regard to typographical appearance, quanti- 

 ty of new subject-matter, and general revis;on of 

 old subjects, for we are now building on the knowl- 

 edge and experience of tliese latter days, when 

 such wonderful strides are being made. 



FOK THE VETEKAN AS WELL AS THE BEGINNER. 



V.'hile the book is, in the true sense, an A B C of 

 beo-culture, in that it is adapted to tlie require- 

 ments of beginners, it is also a comprehensive X Y 

 Z of the subject ; for no veteran, no matter how 

 extensive his experience, can afford to be Vv'itliout 

 a v/ork of this kind, containing as it does a care- 

 fully prepared treatment on every late method of 

 practice known to the business. All the bee-litfra- 

 ture of past ages, all the current literature of this 

 and every other country, has been carefully 

 scanned : and whatever there is that is new and 

 valuable has been ineorpciated in this work. 



HIGH-CLASS ENGRAVINGS. 



The most expensive half-tone engravings, taken 

 direct in the majority of cases from tine ciear 

 photos, adorn its pages. Besides 50 ftill-page il- 

 lustrations there are something like 500 smaller 

 ones, fully setting forth the exact modus operandi 

 of every method. 



We are confident that this work will save any 

 one who keeps even a few bees, ten rimes its cost in 

 a single year. 



A CYCLOPEDIA. 



For convenience and ready reference the subject- 

 matter has been arranged on tue pian of a cyclo- 

 pedia, and bold headings on every page, together 

 witli a very full index in the back part of the 

 book, make it possible for any one to find just the 

 information he desires. 



While the book has been enlarged, and hundreds 

 of pages have been rewritten and revised, the price 

 will be the same as before : $1.20 postpaid, or 

 $1.00 by express or freight with other goods, or 

 when sent with our journal. Gleanings in Bee 

 Ct'LTtiRB, which is a constant appendix to the A B 

 C book, a journal beautifully printed and illus- 

 trated, 3G pages, for tiie very low price of $1.75 

 for the two. For quantity of up-to-date bee-litera- 

 ture there is nothing else "offered at this low price. 

 FORTY YEARS AMOXO THE BEES. Some 17 

 years ago Dr. C. C. Miller, of Marengo, 111., wrote 

 an unpretentious little book entitled, "A Year 

 Among the Bees." This was 

 charmingly written, and in a 

 style so simple and easy tliat it 

 read more like a story than a 

 treatise on bees. The new book, 

 in one sense a revision of the 

 old, because it uses some of the 

 old matter, is. to all intents and 

 purposes, a brand-new work with 

 a title that certainly covers a 

 large expanse of time for one 

 life, and that of a man who is 

 one of the best-posted bee-men 

 in the United States — a practical 

 bee-keeper, one who produces 

 large crops of honey. Tie has 

 for years read most thoroughly all the liter- 1 



ature on bees, both in lOurope and Amei-ica. With 

 all his practical knowledge relating to the busintso 

 he is a college graduate, a graduate of a medical 

 school, and one who has had a large experience as 

 a journalist. His training is just sucii as would 

 enable him to write a book on bees ; and his last 

 book, from his ripest and best experience, is a 

 masterpiece. It is just as much a good story as 

 tlie old one, and just as interesting. It contains 

 over 300 pages and 100 beautiful iiaif-tone pictures 

 from photos taken by the good doctor himseif while 

 he was at his every-day work among the bees. 

 I'rice $1.00, postpaid, or clubbed with Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture for $1.75. 



LANGSTROTH ON THE HONEY-BEE. Revised 

 by L)adant & Son. The original work, by the father 

 of American bee-keeping, was a most valuable one 

 in its time. The revisers have brought it up to 

 the present advanced stage of bee-keepiiJg, and have 

 greatly increased its value as a reliable source of 

 information on all subjects relating to the honey- 

 bee. They are practical men. ai-d no better au- 

 thority could have been selected for the revision. 

 The work has been accepted as a standard in En- 

 rope and America, in fact, it has been translated 

 into the Russian and French languages. We can 

 furnish the French edition at $1.50 postpaid, $1.35 

 not prepaid. The book contains nearly 600 pages, 

 16 large plates, and 200 other illustrations. Price 

 $1.25 postpaid. By freight or express, 15 cts. less. 



MANUAL OF THE APIARY. By the well-known 

 writer. Prof. A. J. Cook. This work treats of both 

 the scientific and practical part of bees. It covers 

 a wide field in the range of apicultural matters — 

 many of the subjects not being compassed else- 

 whore in any one work. The author, besides giving 

 his own opinions, cites the opinions of many of our 

 greatest writers on apicuUury. It contains 5-14 

 pag<.s and 205 illustrations. It wns extensively revised 

 m 1903^ bringing it clear up to da. e. P.ice |1.20 post- 

 paid; 15 less by freight or express. 



ADVANCED BEE CULTURE. By W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson, Editor of the Bee-keepers' Review. As the 

 title indicates, this book deals chiefly with the 

 methods and management used by those more ad- 

 vanced — those who follow the business as a means 

 of livelihood. Mr. Ilutchinsori is a terse, clear, 

 able writer — one who has not only a good theor- 

 etical knowledge, but a knov.'ledge based on prac- 

 tical experience. He does not, in the limited scope 

 of the work, attempt to cover all the practice^ 

 known to tlie business, but only those which in his 

 own judgment are best suited to that class of bee- 

 keepers whom he is addressing. To the busy man, 

 one who desires to get a lot of good, useful informa- 

 tion boiled down in a small compass, this work is 

 especially adapted. While it contains only about 

 100 double-column pages, yet it is well worth the 

 price asked. Price, in paper binding, 50 cents. 



QUINBY'S NEW BEE-KEEPING. This was orig- 

 inally written by Moses Quinby ; and this, together 

 with Mr. Langstroth's work, first placed American 

 bee-keeping upon a paying Liasis. Some years ago 

 j\lr. Quinby's son-in-lavk'. L. C. Root, revised and 

 thoroughly re-wrote the book, bringing it up with- 

 in the present time. Mr. Root, like his father-in- 

 law, made bees pay : and both are practical in their 

 writing. Price $1.00 ; by freight or express, 10 

 cts. less. 



BEES AND HONEY. By T. G. Newman, for- 

 merly the editor of the American Bee Journal. This 

 is a lOmo in cloth and gilt. al)out 160 pages, fully 

 illustrated. Its chief value is the part relating to 

 the marketing and use of honej-. Price 75 cts. 

 postpaid. 



QUEEN-REARING. By G. M. Doolittle. Any 

 thing from the pen of this writer is sure to be re- 

 liable. This contains much valuable information 

 on the sulxject which gives the book its name. It 

 contains 12.S pages and 14 illustrations, bound in 

 cloth. I'rice $1.00; 5 cts. less not mailed. 



BEE PICOPLE, THE. A book on bees especially 

 for children, from the pen of Margaret W. Morley. 

 Including its elegant illustrations, it is. in some re- 

 spects, the prettiest bee-book in existence. It has 

 177 pages, very coarse print, the reading being in- 

 geniously interwoven with the illustrations show- 

 ing the ])arts of a bee. The story of bee-life is told 

 in a most fascinating manner, "and is well calcu- 

 lated to get the casual render, as well as children, 

 interested in this useful insf'ct. The cuts go just 

 enousli into d'-iail to expli'in fully the lesson 

 taught, without confusing the mind with other 



