1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



53 



1908 INTRODUCTION 



A new, very productive, main-crop white po- 

 tato offered this year for the first time. 



Yield record, 586 bus-hels per acre; 12 to 15 market- 

 able tubers in H hill; vines 6 feet long. 



Tried last year in many states it beats every- 

 thing for vigor of vine and prolific yield. 



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If there is a queen- 

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 Mr. J. C. King, Washington, D. C . writes, "For two 

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 Each season she has given me over 200 lbs. comb 

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BEE-ESCAPES 



hive: escape 



When taking off surplus this is the greatest 

 saving device. It does away with the shaking 

 of the heavy supers, the cruelty of excessive 

 smoking which causes the bees to uncap their 

 honey and start robbing. You can as well afford 

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To be used over the doors and windows in 

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 clear of bees. Some bee-keepers make a prac- 

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 seven or eight in a pile. The Porter Honey- 

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 of escape. 



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How to Keep Bees 



By Anna Botsford Comstock 



228 pages. 32 pages of illustrations. 



A charmingly written manual describing clear- 

 ly and in detail the outfit, first steps, and meth- 

 ods. The author's well-known literary ability 

 has combined with her enthusiasm for a subject 

 to produce a very unusual volume. It is a hand- 

 book for those who keep bees for happiness and 

 honey, and incidentally for money. It serves as 

 well as an introduction to the more extended 

 manuals already in the field. " Finally with all 

 due deference to the authors of the excellent 

 books on bee culture which we have already, my 

 opinion is that this new book, ' How to Keep 

 Bees,' is the best one for a beginner, or one who 

 does not wish or expect to keep more than a 

 dozen colonies, that has yet come before the 

 world." — A. I. Root, in Oleanings, July i, woe. 



Chap. 1, " Why Keep Bees," urges honey, per- 

 haps money, recreation, love of nature study, 

 and the need of bees in " a perfect garden," as 

 good reasons for keeping bees. The second 

 chapter tells "how to begin" in a small way, 

 and we may get all the necessary detailed in- 

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 arranged in order of demand for information. 



Price $1.00. Postage 10 cents extra. 



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