1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



323 



ABCANDXYZ 



OF BEE CULTURE 



ByA.l.andE.R.ROOT 



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READ WHAT EXPERTS 

 SAY OF IT 



The Christmas mail brought me what is proba- 

 bly as useful and beautiful a Christmas present as 

 I ever received— a morocco-bound copy of the nevr 

 edition of the ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture. 

 Bee books and journals have come to my desk of 

 which it seemed as though the least said the bet- 

 ter. Not so with this book. On the contrary, it 

 seems as though words were lacking to do it justice. 

 There are many other bee-books, each filling its 

 niche, but, in all the world, there is nothing so 

 comprehensive as the ABC and X Y Z of Bee 

 Culture. There is no point in the wide domain of 

 apiculture that is not touched upon in this volume, 

 and the information is the very latest and most 

 authentic, well written and well illustrated. The 

 amateur and the expert are both served equally 

 well.— W. Z. HuTCHENSON, editor and proprietorof 

 the Bee-keepers' Revieiu, and author of Advanced 

 Bee Culture. 



No bee-keeper's library can be at all complete 

 without a copy of this magnificent apiarian work. 

 It has reached a sale of over 100,000 copies already, 

 being the most largely sold book on bees in the 

 world. Better send to us for a copy to read during 

 the long winter e-^enings.— American Bee Journal. 



This work of 536 pages is, as its name implies, a 

 complete cyclopEedia of every thing pertaining to 

 bees and bee-keeping. It was originally compiled 

 by A. I. Root, who in the 1877 preface, after stating 

 his indebtedness to Langstroth, Quinby, and oth- 

 ers, says that, "A great part of this ABC book is 

 really the work of the people, and the task that 

 devolves on me is to collect, condense, verify, and 

 utilize what has been scattered through thousands 

 of letters for years past." Since the first copy of 

 this work appeared, now thirty-one years ago, it 

 has undergone many revisions, and has had many 

 additions, both of letterpress and illustrations, 

 while the rapid advancement in bee culture has 

 made it necessary in many cases to remove whole 

 articles and rewrite them entirely. The revision 

 has been ably carried out by E. R. Root, the pres- 

 ent editor of Gleanings, who has had the assist- 

 ance of a number of well-known and able men. In 

 the preface the names of the writers of the diller- 

 ent articles are given. For instance, we find Dr. 

 C. C. Miller writes on honey-comb and out-apiaries; 

 Dr. E. P. Phillips on the eye, parthenogenesis, 

 and scent of bees; E. R. and H. H. Root on wax 

 and wintering, both of these having carried out a 

 number of experiments on these subjects. There 

 are also articles by W. K. Morrison and Mrs. 

 Comstock. It seems almost superfluous to say 

 anything about a book of which already 100,000 

 copies have been sold; the simple fact speaks for 

 itself that it fills a want, and is an attestation of 

 its worth. Among the articles that have been 

 revised we find the new methods of queen-rearing 

 described, so that the practical bee-keeper will 

 have the latest and best ideas on the subject be- 

 fore him for reference. The new methods of wax- 

 production are treated in an exhaustive manner, 

 and as this subject is of more importance than 

 formerly, greater space has been devoted to it. 

 We have nothing but good words for this work, 

 and recommend our readers to get a copy of the 

 1908 edition. The work is profusely illustrated and 

 beautifully printed, and is a credit to the publish- 

 ers.— By T. W. Cowan, Esq., editor of the British 

 Bee Journal. Mr. Cowan is the author of two first- 

 class books on bees and bee-keeping, "The Bee- 

 keeper's Guide," and "The Honey-bee." 



