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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1 



Gleanings In Bee Culture 



Established 

 1873. 



Circulation 

 32,000. 

 72 pages. 

 Semi- 

 monthly. 



Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests. 



Published by The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio. 

 J. T. Calvert, Business Manager. 



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The novice in bee- 

 keeping usually seeks 

 for a simple book on 

 bees, and in this he is 

 wise. The modern 

 text-books relating to bees 

 are excellent in their way, 

 but most of them are too 

 technical for a mere begin 



ten. ' 



ner, however well they may be writte 



■^■^■T'WX A simple book written in clear every-day 

 WL mm mm MB language is much better, even if it does 

 1% I I W^ not treat of quite so many little details 



■ bA^K^I which interest only the professional bee- 



^^ keeper. In this respect "How to Keep Bees" 



■^W^B^^ fills the bill. The gifted authoress, who is 

 B^^i«^i«V a charming writer as well as an artist- 



■ 01 I ^ engraver and bee-keeper, made a start with 

 K^M^&^k# bees three different times, hence she had 



the opportunity of finding out for herself the 

 by difficulties and trials that beset the beginner with 



Anna bees, she had no desire to make money with 



BotSIOPd bees, but did so, however, because they pros- 



ComstOCk. pered under her care and skill. For this 



reason she writes as an amateur to amateurs, 

 making no attempt to discuss the knotty prob- 

 lems which the expert bee-keeper is interested in. The 

 book is written in a charming literary style, easily understood, 

 almost entirely free from the technical language used by 

 bee-keepers. It is arranged in chapters, and is so eminently 

 readable withal that any one interested in the subject can 

 sit down and devour it clear through, the same as he would a 

 modern novel. Every thing the average beginner desires to 

 know is discussed, including what to order if you have no bee- 

 supplies or bees. The print is large, and some very beauti- 

 ful engravings adorn its pages, for the authoress is one of the 

 most skillful wood-engravers in America. We can not do better 

 than recommend this work to every beginner in bee culture. 

 There are twenty chapters in the book as follows; 1. Why 

 keep bees; 2. How to Begin Bee-keeping; 3. The Loca- 

 tion and Arrangement of the Apiary; 4. The Inhabitants of 

 the Hive; 5. The Industries of the Hive; 6. The Swarm- 

 ing of Bees; 7. How to Keep from Keeping too Many Bees; 

 8. The Hive and How to Handle It; •). Details Concerning 

 Honey; 10. Extracted Honey; 11. Points about Beeswax; 

 12. Feeding Bees; 13. How to Winter Bees; 14. Rearing 

 and Introducing Queens; 15. Robbing in the Apiary; 16. 

 The Enemies and Diseases of Bees; 17. The Anatomy of 

 the Honey-bee; 18. Interrelation of Bees and Plants; \'K 

 Bee-keepers and Bee-keeping; 20. Bee-hunting. 



There is also a bibliography and index. From a begin- 

 ner's standpoint it is a complete treatise on bees. 

 Cloth bound (228 pages), price $1.10 postpaid. 



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