APRIL 15, 1913 



who wrote that interesting series of articles 

 on Florida beekeeping a year ago. 



Up to now the old editions have Deen 

 printed on standing type; but the extensive 

 additions and revisions made it necessary 

 to discard the old type which was becoming 

 worn, and adopt a new scheme for getting 

 out this work. To do this we purchased a 

 $4000 linotype type-setting machine, which 

 also handles all the composition in Glean- 

 ings and our subsidiary publications. 



The fact that the new edition was to be 

 entirely reset, from beginning to end, made 

 it possible to make the revsion much more 

 thoroughly than had ever been undertaken 

 before. In many eases, instead of patch- 

 ing new matter on to the old it seemed more 

 practicable to rewrite the articles entire. 

 A notable example of this will be found in 

 the case of foul brood. The former edition 

 contained six pages, while the new has six- 

 teen. In the same way, other old subjects 

 were rewritten, while with many other sub- 

 jects it sufficed to make mere changes and 

 additions here and there. There will also be 

 found an entirely new set of articles that 

 never appeared in any edition of the work. 



A notable feature of this last edition is 

 the bee botany, which was entirely over- 

 hauled, and in many cases entirely rewrit- 

 ten, by John H. Lovell and Prof. E. G. 

 Baldwin, mentioned above. The subject of 

 Pollen and the Pollination of Flowers was 

 almost entirely rewritten by Mr. Lovell. 

 We doubt if there is another man in the 

 country who can handle these subjects more 

 ably than he. Dr. C. C. Miller to a great 

 extent rewrote " Honeycomb." He also 

 made important suggestions (which were 

 adopted) on the subject of comb-honey 

 production ; and well he might, for he is now 

 regarded as one of our best if not the best 

 authority on the production of honey in 

 sections. Mr. Arthur C. Miller, who for so 

 many years made a close study of the inter- 

 nal economy of the hive, made numerous 

 suggestions, many of which were adopted 

 and incorporated in the text. In other cases, 

 where he might or might not have differed 

 with the author and reviser, his notes were 

 put in the form of footnotes at the bottom 

 of the page, and signed " A. C. M." In a 

 similar way will be found an occasional 

 footnote signed C. C. M. (Dr. Miller). The 

 unsigned footnotes are by the author. 



At; first thought, as one glances over the 

 new volume and observes that two-thirds or 

 three-fourths of the matter was written by 

 E. R. Root, he will wonder where A. I. 

 Root comes in, and whether it is a case of 

 " Hamlet with Hamlet left out." We are 

 happy to say this is not the case. Some of 



tlie best things that A. I. Root ever wrote 

 on bees (and he wrote a good many) still 

 appear in this volume, and always will. It 

 is not so much because his writings have 

 been stricken out of this edition, but be- 

 cause the immense amount of new stuff made 

 necessary by the growth of the industry has 

 made A. I. R.'s material seem small in 

 comparison. His familiar style will be recog- 

 nized, for example, in Absconding Swarms; 

 After-swarms; Anger of Bees; Artificial 

 Heat; Artificial Pasturage; Bee-hunting; 

 Bee-moth; Italian Bees; Queens; Robbing; 

 Stings. What he has written under these 

 heads will always remain as classic in bee 

 culture. No man had more enthusiasm in 

 the study of bees than A. I. Root, and that 

 enthusiasm is so conspicuous that his writ- 

 ings can usually be picked out of the other 

 matter, even though they have been skill- 

 fully interwoven with matter written by 

 others. 



Another feature of the 1913 edition is 

 special articles by special writers. That is 

 to say, we have sought the best writers we 

 could find on any particular subject. Note, 

 for example, the articles wi-itten by Prof. 

 A. H. Bryan, of the Bureau of Chemistiy, 

 Wasliington, D. C. ; by Dr. E. F. Phillips; 

 Dr. Snodgrass; Dr. James A. Nelson; Dr. 

 D. B. Castell— all of the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, and all experts in their line. 



For several years back we have been look- 

 ing for a botanist who is also a beekeeper, 

 a naturalist, and an entomologist — a man 

 who has done an ihamense amount of field 

 work — one who has secured his information 

 first hand. We finally found such a person 

 in John H. Lovell, whose work seems to be 

 accepted by some of the best scientists in 

 the country. He has prepared most of the 

 bee botany in this edition; and from a sci- 

 entific standpoint we believe it will be up to 

 standard. 



Taking every thing into consideration, we 

 feel proud of our new ABC and X Y Z 

 of Bee Culture. It is new from cover to 

 cover. It is the work of experts in their 

 respective lines. It is the largest and most 

 comprehensive bee-book in any langaiage in 

 the world ; and yet it is sold at the popular 

 price of only $2.00. It will be clubbed with 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture at $2.50. Old 

 subscribers desiring to secure the new edi- 

 tion of the A B C and X Y Z of Bee Cul- 

 ture can, by the payment of $2.50, advance 

 their subscription one year and yet secure 

 a cop3' of this magnificent work. It is so 

 much of an improvement, so much of an 

 enlargement over any of the previous edi- 

 tions, that one who owns an old copy can 

 well afford to secure the new volume. 



