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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Books for Beekeepers and Others 



Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail postpaid, on receipt of price. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods 

 bv freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 nrices separately. You will notice that vou can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



[Ppice without postage 



Postage.] 



PRACTICAL WORKS ON BEE CULTURE. 



A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 25 



•r " half leather 175 



full leather 2 25 



•• " German, paper 1 75 



cloth 2 25 



French 2 25 



10 -Advanced Bee Culture 1 00 



I Fifty Years Among the Bees. New edition. 1 00 

 By Dr C. C. Miller. Dr. Miller Is too well known 

 among the bee-keeping fraternity to need any in- 

 troduction. His book is charmingly written, and 

 covers his experience in detail. 



15 I Cook's Manual, cloth 1 00 



5 I Doolittle on Queen-rearing 95 



15 1 Langstroth on the Honey Bee, Revised edl- 



tlon ^ ^" 



10 1 Quinby's New Bee-keeping 90 



5 I British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England 95 



5 I The Honey-bee, by Thos. William Cowan 95 



10 I How to Keep Bees 90 



15 I Modern Bee-farm. By S. Simmins. New edi- 



tion; cloth bound 1 <» 



I Wix Craft, Cowan 1 00 



POPULAR BOOKS ON BKE CULTURE. 



Ill The Bee People, Margaret W. Motley 1 40 



11 I The Honey-makers, Margaret W. Morle y 1 40 



II I Life of the Bee, Maeterlinck • J 30 



III The Swann, Maeterlinck 1 20 



7 I The Bee-master of Warrilow, Edwards 50 



10 I Lore of the Honey-bee 1 ^** 



I Alexander's Writings on Practical Bee Culture. 



By the late E. W. Alexander, who conducted the 

 largest apiary in the United States. A wonderfully 

 interesting discussion of bee-keeping in Its broad- 

 est phases. Any one can understand It: 35 chapters, 

 95 pages. Paper bound, 50 cts. postpaid. 



1 A Year's Work in an Out-apiary .•••,:,■• 



By G M. Doolittle. Packed full of most valuable 

 Information ever given to bee-keepers. A practical 

 and Interesting book by a very successful apiarist. 

 Sale has reached nearly 5000 copies; 60 pages, paper 

 bound; 50 cts. postpaid. 



I The Townsend Bee Book • 



By E D. Townsend. Written by one of the most 

 progressive, successful, and extensive bee-keepers 

 in the U. S., this book has been In great demand 

 from the day of its announcement. Tells how to 

 make a start with bees, and will greatly benefit be- 

 ginners and experienced bee-keepers; 90 pages, pa- 

 per bound. 50 cts. postpaid. 



1 Bee-keeping by Twentieth-century Methods, by 

 J. E. Hand v"--; /•■; ^ 



The author shows not only how to control swarm- 

 ing but how to treat foul brood without shaking, 

 and discusses In a comprehensive way many other 

 down-to-date apicultural problems and their solu- 

 tions. 



MISCELLANBOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley 25 



7 I A B C of Potato Culture, Terry** New edition, 

 revised & enlarged; paper, 50c; cloth, 75c, mail 85c. 

 This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work. 

 It has realiy made a revolution In potato-grow- 

 ng and has been reprinted in several foreign lan- 

 cuages. By getting the ground In proper condition 

 to grow great crops of clover, and turning this un- 

 der Terry succeeded, not only In getting more pota- 

 toes but even better ones, and In producing them 

 at Was expense also, than by any plan or system be- 



Postage.] [Price without postage 



fore the time he began his experiments In 1885. The 

 book has already passed through three editions of 

 many thousands. It not only includes potato- 

 growing in the United States, but in Bermuda, the 

 Island of Jersey, and other warmer parts of the 

 world where "new potatoes " are raised lor the ex- 

 press purpose of getting the high prices In the cit- 

 ies during January, February, and March. The 

 book also gives special attention to the different 

 and best methods for preserving and keeping seed 

 potatoes In the very best condition to plant in all 

 these different localities. 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture,** by T. B. Terry.. 



New edition, revised and enlarged; paper, 45c ; 



cloth, 68c: by mail, 75c. 

 After Terry's potato-book had obtained such a 

 kind reception from farmers, market-gardeners, 

 and others, he was induced to give his plan of 

 growing strawberries, as he did potatoes, by plow- 

 ing under great crops of clover, and, like the pota- 

 to-book, his writings gave a new impetus to straw- 

 berry-growing: in fact, some of his pupils declare 

 that, aside from the picking, they can grow straw- 

 berries almost as cheaply per bushel as potatoes. 

 By following Terry's teachings, thousands of people 

 have not only been able to give their families but 

 the whole wide world better strawberries, and more 

 of them, than they ever saw before. 



6 I Asparagus Culture 40 



6 I Alfalfa Culture 40 



8 I Barn Plans and Out-buildings* 90 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



The first really full and complete book on celery 

 culture, at a moderate price, that we have had. It is 

 full of pictures, and the whole thing is made so plain 

 that a schoolboy ought to be able to grow paying 

 crops at once without any assistance except from the 

 book. 

 10 I Fruit Harvesting, Storing, Marketing, etc 75 



It has been well said that it is an easier matter to 

 grow stuff than to sell it at a proper price after it is 

 grown; and many men fail, not because they are in- 

 expert in getting a crop, but because they do not know 

 how to sell their crops to the best advantage. This is 

 the first book of the kind we have had as an aid in 

 selling. It not only tells all about picking, sorting, 

 and packing, but gives all the best methods for storing 

 for one or two days or a longer time. It also tells 

 about evaporating and canning when there is a glut 

 in the market. It discusses fruit packages and com- 

 mission dealers, and even takes in cold storage. It is 

 a new book of 250 pages, full of illustrations. Pub- 

 lisher's price, |1.00. 



I Farming with Green Manures, postpaid** 90 



This book was written several years ago; but since 

 competent labor has got to be so expensive, and hard 

 to get, many fanners are beginning to find they can 

 turn under various green crops cheaper than to buy 

 stable manure, and haul and spread it— cheaper, in 

 fact, than they can buy fertilizers. This book men- 

 tions almost all plants used for plowing under, and 

 gives the value compared with stable manure. Some 

 of the claims seem extravagant, but we are at present 

 getting good crops, and keeping up the fertility, by a 

 similar treatment, on our ten-acre farm. 



7 I Farm, Gardening, and Seed-growing** 90 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 1 15 



5 I Garden ana Farm Topics, Henderson** 60 



12 I Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 10 



While "Gardening for Profit" is written with a view of mak- 

 ing gardening pat, it touches a good deal on the pleasure part, 

 and "Gardening for Pleasure" takes up this matter of beauti- 

 fying your homes and improylng your grounds, without the 

 special point in vie w of making money out of5t. I think moat 

 of you will need this if you get "Gardening for Profit." This 

 work has 246 pages and 134 illustrations. (Retail price »8.00.) 



12 I Gardening for Profit** 1 10 



Tnis is a late revision of Peter Henderson's celebrated work. 

 Nothing that has ever before been put in print has done bo 

 much toward making marke^garlening a science and a fasci- 

 nating industry. Peter Henderson stands at the head, without 

 question.although we have many other books on these rural 

 employments. If you can get but one book. let it be the 

 above. It has 376 pages and 13« cuts (Retail price »2. 00.) 



8 I Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 90 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Al- 

 though it goes over the same ground occupied by Peter 



