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GLEANIJSIGS IN BEE CULTURE 



The A B C and X Y Z of 



Bee Culture. . . . 





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The New Edition of Our A B C and X Y Z of Bee Culture 



The new edition of the A B C and X Y Z of Bee 

 Cultuie contains 760 pages, or 150 more than the 

 former one. On account of rewriting so many of 

 the old articles, and the incorporation of many new 

 ones, making the book so much larger than formerly, 

 we are now obliged to charge $2.00 instead of 

 $1.50; but we believe that the reader will acknowl- 

 edge that it is cheap, even at that price. Approxi- 

 mately it contains nearly 600,000 words. Any vol- 

 umn of this size on a technical subject like beekeep- 

 ing would ordinarily command a price of $5.00. 



The new edition has been most thoroughlv revised 

 by E. R. Root, ably assisted by Dr. C. C. Miller, of 

 Marengo, 111., the veteran comb-honey producer ; by 

 Arthur C. Miller, of Providence, R. I., banker and 

 beeman ; by John H. Lovell, of Waldoboro, Me., 

 naturalist, botanist, and entomologist; and by Prof. 

 Eugene G. Baldwin, the one who wrote that interest- 

 ing series of articles on Florida beekeeping a year 

 ago. 



Up to now the old editions have been printed on 

 standing type; but the extensive additions and re- 

 visions made it necessary to discard the old type 

 which was becoming worn, and adopt a new scheme 

 for getting out this work. 



The fact that the new edition was to be entirely 

 reset, from beginning to end, made it possible to 

 make the revision much more thorough than had 

 ever been undertaken before. In many cases, in 

 stead of patching 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 sixteen. 



A notable feature of this last edition is the bee 

 botany, which was entirely overhauled, and in many 

 cases entirely re^\Titten, 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 tan 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 0. Miller, who for so many years made 

 a close study of the internal 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. 



Some of the 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 mut h be 

 cause his wi'itings have been stricken out of this 

 edition, but because the immense amount of new 

 stuff made necessary by the growth of the industry 

 has made A. I. R.'s material seem small in compari- 

 son. His familiar style will be recognized, for ex- 

 ample, in Absconding Svi-arms ; After-swarms: An- 

 ger of Bees; Artificial Heat; Artificial Pasturage; 

 Bee-hunting; Bee-moth; Italian Bees; Queens; Rob- 

 bing; Stings. What he has written under these 

 lieads will always remain as classic in bee culture. 

 No man had more enthu.siasm in the study of bees 

 than A. I. Root, and that enthiisiasm is so conspicu- 

 ous that his writings can usually be picked out of 

 the other matter, even though they have been skill- 

 fully interwoven with matter ^vritten by others. 



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 language 

 in the world; and vet it is sold at the popular price 

 of only $2.00. 



