Jan. 18, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



43 



Root's Column 



The ABC 

 of Bee= 

 Culture I 



Revised in 1699 



Three thousand 

 sold in three 

 months 



67,000 copies 

 publisht 



Root's A B C— the 67th thousand! Whoever 

 could have iraajriued it? But theu, this is a 

 book which requires to be known before the fact 

 of its enormous circulation can be realized. 

 And when once known it is a book to be prized 

 bej'ond many others, for its complete, interest- 

 ing- and practical nature. " A cyclop;edia of 

 everything- pertaining^ to the care of the honey- 

 bee" in very truth; a book of fine views and 

 photographs, almost; illustrations of all the 

 noble machinery used in one of the largest bee- 

 suppl3' factories in the world. Almost every 

 thing a bee-man wants to know is given in pre- 

 cise alphabetical order, while its exceptionally 

 clear type is brought out in the true American 

 style of excellence. If ihere is any book on ap- 

 iculture that may be thoroly recommended, it is 

 this of The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio.— Bee- 

 Chat, London, Eng. 



For Sale by all dealers in Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Supplies, or sent by us for $1.20, 

 or clubbed with Gleanings in Bee-Cul- 

 ture one year for $1.75. 



SUPPLIES 



For 1900. 



Before deciding what goods you will 

 order you will do well to examine our 



ADVANCE CATALOG. 



This is now ready and will be mailed 

 to any one on application to us or our 

 dealers. There are many things in this 

 worth j-our careful attention. We call 

 your attention particularly to the 



Dauzeubaker Hives, 



Draper Barns or Jumbo Hives, 



Boardmau Wax-Extractor, 



(Improved; 



Improved Doolittle Wax- 

 Extractor. 



Page after page filled withnew illus- 

 trations. 



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THE fl. I. ROOT GO., 



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 next week 



MEDINA, OHIO. 



strotb frames lieing used in the one story. 

 Perhaps the most prominent user of long- 

 ideal hives in this country is the veteran 

 O. O. Poppleton, who prefers this kind of 

 hive for extracted honey, having used it 

 extensively in Iowa, Cuba and Florida. In 

 reply to an inquiry, he says in Gleanings in 

 Bee-Culture: 



"The dimensions of the long-ideal hive 

 can be varied to suit any style of frame one 

 wishes to use, keeping at least two points 

 in view, viz., that the frames in use in them 

 should be at least two or more inches deeper 

 than is the standard Langstroth frame, and 

 the bive should be long enough to hold as 

 much comb in the aggregate as at least 25 

 Langstroth frames will hold. These are the 

 essential ditt'ereuces between any simply 

 made standard hive and the long-ideal. 



"The hives I have in use are madeof four 

 boards 13 inches wide, front and back ones 

 being 3G inches long, and the ends 1.5 inches. 

 When nailed together the inside measure is 

 13 inches deep, I3I4 wide, and 30 long. En- 

 trance to hive is ijxl2 in the center of the 

 lower edge of the front. The two sides have 

 rabbets in the inside of the upper edge Vx'. J, 

 for ends of top-bar of frames to rest in. I 

 use a tight bottom-board projecting in front 

 13.2 to 3 inches. Tight bottom-boards are a 

 necessity with me because I practice migra- 

 tory bee-keeping, but are not essential. 

 Like the Dadants, I prefer the old-style tel- 

 escopic cover. I couldn't be induced to use 

 any other kind; but these are not essential 

 to this system. Any style of cover works 

 the same on these hives as on any other. 



"The frames I use are 13 inches square, 

 inside measure; but for Mr. Emory, or any 

 one else wishing to test this style of hive on 

 a small scale, I would advise his using the 

 extra-deep Langstroth or Hoffman frame 

 now being made for use in the Draper 

 barns. In case he should ever wish to do so 

 they could be easily changed to the stand- 

 ard size by cutting off the bottoms of the 

 end-bars. The dimensions of the hives in 

 case those frames are used would be the 

 same from front to rear as in the Simplicity 

 hive — enough deeper to fit the deep frames, 

 and not less than 30 inches long, inside 

 measure." 



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Results of the Season of 1899. 



I commenced in the spring with about 80 

 colonies of bees, rather weak. They built 

 up slowly, owing to bad weather, increast 

 to 100, and got about 1.300 pounds of good 

 honey, mostly all extracted. I united for 

 winter down to about 80 again, as that is 

 about the number that I care to keep, as I 

 farm for a living. A. J. McBride. 



Watauga Co., N. C, Dec. 23, 1899. 



Hoff man Fram es— Introducin g, Etc . 



I think the Hoffman self-spacing frame is 

 all right except the top-bar. The ,'„ is too 

 clumsy and heavy, and occupies too much 

 of the honey space; costs too much for 

 freight, etc. The beaded frame has similar 

 objection, and besides fastening the foun- 

 dation to this bar with the roller is too 

 much trouble and sometimes causes loss. 

 The ■'„ bar is too light— liable to sag. What 

 we want in all cases is the happy medium — 

 J.2 inch, in my opinion would be right with 

 sawkerf J4 inch deep to receive the founda- 

 tion or wood guide, as might be preferred. 

 This, to my mind, would be the ideal frame, 

 and as this is the hive that our supply man- 

 ufacturers are preparing for the coming 

 year, I think they should give this a con- 

 sideration. I shall order this frame for my 

 own use, and to supply my trade the com- 

 ing season. 



The side queen-introducing cage workt 

 all right for me when placed on old comb. 

 The bees will eat in, but don't bother them 



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HAMMOND'S 



Michigan Northern-Grown Onion Seed. I 



iBoiar.fi.OOOlbH. of thiBBecdInlSM. My 

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 bualuls of unions pei' acre iromiliiM 

 BOLil. Some ot them liitiriiaCe tlmt tliU 



C(l It 



rtit ij 



» to $10 per Mi. iiiorv 



than the California grown aeetiboUl by 

 anyb'xiy. L icuai-utitve tbUHecd to bt; 

 new and freshly grown. We have 8ee<l 

 of all the leading and standard viirle- 

 tics. We make special prices on hir^'e 

 lots. Onion sets of all varietlCH. IJuy 

 direct IVom tlicarrower. Catalotrue — 

 extended and illustrated — Iree. 



'\^'?" Harry N. Hammond, Seedsmao, | 



\. >^ hox 2, FIFIELD, 31IC1I. 



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