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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Oct. 4, 1900 



Root's Column 



What They Say of 



-THE- 



ABC Bee-Culture 



We have just received the latest edition of this 

 manual of apiculture, publisht bv the celebrated 

 house of The A. I. Root Co., and, after having- 

 g-ooe over it attentively, we do not fear to affirm 

 that it is the most learned treatise that has ever 

 been publisht on bees and their culture. 



This work was written for American novices, 

 but it will be none the less profitable to skillful 

 practitioners who will find mentioned therein al 

 the discoveries and progress in modern apicul- 

 ture. Its title, " A B C of Bee-Culture," is too 

 modest; it deserves, rather, to be called an en- 

 cyclopedia of bee-culture. This work is, in fact, 

 a veritable mag'azine where all questions rela- 

 tive to apicultural science are explained with 

 the g-reatest thoroness. The subjects in it are 

 arrangred in alphabetical order, with numerous 

 eng-ravin^'s. finely executed, which aid to a 

 proper understandings of the text. 



Since the first edition, publisht in 1877, 67,000 

 copies have been sold. This unprecedented suc- 

 cess indicates sufficiently the value of the work, 

 which, in every respect, is a perfect one. The 

 typography, the illustrations, the paper, the 

 bindiatr, leave nothiny to be desired. Let no 

 one believe here that we make an idle boast. 

 The humble praise we have accorded this work 

 is based on its real merit, to which the masters 

 of apicultural science have already rendered the 

 most flattering^ testimonies. 



The well-known editor of Oleaning-s in Bee- 

 Culture, one of the bee-journals the mostwidelv 

 kuown, is better situated than anybody else to 

 follow the prog-ress of modern apiculture. Not 

 only is Mr. E. R. Root in correspondence with 

 the leading- lights in modern apiculture, but he 

 is al the head of the most extensive apicultural 

 establishment that exists. Not onlv has he 

 gathered together the experiences of 'the most 

 celebrated bee-keepers during the past 22 years, 

 but, before accepting- them and putting them in 

 his book, he has carefully tested them all. and 

 has experimented with all in his own apiarv; 

 hence one should look in this book for the most 

 recent conclusions in movable-frame apiculture. 

 It is tl\pre, also, that one will find the best sys- 

 tems. Nowhere, it is well known, has the de- 

 velopment of apiculture been so g-reat as in 

 North America. The Americans, eminently in- 

 dustrious and practical, have made bee-keeping 

 a special source of revenue. It is, consequently, 

 of great interest to study their methods, the 

 best of which are explained in the A B C of 

 Bee-Culture, and which will, we believe, extend 

 the horizon of all beginners who have entered 

 the apicultural field with the object of making 

 it a means of livelihood. We do not know how 

 to urge those of our readers any more strongly, 

 if they understand English, to get this book. 

 We hope to see it publisht in French. We are 

 satisfied that it would have in France, as well 

 as in America, a considerable success. 



h. P. PRIEUR. 



Revue Kclectique, Sainte Soline, par Lezav, 

 Deux Sevres, France, February, 19iX). 



While the book has been enlarged, and hun- 

 dreds of pages have teen rewritten and revised* 

 the price will be the same as before: $1.20 post- 

 paid, or $l.(M) by express or freight with other 

 goods; or when sent with our journal, Glean- 

 ings IN Bee-Ci'ltuke, which is a constant ap- 

 pendix to the ABC book, a journal beautifully 

 printed and illustrated, 42 pages, for the very 

 low price of $1.75 for the two. For quantity of 

 up-to-date bee-literature there is nothing else 

 offered at this low price. 



The ne.i^ edition will be ready for delivery 

 about Nov. 15. Send your orders at once to get 

 a copy of the first lot from the bindery. Orders 

 filled in rotation. Orders may be sent to the un- 

 dersigned, or to any dealer in bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies, or to booksellers generally. 



THE fl. I. ROOT CO., 



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Season's Report— Dog Stung by Bees 



The honey crop in this section is 

 short about one-half. I have 4 apiaries, 

 two located near large fields of sweet 

 clover, and I secured 5,000 pounds from 

 those two with ISO colonies of bees. 

 The other two consisted of about 125 

 colonies, and depended principally on 

 basswood for a surplus. I secured from 

 these latter two only 2,500 pounds. 



While extracting- about the first of 

 June, a mad dog- came into the apiary; 

 the bees were pretty cross, so I had a 

 little fun. I have heard it said that a 

 mad dog will not halloo or complain 

 from any sort of punishment, but that 

 one did. I did not think about the dog 

 being mad at the time. I thought it 

 strange that he should lie down and 

 snap at the bees as he did. I have 

 seen several dogs stung, but they 

 would run off as soon as the first bees 

 stung them. I could have killed this 

 one easily, but supposed it belonged to 

 some negroes near the apiary. A few 

 hours afterward, some negroes killed 

 him, and came to the apiary and told 

 me about his being mad. I concluded 

 then that anything a lot of angry bees 

 could not run, did not have much life 

 in it- J. M. CuTTS. 



Montgomery Co., Ala., Sept. 22. 



Cushions for Bee-hive Ineubatops. 



What material does Mr. Norton use 

 to stuff the cushion in his bee-hive in- 

 cubator ? Also, what is the advantage 

 of chaff hives in this (Texas) climate, 

 as incubators ? I am satisfied Mr. 



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