Dec. 13, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



795 



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THE NEW CENTURY 



ABC of 

 BEE=CULTURE 



The Only Encyclopedia 

 ON BEES. 



Fully revised during- the summer and fall of 1900, and brought down to date, 

 detailing the newest and best methods of work, and all the important informa- 

 tion in bee-culture. Even now (Nov. 29th) Mr. E. R. Root is busy on the latest 

 forms of the book, so that it will be really a New Century Encyclopedia of Bee- 

 Culture. 



SAMPLE Now, we haven't space here to show all of the good things in this 

 PAGES book, neither will a few sample pages do it justice ; but some may 

 ^^^^^^^ prefer to see how the printing is done, the information contained, 



size, etc., so we will send sample pages to any one who thinks of purchasing. 



No expense to you, but you must mention where you saw this ad. Do not put 



off your request, but let us send the sample pages at once. 



PROF. A. J. COOK- 

 DR. C. C. MILLER- 

 G. M. DOOLITTLE- 



California 

 Illinois 

 -New York 



Reviewers and Critics. 



That the A B C of Bee-Culture may be found reliable, and the readers have 

 the views of others in different parts of the country, we have engaged the above- 

 named parties to go over the book. In the case of errors the same have been 

 corrected. In the comments of Miller and Doolittle which are publisht in the 

 book, our readers will find a veritable mine of information. See what the Ohio 

 Farmer says : 



" It is a veritable cyclopedia of bee-culture and contains about all one would want to know 

 to engage iu practical bee-keeping. Tbe work is practical and up-to-date. It is concise, and 

 able, clear and comprehensive. Bee-keepers should have it." 



Now see what the Farm Journal says : 



" The last edition is a gem. It contains all that a bee-keeper needs to know about treat- 

 ing, hiving and manipulating the busy bees. No one having or expecting to own a ie\\- colo- 

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Here is what a Frenchman says : 



'• Why have I not had your A B t' of Bee-Culture ; Really, if I had had it in iilace of . 



I should not have lost my queen. I have just devoured with my eyes your ABC book which a 



friend lent me ; and I assure you I should have preferred it to a thousand . In fact your 



valualilc .\ B C book would not only have saved me the cost of , but would have reconciled 



me to the loss of 4 queens by the success I should have had with the one. In any case, that 

 was not my fault. When I wanted the ABC of Bee-Culture, there was none to be had as the 

 elition was exhausted."' A. Poi'get. 



Now see what a Spaniard says : 



" Put my name down on your list for new issue of the ABC of Bee-Culture. The one I 

 have is very old : I received it as a present from a bee-teacher some years ago. I wish I knew 

 enough to translate it for it is worth its weight in gold and would do lots to advance bee-culture 

 in this country." Robt. Liaces. 



NOW, send for the book and see for yourself, or, if you prefer, send for the 

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THE A, L ROOT COMPANY, 



Medina, Ohio. 



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Report for the Past Season. 



About half a crop of extracted honey and 

 otdy about ^4 of a crf)p of comb seems to have 

 been the general result among southern In- 

 iliaiia bee-kee])ers'thc past sea.son. A severe 

 dnmth in .July played sad havoc with the 

 bees: I lost 20 cjulonies by starvation. .My best 

 colony gave me nearly 200 pounds of e.vtracted 

 honey. Their queen is a Cyprian-Italian 

 hybrid, and her workers show an enormous 

 tongue-reach. 



The retail price of comb honey has advanced 

 from 1.5 to 20 cents, and extracted is in fair de- 

 mand at 121.; cents in a small way. Our best 

 lioney was from the dry-weather honey-vine 

 which has not entirely failed to yield some 

 surplus iu the past 8 years. 



.1. C. Wallexmeyek. 

 Vanderburgh Co., Ind., Nov. 22. 



Dry Season— Ppospects Good. 



This is a poor locality for bee-kcc))ing. anil 

 I have had but little success. This has been 

 the driest season we have had in Dakota since 

 I came here : we secured very little surplus 

 honey, and had to feed some of the colonies 

 for winter, I think we will have a better sea- 

 son the coming year, as there has been a good 

 deal of fall rain here. F. Grasser. 



Barnes Co., N. Dak., Nov. 26, 



Fine Looking Buelcwheat Honey. 



I began keeping bees 4 years ago, and now 

 have 13 colonies, and take most of the care of 

 them myself. For two seasons I have not se- 

 cured any honey during the summer, but this 

 year my fall crop was 300 sections of fine 

 buckwheat honey, I use separators, and thus 

 have tine looking honey. I sell it at home for 

 14 and 15 cents a section. 



The Bee .Journal helps me often, and I think 

 it pays to take it as long as I get some honey, 

 even if my crop is small. Good luck to it. 

 Mrs. Wm. Haas. 



Venango Co., Pa.. Nov, 2S, 



No Fall Honey— Figwort. 



I commenced the spring of 11)00 with 24 col- 

 onies of bees, and increast to 30 (but had only 

 two natural swarms), and secured 760 pounds 

 of extracted honey. The weather was fair, 

 and we had plenty of blossoms, but the flow- 

 ers had no nectar in them. 



The fall flowers yielded but little, but the 

 bees got enough to flU up for winter, and the 



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