Oct. 26. 1905 



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Forty Years Among the Bees, by Dr. 



C. C. Miller. — This book contains 328 pages, 

 is pound in handsome cloth, with gold letters 

 and design ; it is printed on best book-paper, 

 and illustrated with 112 beautiful original 

 half-tone pictures, taken by Dr. Miller him- 

 self. It is unique in this regard. The first 

 few pages are devoted to an interesting bio- 

 graphical sketch of Dr. Miller, telling how he 

 happened to get into bee-keeping. Seventeen 

 years ago he wrote a small book, called "A 

 Year Among the Bees," but that little work 

 has been out of print for a number of years. 

 While some of the matter used in the former 

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 a good new story of successful bee-keeping 

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Bee-Keeper's Guide, or Manual of the 

 Apiary, by Prof. A. J. Cook, of Pomona Col- 

 lege, California. This book is not only in- 

 structive and helpful as a guide in bee-keep- 

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 cal and scientific. It contains a full delinea- 

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 544 pages. 295 illustrations. Bound in cloth. 

 19th thousand. Price, $1.30. 



Langstroth on the Honey-Bee, revised 

 by Dailant. — This classic in bee-culture has 

 been entirely re-written, and is fully illus- 

 trated. It treats of everything relating to 

 bees and bee-keeping. No apiarian library is 

 complete without this standard work by Rev. 

 L. L. Langstroth — the Father of American 

 Bee-Culture. It has 520 pages, bound in 

 cloth. Price, $1.30. 



AB C of Bee-Culture, by A. I. & E. K. 



Boot. — A cyclopedia of over 500 pages, de- 

 scribing everything pertaining to the care of 

 the honey-bees. Contains about 400 en- 

 gravings. It was written especially for begin- 

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Scientific Queen-Rearing, as Practi- 

 cally Applied, by G. M. Doolittle.— A method 

 by which the very best of queen-bees are 

 reared in perfect accord with Nature's way. 

 "Jound in cloth and illustrated. Price, $1.00; 

 in leatherette binding, tiO cents. 



Bees and Honey, or Management of an 

 Apiary for Pleasure and Profit, by Thomas G. 

 Newman. — It is nicely illustrated, contains 

 160 pages. Price, in cloth, 75 cents; in paper, 

 50 cents. 



Advanced Bee-Culture, Its Methods 

 and Management, by W. Z. Hutchinson.— The 

 author of this work is a practical and enter- 

 taining writer. You should read his book; 

 SO pages; bound in paper, and illustrated. 

 Price, 50 cents. 



Blenen-Kultur, by Thomas G. Newman. 

 — This is a German translation of the princi- 

 pal portion of the book called "Bees and 

 Honey." JOO-page pamphlet. Price, 25 cents. 



Apiary Register, by Thomas G. New- 

 man. — Devotes two pages to a colony. Leather 

 binding. Price, for 50 colonies, $1.00. 



Dr. Howard's Book on Foul Brood. 



— Gives the McEvoy Treatment and reviews 

 the experiments of others. Price, 25 cents. 



"Winter Problem in Bee-Keeping, by 

 8. R. Pierce. — Result of 25 years' experienca. 

 Price, 30 cents. 



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ter or one-half of sealed comb, I used them 

 by placing one in the center of each of my 

 first supers, and, invariably, when I removed 

 those supers in order to case the honey, those 

 bait-sections were a light amber if the balance 

 were snow white; and a dark brown if the 

 balance were light amber. It seems strange, 

 and I, myself, can not account for it. I will 

 repeat the plan next season, and see if the 

 bees will also repeat the process on their part. 



I write this thinking others may have had 

 the same e.Tperienee as myself. I tried this 

 over 100 hives, so it was not to be attributed 

 to a few " freak bees." W. N. Root 



Christian Co., 111., Oct. 3. 



A Correction 



Editor York:— In the last paragraph of 

 my article on page 695, I am made to say, 

 " Although I have given the foregoing but 

 little thought," etc. It should read, "Al- 

 though I have given the following but little 

 thought," etc. When I read the arti- 

 cle I thought that I probably had written the 

 word "foregoing" instead of "following," 

 but on examining the original copy I find the 

 word " following " written. 



L. V. Rickbtts. 



Whitman Co., Wash., Oct. 14. 



Sowing Alfalfa Clover Seed 



Replying to " Missouri," page TOO, regard- 

 ing the sowing of alfalfa clover seed, I would 

 say the best results are generally obtained by 

 sowing in August, using ground that has 

 grown a crop of oats, barley or wheat. As 

 soon as possible the grain should be hauled 

 oft the ground and either stacked or thrashed, 

 and 10 loads of manure to the acre be spread 

 on the ground once. The ground should then 

 be double-disked, harrowed, and left until 

 about Aug. 10, when it should be again 

 disked, harrowed, seeded, and reharrowed to 

 cover the seed. Twelve to 15 pounds of seed 

 to the acre is sufficient. It is a good plan to 

 sow about half the seed on the field the first 

 time over, and then cross the field, sowing the 

 other half. This will insure a more even dis- 

 tribution of the seed. 



The alfalfa should make a good growth in 

 the fall, and not less than 3 good cuttings of 

 hay should be made the following season, and 

 4 it conditions are favorable. 



Remember that it is necessary to make the 

 first cutting early, generally not later than 

 June 1, efen though the weather is such that 

 the crop can not be cured. I sowed 35 acres 

 of alfalfa on Aug. 8, and it is now over 15 

 inches high all over the field. 



Chas. Winkler. 



Adams Co., Nebr., Oct. 6. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 holds its annual convention at the Revere 

 House, corner of Clark and Michigan streets, 

 in Chicago, during the Fat Stock Show, when 

 exceedingly low rates may be secured on the 

 railroads. The dates for the meeting are Dec. 

 5, 6 and ". Rates at the hotel are 75 cents for 

 a room alone, or 50 cents each, where two 

 occupy the same room. Meals are extra, or 

 they may be secured at near-by restaurants. 

 W. Z. Hhtchinson, Hec. 



Minnesota.— On account of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention at Chtcag'O on dates acn 

 fiicting with ours, the Executive Committee 

 has decided to postpone the usual annual meet- 

 ing of the Minnesota Bee Keepers' Association 

 until further notice. 



. _ Mrs. W. Swingate, Sec. 



Illinois.— The 15th annual meeting- of the 111 

 inois Stale Bee-Keepets' Association will be 

 held In Springfield, on Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day, Nov. 21 and 22, 1905, at the G.A.R. Hall in 

 the Court House. The gocd results of this 

 meeting rest on the members who attend it. 

 Our State gives us an appropriation to publish 

 our report and to suppress foul brood, and it is 

 the duty of every bee-keeper of the Stale to 

 have a voice in the manner in which this ap- 

 propriation is used. All bee-keepers are invited 

 to come, and brinjj their wives. The railroad 

 rates will not be higher than an open rale of 

 one fare and a third for the roand trip, and ef. 

 forts are being made by our Odd Fellow friends 

 to secure a one fare for the round trip. Good 

 hotel accommodations can always be had at 

 reasonable rates. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



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