1920 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



329 



THE BEST BEE 

 BOOKS 



THE HONEYBEE 



By Langstroth and Dadant. 



A very complete text on 

 beekeeping. 575 pages, attrac- 

 tive cloth binding, $2.50, Eng- 

 lish, French or Spanish editions. 



FIRST LESSONS IN BEE- 

 KEEPING 



By C. P. Dadant. 



Will start you right. 167 pages, 

 178 illustrations, cloth binding. 

 Price $1.00. 



AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



By Frank C. Pellett. 



First book in the English lan- 

 gruage on the subject of the 

 honey plants. 



300 large pages, 155 illustra- 

 tions, cloth binding; $2.50. 



OUT APIARIES 



By M. G. Dadant. 



Valuable to every extensive 

 beekeeper. 125 pages, 50 illus- 

 trations; cloth bound.. Price 

 $1.00. 



PRACTICAL QUEEN REAR- 

 ING 



By Frank C. Pellett 



Gives all up-to-date methods 

 of rearing queens for the small 

 beekeeper or for the specialist. 

 Cloth bound, 105 pages, 40 il- 

 lustrations. 



Price $1.00 



1,000 ANSWERS TO BEE- 

 KEEPING QUESTIONS 



By Dr. C. C. Miller. 



Answers the questions that 

 other books overlook. Cloth 

 bound, 276 pages. Price $125. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 

 Hamilton, Illinois 



WINTER PROBLEM SOLVED 



BY THE 



HIVE WITH AN INNER OVERCOAT 



FURNISHED WITH JUMBO DEPTH OR STANDARD 

 HOFFMAN FRAMES 



The above illustration shows the substantial, compact, neat and 

 efficient equipment that winters normal colonies of bees perfectly. 

 It consists of a frame of honey laid o»er the top of the others; if you 

 have no extras, one can be removed from the brood-nest for the pur- 

 pose. A 100-pound flour sack is spread over the top and a piece of 

 burlap 34.x36 inches is laid over this. The First Inner Overcoat is 

 telescoped down over the brood-nest in between the inner and outer 

 hive walls, the flour sack and burlap being carried down with it. This 

 has the effect of wrapping the brood-nest in a blanket. The Second 

 Inner Overcoat is then telescoped down over the first. A quilt of old 

 carpet or similar material can be cut the right size and laid over the 

 burlap, inside the Inner Overcoats. The Inner Overcoats are re- 

 moved in the Spring and stored away in the flat. This insulates the 

 colony with a three-eighths inner hive wall, with a flour sack and 

 burlap wrapped about it, two thicknesses of corrugated paper board 

 around the sides and ends and four thicknesses over the top, to- 

 gether with the intervening air spaces and the seven-eighths outer 

 hive wall. The work is done quickly and easily, with no litter of 

 packing materials. 



Order a sample shipment of these hives to try out the coming 

 winter and be convinced of their efficiency and durability. Catalo}: 

 and special circulars sent on request. 



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•RAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. 



