1920 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



365 



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- 

 guage on the subject of the 

 honey plants. 



300 large pages, 155 illustra- 

 tions, cloth binding; $2.50. 



OUTAPIARIES 



By M. G. Dadant. 



Valuable to every extensive 

 beekeeper. 125 pages, 50 illus- 

 trations; cloth bound.. Price 

 $U00. 



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 $1.25. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 

 Hamilton, Illinois 



WINTER PROBLEM SOLVED 



BY THE 



HIVE WITH AN INNER OVERCOAT 



WINTER PROBLEM. We have described to you in former issues 

 of this Journal how to prepare bees for wintering in the above hive. 

 The two Inner Coats, bottomless corrugated paper boxes, with in- 

 tervening dead air spaces and inner covering or blankets, close up 

 about the brood-nest is what does the trick. A person could have 

 any amount of blankets fastened up on the walls of a rooni and still 

 freeze to death if left in the center of the room without close-up 

 protection or insulation, Many bees are packed for winter under 

 different conditions, without actual close-up protection. 



AIR DRAINAGE. In the selection of a location for wintering this 

 should have careful consideration. A dry elevation, one free from 

 fog and moisture, as found on lowlands, should be avoided as much 

 as possible. We have found that bees wintered on the top of a build- 

 ing or highland, such as a peach orchard location, winter nice and 

 dry, while those near a swamp in a sheltered location, which would 

 seem much the best, had a considerable amount of moisture. 



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

 and be convinced of their efficiency and durability. You can easily 

 set the frames with bees out of other hives into these. Catalog and 

 special circulars sent on request. 



A. G. WOODMAN CO. 



•RAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. 



