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GLEANlxNGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 



For 3 new subscriptions to CLEANINGS at $(.CO each, and 15 cents to pay 

 postage, we will send a cloth-bound A B C of Bse Culture free. 



AVERAGE SALE, NOW 400 PER MONTH. 



fins is a cyclupa'dia of oM) paojes, and is beautifully ilUistrated with about i'")U eugrav- 

 in^s, many of them full page. Same of tlie latter embrace a view of the apiaries 

 and portraits of some of our largest and most successful bee-men. The whole work 

 is elegantly ])Ouud in cloth, 7 inches wide, 10.^ inches long, and embofsed on side and 

 back in gold. It would be an ornament on the center-table of any bee-keeper's home. 



Especial care is used to explain in detail Iww Frames, Sections. Hives, Extractors, and 

 other tixtures. are made and put together, the process being made clear by the use of many 

 engravings. The comparative vaUie of the different Kaces of Bees is fully discussed, 

 ^luch is said of tiie many valuable Inmey-plants. Conisderable space has been devoted to 

 the subject of the Production. Shipping, and Sale, of Comb and Extracted Honey. The 

 articles on Wintering contain the best that is known on that subject. Transferring, Queen- 

 Rearing, Artificial Swarming, and other manipulations, are treated so that we hope our 

 friends who are beginneis may have no trouble in fully understanding how to operate. 



The whole work is brimful of contagious enthusiasm, and the style so simple and in- 

 structive, that even the more advanced bee-keeper as well as the beginner may tind plea- 

 sure and profit in its perusal^ None of the matter is electrotyped. but allis kept in stand- 

 ing type, so when any new thing of importance comes up it can be inserted in its appropri- 

 ate place. Its (J nick sales have warranted us in giving it fre<juent and tliorough revisions. 

 The present edition is greatly enlarged and improved, so that it is nearly twice the size of 

 the one first issued, and nobee-keeper having an original copy can afford to 1)6 without 

 this latest edition. 



Since the first issue in 1S77 its average sale has been over 2(i0 copies per month, and the 

 sale has been steadily increasing from the first. Prices: Neatly and strongly bound in 

 cloth, by mail, Sl.-o; by express or freight with other goods. Sl.l'i. In jiaper covers, by 

 mail, j^l.OU ; ])y express or freight, with other goods. 8S cents. 



From the above prices there can be no deviation for any one ; but each purchaser, after 

 he has paid full retail price for one book, may order the cloth-bound to any of his friends on 

 payment of SI. 00, or the paper cover at 7-5 cents each. Tliis discount we give to pay you for 

 showing the book, explaining its worth, etc. To those who advertise A B C books in their 

 price-lists and circulars, a discount of 4U per cent from retail prices will be made, and this 

 discount will Ije made to all booksellers and newsdealers. To any one who purchases lOO 

 atone time, a still further discount will be made, to be given on application, and the 100 

 may be made up of part cloth and part paper, if desired. " Purchasers are requested not to 

 sell single books at less than the regular prices, although they may sell two ( r more at any 

 price they think proper; or the A B C may be clubl)ed with any other book or periodical, 

 at such prices as the agent thinks proper. "^ 



