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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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The A B C of Bee Culture. 



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899 Edition. The Only Cyclopedia on Bees. 2000 Copies sold in Eight Weeks. 



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This book is fully up to date, and should be in the 

 hands of every bee-keeper, even if he has one of the 

 older editions. In none of the previous editions have 

 so many subjects been re written, nor as many new 

 subjects added, as in this edition. If you want the 

 best and latest information on practical bee-keeping, 

 order the A B C of Bee Culture. 



After the twenty pages of introductory matter there 

 are 3-10 pages devoted to a general treatment of the 

 subject of apiculture. Following this, and continuing 

 for eight pages, is a series of answers to as many 

 knotty questions that are propounded by beginners. 

 Next is a glossary of three pages, defining terms pe- 

 culiar to bee-keeping. Then for eleven pages more 

 there are reviews and comments by two eminent bee- 

 keepers— G. M. Doolittle and Dr. C. C. Miller, on the 

 general subject-matter contained in the body of the 

 book. This is indeed an interesting and valuable fea- 

 ture. The remaining portion of the book is taken up 

 with biographical sketches occupying 32 pages, and a 

 picture gal'ery containing pictures, with a short de- 

 scription, of some of the most important apiaries of 

 the world. Last of all is the index, comprising nine 

 pages. 



The entire work contains 475 pages and nearly as 

 many engravings, a ven' large part of which belong 

 to the modern half-tone class, showing nature and 

 art as they really are. Something like fifty new full- 

 page half-tone engravings have been put into the 

 new book, most of which are printed on what is 

 known as enamel book paper— the finest there is sold. 



Sixty seven thousand copies have now been printed. 

 About 2000 copies sold since Sept. 25. It is for sale in 

 the United States by all dealers in bee-keepers' sup- 

 plies, and the publishers of all bee-journals; also by 

 most of the leading agricultural and horticultural 

 papers, and large booksellers and seedsmen. Send 

 your order where it is most convenient for you. Price 

 11.20 postpaid, or by freight or express with other 

 goods, at purchaser's expense. 11.00. We also club it 

 with Gleanings in Bee Culture, one year, postpaid, 

 for SI. 75. 



The A B C of Bee Culture was received all right, and 

 I am well satisfied with it. I should have been S50.00 

 better off if I had got the book three j ears ago.— John 

 Frizzell, Harrison, Mick. 



We ?.re glad to see what a large space you give to 

 ideas expressed by us, and we thank you for this. — C. 

 P. Dadant, Hamilton, III., Oct. 14, iSgg. 



The ABC book is received, and I am much pleased 

 with it. This is certainly a fine book, and every bee- 

 keeper should have a copy.— Mrs. M. L. Williams, 

 X urn od, Minn. 



I have owned several editions of the A B C of Bee 

 Culture, and must have this too. I prize also Glean- 

 INGS for the wholesome moral influences in connec- 

 tion with the fascinating art of bee-keeping.— John S. 

 Adams, 112s Bluff St., Waterloo. la. 



We have received a copy of the new edition of A B C 

 of Bee Culture, by A. I. Root, and just revised by- 

 Ernest R. Root. It is indeed a fine work, and every 

 bee-keeper should own one, and read thoroughly. — 

 Geo. W. York, Editor American Bee Journal, Oct. 5, 1899. 



We have just received a copy of the latest edition of 

 the A B C of Bee Culture, published by The A. I. Root 

 Co., Medina. Ohio. The book has been revised, having 

 much new and useful information added. It is the 

 most excellent encyclopedia on the subject of bees 

 and the manufacture of bee-keepers' supplies we 

 know of, and. we heartilv recommend it to any one 

 keeping bees.— R. B. Leahy, Editor Progressive Bee- 

 keeper, Oct., 1899. 



We acknowledge receipt of a copy of the A B C of 

 Bee Culture, and we would compliment you upon the 

 handsome appearance of the book and its contents. — 

 Ralph W. Grout. Editor oj Exporters' and Importers' 1 

 Journal, Neiv York, Oct. 18, 1899. 



We have just received a copy of the A B C of Bee 

 Culture. This is an excellent work on the subject — 

 clear, definite, and practical — a work that should be 

 in the hands of every bee-keeper or intending bee- 

 keeper. We recommend it to our readers. — Editorial 

 in The Canadian Bee Journal, Nov., 1899. 



This is a well-known cyclopedia on bee culture, of 

 which 00,000 copies have been sold in this country 

 during the last twenty-two years. In the present 

 issue many ot the articles have been rewritten, and 

 others so extensively revised that the book, as a 

 whole, is practically a new work. In an appendix are 

 presented biographies and portraits of noted bee- 

 keepers, together with pictures of the most noted api- 

 aries. — The Review of Reviews, Nov., 1899. 



I must thank you for your kindness in sending me 

 a copy of your new edition of the A B C of Bee Culture, 

 which I have cursorily perused with great pleasure. I 

 see there is a great deal of new matter introduced to 

 the advantage of the book. I have sent a short notice 

 of it for the review column in British Bee Journal. 

 Your plan of revising every edition and eliminating 

 obsolete practices and appliances is a very good one, 

 and is the only way to keep up with the times, be- 

 cause a few years make such a change in bee-keeping, 

 and those books written eight or ten years ago are 

 quite obsolete. There are only three books that I 

 know of that are issued on the same principle, and 

 these are your ABC, Bertrand's Conduite du Rucher, 

 and my Guide Book. 



The foul-brood photo is an improvement on the last, 

 as it shows a larger surface, and is more clear. In all 

 respects this edition is an improvement on the last, 

 and I must congratulate you. — Thos. Wm. Cowan, Pa- 

 cific Grove, Cat., Oct. 20. 



If there is any book on bee keeping of which bee- 

 keepers have reason to be proud, it is Root's A B C of 

 Bee Culture. I am reminded of this by the receipt of 

 a copy of the latest edition, which is just out. There 

 is probably no firm in the whole wide world possess- 

 ing the facilities and advantages of The A. I. Root Co. 

 for getting out a work of this kind. It has plenty of 

 capital and a thoroughly equipped printing-office. 

 More than this, there is an experience of more than a 

 quarter of a century in actual, practical bee-keeping, 

 and in publishing a thoroughly progressive, up-to-date 

 bee-journal. More than any one else, an editor has 

 an opportunity for being fully informed regarding 

 the actual state of the industry which his journal rep- 

 resents. Thousands of letters from all parts of the 

 country pass under his eyes each year. In order that 

 the best possible advantage might be taken of the 

 knowledge thus secured, The Root Co. has been to the 

 expense of keeping the book standing in type. A3 

 often as new discoveries or changes are made, a cor- 

 responding change is made in the subject-matter of 

 the ABC. By this method the last edition of the hook 

 is up to date. It can not be otherwise than that the 

 edition just out is decidedly the superior of any pre- 

 vious editions. I might go into details, but the adver- 

 tisement on the back cover of the Review has saved 

 me that trouble. I can as thoroughly endorse that 

 advertisement as though I had written it myself as an 

 editorial notice. When a beginner writes and asks 

 me what book he'd better buy, I unhesitatingly tell 

 him, "Root's A B C of Bee Culture" — and I have a 

 book of my own to sell. — Editorial in Bee-keepers' Re- 

 view, Oct., 1899. 



