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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



The A B C of 

 S> Bee Culture 



1899 Edition, j* & 



The only Cyclopedia on j 

 Bees — 475 Pages. 



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The demand for this work has become so 

 great that the preceding edition, consisting of 

 10,000 copies, was exhausted some months be- 

 fore the new one could be gotten out; and in 

 the six months intervening, something like 

 1000 copies of the new work have been sold, 

 and that even before it was out of the press. 

 This, the latest edition, reaches the 67,000 

 mark, and is in many respects very much 

 superior to any previous edition, in typograph- 

 ical appearance and quantity of new subject- 

 matter and general revision of old subjects, as 

 we are now building upon the knowledge and 

 experience of these latter days, when such 

 wonderful strides are being made in the arts 

 and sciences. 



A large number of the old subjects have been 

 rewritten; and among them may be named 

 Artificial Honeycomb, Comb Foundation, 

 Comb Honey, Contraction, Foul Brood, Oueen- 

 rearing, Reversing, Vinegar, and Wax. The 

 new subjects incorporated in this particular 

 edition, and which do not appear in the older 

 books, are Apis Dorsata, Bees and Grapes, 

 Hives, Honey, Honey on Commission, Honey as 

 a Food, Honey-peddling, Willow-herb, Weight 

 of Bees, entirely new Preface, and a new Intro- 

 duction. Nearly all the other remaining sub- 

 jects have been largely rewritten or revised in 

 places, so that the whole book is practically 

 an entirely new work. 



The subjects of Comb Foundation, Comb 

 Honey, Hives, and Honey have received 

 special attention in the new work. Strange 

 as it may seem, no previous edition of the 

 bx>k contained the subject of Hives or Honey. 

 The former was discussed in a general way 

 under the heed of Hive-making; but the new 

 subject deals not with how to make hives, but 

 with the principles of construction. Follow- 

 ing a discussion of size and shape of frames, 

 hives themselves and their various styles and 

 makes are described. The question of large and 

 small hives, and the relation that the locality 

 has upon the matter, is very exhaustively 

 treated. Last of all, double-walled (or winter- 

 ing) hives are described in full. The whole 

 subject is discussed impartially, as we believe, 

 leaving the intelligent reader to select . such 

 hive as his locality and his particular notions 

 may require. "Honey," another new sub- 

 ject, is considered, both as food and as 

 medicince. 



The new book, like the old, is arranged on 

 the plan of a cyclopedia, for ready reference; 

 and, in addition, bold head-lints indicating 

 the sub-heads are found on nearly every page. 



As the name indicates, the book is written 

 principally for beginners, and cove s exhaust- 

 ively every subject necessary for the success- 

 ful management of bees, so that even the ad- 

 vanced bee keeper will find much that is new 

 and useful. 



After the twenty pages of introductory 

 matter there are 340 pages devoted to a 

 general treatment of the subject of api- 

 culture. Following this, and continuing 

 for eight pages, is a series of answers to as 

 many knotty questions that are propound- 

 ed by beginners. Next is a glossary of three 

 pages, defining the terms peculiar to bee- 

 keeping. Then for 11 pages more thore are 

 reviews and comments by two eminent bee- 

 keepers— G. M. Doolittle and Dr. C. C. Mil- 

 ler, on the general subject-matter comain- 

 ed in the body of the book. This is indeed 

 an interesting and valuable feature. The 

 remaining portion of the book is taken up 

 with biographical sketches occupying 32 

 pages, and a picture-gallery containing pic- 

 tures, with a short description, 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 very large part 

 of which belong to the modern half-tone 

 class, showing nature and art as they really 

 are. Something like 50 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. 



No pains have been spared to make this the 

 fullest and most up to date bee-book that we 

 have ever gotten out; and the very fact that 

 nearly a thousand copies were sold, even be- 

 fore the edition left the press, goes to show 

 that the general bee-keeping public appreciates 

 our efforts in giving something really ex- 

 haustive and up to date. 



Price, in cloth, 475 pages, gotten up in 



cyclopedic form, postpaid, $1.20; by freight 



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THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, Medina, Ohio. 



