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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



porated. The new volume will not only be 

 considerably larger, but will be clear up to 

 date from start to finish. Each subject 

 found in its convenient alphabetical order 

 is a complete monograph in itself. While 

 there aie numerous cross-references, each 

 chajiter is handled in such a way that it is a 

 complete text-book in itself, taking in all 

 the latest developments. 



Among some of the new subjects will be 

 found the l^'oreword at the very beginning, 

 setting forth the nature and scope of the 

 industry. The A B C of Beekeeping is 

 the initial chapter. Tliis gives a general 

 birdscye view of the whole subject treated 

 in the volume so that the reader will have a 

 fairly concrete idea of what bees and bee- 

 kcejjing are at the very beginning" and be- 

 fore he takes up his other course of reading. 

 It is, in fact, a little text-bock for beginners. 



Among other new subjects ai*e Backlot 

 Beekeeping. Breeding Stock, Brood and 

 Brood - rearing. Buildings, f)umblebees. 

 Combs, Drifting, Dzierzon, Dzierzon The- 

 oi'y, Fi'ames, Honey, Analyis of; Inven- 

 tions Relating to Bee Culture, Langstroth, 

 Patents, Queens, Quinby, Races of Bees, 

 Sense Organs of Be&s, Shipping Bees, Soli- 

 tary Bees. 



The following- subjects have been very 

 largely if not entirely rewritten, and there- 

 fore are clear ujd to date : 



Adulteration, Alfalfa, Apiary, Bottling 

 Honey, ("omb Toundation, Diseases of Bees, 

 Foul Brood, Fruit Bloom, Honey as a Food, 

 Invert Sugar, Laws Relating to Bees, Man- 

 ipulation of Colonies, Moth-miller, Nectar, 

 Swarming', Sweet Clover, Transferring, 

 Water, Wax, Wintering, Xylocopa. 



Thei'e have bpen such great changes in the 

 subject of Diseases of Bees, Swarming, and 

 Wintei'ing that they have been handled in 

 an entirely different manner. 



A. Hugh Bryan, formerly of the Bureau 

 of Chemistry, Washington, D. C, has re- 

 written everything in relation to honey, the 

 adulteration of honey, glucose, invert sugar, 

 and the like. Hie has also prepared a 

 special chapter on tlio analysis of honey. 

 While it is technical it will meet the needs 

 of the chemists who have been following an- 

 ticjuated methods for analyzing honey. The 

 introduction of artificial invert sugar has 

 made it necessary for the chemist to use new 

 tests. 



TToney-plants have liad a comi)lete over- 

 hauling by J. H. Lovell. A large number 

 of new engravings will serve to identify the 

 various species. The subject of pollina- 

 tion has received exhaustive treatment by, 

 the same author under the head of Fruit- 

 bloom and Pollination. Alfalfa and sweet 



clover have both been enlarged and entirely 

 rewritten. 



The Laws Relating to Bees have been 

 handled by a lawyer also an experienced 

 beekee23er. The new chr.pter is handled in 

 such a way that not only the laws but the 

 ]ir()cedure will be of immen.se service to 

 an attorney handling a case for a beekeeper. 



The subjects of Swarming, Comb Honey, 

 and Wintering have been submitted to the 

 best experts in the counti-y for ciiticism ; 

 for around these center some of the latest 

 develoiDments. 



Wax-rendering, under the head of Wax, 

 is given an entirely new treatment in the 

 light of some recent experiments conducted 

 at Medina. The general subjects of Migra- 

 tory Beekeeping and ShipiDing Bees have 

 been entirely rewritten. 



One can hardly conceive that such im- 

 portant changes have been made in the in- 

 dustry within the last four years; but some 

 investigations on the part of the Bureau 

 of Entomology by Dr. Phillips and his as- 

 sistants have made it necessary to revise 

 our former opinions on a number of sub- 

 jects, and the new ABC has it all in. 



One will naturally see that a vast amount 

 of work has been undertaken, and it was 

 carried thru when the editor, author, and re- 

 viser was in the pink of condition. 



The new volume will be the largest work 

 that was ever published on bees. It covers 

 nearly every important method or process 

 used by the best beekeepers of the world. 

 Under Artificial Swarming and Swarming 

 every scheme for the prevention or control 

 of swarming has been discussed. In short, 

 we have endeavored to make the ABC and 

 X Y Z of Bee Culture just v/hat its name 

 signifies — a complete treatment of the sub- 

 ject of bee culture from beginning to. end 

 in the convenient form of an encyclopedia. 

 It has cross-references fi'om one subject to 

 another, and a comj^lete index at the close 

 of the volume. 



The author and editor docs not claim that 

 his volume is better tlian any other bee-book, 

 but he does claim that it is larger and more 

 comprehensive. 



The lai'ge increase in the amount of mat- 

 ter, together with the increased cost of 

 paper, will make it necessary to charge 

 $2.50. If we were to charge on the basis of 

 the old volume the price v/ould be $3.00. 

 As it is, we club it with Glf;anings one year 

 for $3.00. While the work is complete so 

 far as the work of revision is concerned, 

 there are yet about 400 pages to be run thru 

 the ]iress. We hope to have the new 

 volume ready for delivery by Feb. 1 at the 

 latest. 



