244 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 1 



THE A B C OF BEE CULTURE 



1905 Edition. 

 Pub lished by The A. I. Root Company, Medina, O. 



Probably no other bee- book in any language has had the immense sale the 

 Its Sale. A B C of Bee Culture has enjoyed. The last edition, bringing its sales up to 

 100,000, is just from the press; and so rapid are the sales that frequently editions have 

 been exhausted before the new ones could be taken from the press. Of the last three or 

 four edition, so great has been the demand that anywhere from 1500 to 2000 copies have 

 Ken ordered before these editions were even off the press. 



^ J. It contains over 500 double-column octavo pages, bound in cloth, half morocco, 



Cyclopedia ^^ j^^^ leather, to suit the taste of the purchaser. It is not an A B C in the 

 in Style, sense that it is written for beginners only, but an exhaustive cyclopedia for the 

 veleran as well, covering every subject relating to the practical management of bees. Its 

 rapid sales have made it necessary to revise it at least once in two years, and sometimes 

 oftener. Neither time nor money is spared to bring it clear up to date in every department 

 of our rapidly advancing pursuit; and so extensive have been the changes that many of 

 our customers get a new copy as fast as each new edition is issued 



The whole work was originally set up in standing type, so that it is very easy 

 Mandmg ^^ ^^^ ^^^ matter or change o'd, blending the whole into one complete treat- 

 Type, jgg^ q^J^g latest edition, that for 1905, was revised and rewritten after the re- 

 viser had traveled some 10,000 miles among bee-keepers in various parts of the United 

 Statts to study the methods and practices in vogue among the most successful honey- pro- 

 ducers. Photos were taken by him, and the major part of all the material gathered has 

 been incorporated in this volume. The articles are prepared in such a way that they fit 

 every locality in the United States. The subject of Swarming, for instance, has been 

 modified to fit the peculiar conditions as they exist in Texas, California, and the far West, 

 as well as in the Eastern and Central States of the North. The chapter on Wintering 

 now applies to every locality in the country. Then there is a special article on "Loca- 

 tion," and its bearing upon methods and practices in different parts of the United States. 

 Besides the methods of management of the bees themselves, the general subject of prepar- 

 ing the crop for market and selling the same is exhaustively considered in all its phases. 

 ^ Some of the new subjects that have been incorporated in the new edition are 

 ^^^. the following: Beginning with Bees; Bees as a Nuisance; Bees, Stingless; 

 Subjects. Bellflower; Black Brood; Foul Brood; Canada Thistle; Candied Honey; 

 Eucalyptus; Gloves for Handling Bees; Guajilla; Logwood; Marigold; Orange-blossom 

 Honey; Organizations of Bee-keepers; Overstocking; Profits in Bees; Queen-rearing; be- 

 sides a large number of changes, more or less extensive, important ones too, in nearly all 

 of the older subjects. 



. , , . The book was originally written by A. I. Root, who, as far back as 1877, saw 

 Authorship, ^j^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ work of this kind. There are still quite a number of the articles 

 remaining written by himself; but ill health, together with interest in other things, m ide 

 it necessary for him to drop the work he had so grandly started. The general work of 

 revision and keeping the book up to the times has devolved on his son, E. R. Root, who 

 has probably written two thirds of the work as it now stands. 



The book includes a very complete index, so that any subject or division may 

 Index. ^g easily fouijd. To show how fully it is indexed, here is a specimen, select- 



ed at random. 



Frames, for Hives 166, 196 



Brood, Various Sizes of 192 



" Closed-end, Two (_ lasses 196 



•' Danzenbaker 167, 197 



" Dnnzenhaker, to Manipulate 180 



•' Discussion of Sizes 192 



" Distance from Center to Center 166,301 



" Handling 176 



" Hottman (see Hoffman Frame). 



" Hoffman, to Manipulate 178 



The complete index occupies ten pages same size as this page. 



Illustrations. The book is the most fully illustrated of any work on bee culture. 



Price in cloth, postpaid, $1.20; in half leather, $1.75; in full leather, $2.00. If sent by 

 freight or express, deduct 20 cents from any oj the above prices. 



For sale by all dealers in bee-keepers' supplies, also by all publishers of bee- journals, 

 and many agricultural and other periodicals; also by booksellers and others. 



N. B. — Gleanings in Bee Culture, semi-monthly, one year, and a cloth-bound "A B C," 

 Dostpaid, for $2. French edition of the " A B C " ready about May 1. Price, $2, postpaid. 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., Medina, O. 



Fixed Frames 166, 176 



" " Advantages of 166 



" " Bee-killers 167 



" " Closed-end Danzenbaker 167, 301 



Heddon 197 



»• " •* Quinby 196 



•' " Definition of 166 



Handled More Rapidly 166 



Hoffman 167,179 



" " Holl man. How to Manipulate 178 



