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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



"RED TA.PE!" 



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Bee-K.eeper*s Oulde i or, Cook*8 AKanual 

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Qulnby*BNewBee-K.eei»lnK, by L. C. Root— 



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Novice's ABC ofBee-Culture, by A. 1. Root 



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K.InK*'* Bee-Keepern* Text-Book, by A. J. 



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 I^unirstroth on the Hive nnd Honey Bee 



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Blessed Bees, by John Allen.— A romance of 

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Bees »nd Money, or Management of an 



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Bzlerxon Theory j— presents the fundamen- 

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Honey, as Food and Medicine, by Thomss 



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