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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15 



ABC-XYZ 



of 



Bee Culture 



By A. I. and E. R. ROOT 



New 1907 Edition 



NOVir ON SALE. 



LARGER and BETTER 



115,000 Copies have been 

 Printed 



A BEE-KEEPERS' 

 ENCYCLOPEDIA 



All tlie New Ideas 



Hundreds of Illustratio ns to make 

 every thing plain and practical 



Nearly 600 Large Pages 



PRICES 



Cloth-bound $1.50 



Half Leather 2.00 



Full Leather 2.50 



Postpaid to any Country in the World 



THEA.I.R0OTCO. 



MEDINA, :: :: OHIO 



Only two years have elapsed since we 

 brought out an edition of 15,000 copies 

 of the well-known A B C of Bee Culture. 

 This brought up the number to 100,000 

 copies, thereby surpassing in popularity 

 all other bee-books ever printed. 



The demand for these has been so 

 great that we were compelled to under- 

 take a new edition at once, and in doing 

 so we took the opportunity to revise and 

 greatly enlarge it again, though it had 

 been generally considered quite a large 

 book. 



In doing so we brought in new blood 

 to assist us, give new ideas, and other- 

 wise enable us to produce as good a 

 book as it is possible to make at a popu- 

 lar price. If you will carefully examine 

 a copy you will be prepared to admit 

 the new volume is quite an improve- 

 ment on its predecessors. To keep pace 

 with improvements it contains nearly 

 100 double-column pages more than the 

 previous edition. 



The new methods of queen-rearing 

 have been carefully reviewed, and the 

 main points incorporated in the new 

 edition, so that the practical bee-keeper 

 who possesses a copy will have the best 

 ideas of the subject constantly by his 

 side for reference. 



The new methods of wax-production 

 are treated in an exhaustive fashion; 

 and as this subject is now of more im- 

 portance than formerly, more space has 

 been devoted to it 



The new power-driven automatic ex- 

 tractors are amply illustrated and de- 

 scribed. The subject of diseases has 

 received entirely new treatment to keep 

 pace with the new discoveries of the last 

 few years. The laws relating to bees 

 have for the first time received full treat- 

 ment. No other bee-book treats of this 

 very important subject. Honey, sugar, 

 nectar, and glucose are carefully de- 

 fined in accordance with the demands 

 of our new pure-food laws. 



In accordance with the ideas of its 

 first author, A. I. Root, the new ABC 

 and X y Z is eminently practical. 



German edition (new), paper covers, 

 $1.75; cloth-bound, $2.00. Postpaid any- 

 where. This is the famous A B C in the 

 language of the Fatherland, to suit our 

 many German friends. 



French edition (new), cloth-bound, 

 $2.00, postpaid This is another edition, 

 translated into the beautiful language 

 of France. 



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