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The Authoritative Manual on 

 Apiculture 



The ABC and 

 XYZ of 



BEE CULTURE 



The combined editions of 

 this wonderful book now ag- 

 gregate over 160,000 copies 

 sold. This volume contains 

 more than twice the data 

 that are contained in any 

 other work on apiculture; 

 printed in four languages, 

 proving the popularity as an 

 authority on the subject of 

 Apiculture. 



The ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture will save you many times its 

 cost by avoiding the expensive mistakes you would make without the 

 help ot a good text-book on the subject. It is the most widely read work 

 on apiculture in the world, and a never failing encyclopedia of information 

 for the professional and amateur beekeeper alike 



From the very beginning the ABC book seems to have filled a long- 

 felt want. The first edition, a modest one of 2,000 copies, was soon ex- 

 hausted. Another edition was soon called for. until it became necessary to 

 print 5.000 copies instead oi 2,000: then 10.000 at a time, and finally 15.000 

 as we now do. This last edition (1913) was entirely reset from cover to 

 covei-. and this made it possible for the revisers to make more extensive 

 revision^ and additions than was ever before attempted. 



Many of the pictures were taken by the author and reviser himself 

 while making extensive trips covering a wide range of territory. A vast 

 amount of valuable data lias bo'ii gathered in this way, and incorporated 

 into the ABC and X Y Z of Bee Culture. 



The new power-driven extractors are amply illustrated and described; 

 the subject of diseases of bees is given special prominence; laws relating to 

 bees are foi- the first time given full treatment in the American edition. 

 No other book treats of this very important subject. Honey, sugar, nectar 

 and glucose, wiitten by a United States government chemist, are care- 

 fully defined in accordance with our new pure-food laws. There is scarcely 

 a practical device known to beekeepers anywhere but that is describeil in 

 these books. Besides the immense amount of valuable m.aterial gathered 

 through expensive travel, the works have been enriched with the choif^est 

 material that has appeared in Gleanings in Bee Culture, an illustrated semi- 

 monthlj' by the same authors. 



The new (1914) Spanish edition is now ready. This Is a very careful 

 translation of the last American lidition and we bespeak for it a wide- 

 spread distribution which it richly deserves. Price $2.00 in cloth. The French 

 edition is not as recent, but will be found quite abreast with the times. 

 This is a faithful reproduction of the American book. Price $2.00. The 

 German book contains a fund of information to any beekeeper wishing to 

 post liimself on up-to-date methods. Price $2.50 per copy. American edition, 

 $2.00 in cloth. 



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