The Authoritative Manual on 

 Apiculture 



The A B C and 

 X Y Z of 



BEE CULTURE 



The combined editions of this 

 wonderful book now aggregate over 

 JpO.OOO 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 of a good text- 

 book on the subject. It is the most widely read woi-k 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 longfelt want. 

 The first edition, a modest one of 2,000 copies, was soon exhausted. Another edition 

 was soon called for, until it became necessary to print 5,000 copies instead of 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 cover, and this made it possible for the revisers to make 

 more extensive revisions 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 

 has been gathered in this way, and incorjiorated 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 for' thj first 

 time given full treatment in the American edition. No other book treats of this very 

 important subject. Honey, sugar, nectar and glucose, written by a United States 

 government chemist, are carefully defined in accordance with our new pure-food laws. 

 There is scarcely a practical device known to beekeepers anywhere but that is des- 

 cribed in these books. Besides the immense amount of valuable material gathei-ed 

 through extensive travel, the works have been enriched with the choicest material that 

 has appeared in Gleanings in Bee Culture, an illustrated semi-monthly by the same 

 authors. 



The new (.1914) Spanish edition is now ready. This is t- very careful translation 

 of the last American Edition and we bespeak for it a widespread 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 ot information to any bee- 

 keeper wishing to post himself-on up-to-date methods. Price $2.50 per copy. American 

 edition, $2.00 in cloth 



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