BOOKS ON BEEKEEPING 



The beekeeper who would be down to date and progressive will find 

 in a recount of the experiences of others the very suggestions he needs for 

 saving time and money. Very few other occupations have been blest with 

 so many well-written books covering the pursuit in its many different phases. 

 To beekeepers are offered authoritative works at a minimum of expense, 

 and the opportunity to gain knowledge in this satisfying way should not be 

 neglected. 



For the benefit of those who wish to purchase other books on beekeeping 

 — covering the subject in a general way or some phase of the work in 

 particular — we have compiled the following list. These books may be had 

 at the prices named from The A, I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio, the publishes 

 of the volume in which this announcement appears, or from dealers in bee- 

 keepers' supplies everywhere. 



THE ABC AND X Y Z OF BEE CULTURE 



A. I. and E. R. Root. The latest edition of 

 this work is the most complete of any bee-book 

 that has ever been issued in the English language. 

 While it is for the beginner, it may be read with 

 profit by the advanced beeekeeper. Its sale is so 

 large that neither time nor money is spared to 

 keep this book fully abreast with the times. In 

 the latest edition some scientific and technical 

 matter as well as the practical has been added to 

 its pages. It has been most carefully edited and 

 revised. Its authors and publishers feel that, 

 more than ever, it is a safe apd reliable guide to 

 beekeeping. Nearly 150,000 copies in the Eng- 

 lish language alone have been sold. It has been 

 translated into French, German, and Spanish. 



In the last edition there is a large number of 

 half-tone reproductions from what might be 

 called moving-pictures, showing various steps in 

 the processes for handling bees. While a detailed 

 description goes with the separate views showing 

 each step, yet one can almost le^arn how to handle 

 bees by simply looking at the series of photographs. 

 Under the head of "Frames, to Manipulate," for 

 example, there are a large number of new engrav- 

 ings that show not only the method of handlino; 

 frames but haTldling hives and bees in- such a wav 



as to do the work with the greatest economy of labor, with few or no stings, 

 and with but little fatigue. 



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 con- 

 stantly by his side for reference. 



The Dew methods of wax-production are treated in an exhaustive 

 fashion, and as this subject is now of more importance than formerly, more 

 space has been devoted to it. 



The new power-driven automatic eJttractors are amply illustrated and 

 described. The subject of disearses has received entirely new treatment to 

 keep pace with new discoveries of the last few years. The laws relating 

 to bees have for the first time received full treatment. No other bee-boo£ 

 treats of this very important subject. The subject of swarm control has 

 received special attention. Honey, sugar, nectar, and glucose, written up 

 by a United States government chemist, are carefully defined in accordance 

 with the demands of our new pure-food laws. 



The authors have traveled thousands of miles in the United States, 

 with notebook and camera, and have endeavored to incorporate in the pages 

 of this volume all the latest and best practices known to the professional 

 and amateur beekeepers. There is scarcely a practical method or device 

 known to the beekeepers of the country that is not here described. Be- 

 sides the immense amount of valuable material gathered through extensive 

 travel, the work has been enriched with the choicest material that has 



