appeared in the columns of Gleanings ix Bee Culture, an illustrated 

 semi-monthly by the same authors. 



Besides the matter relating to metb-ods and devices, the book contains 

 a complete dictionary of apicultural terms, and a picture-gallery comprising 

 a list of the choicest illustrations that have appeared in G-LEANiNas in Bee 

 Culture for the last ten years. 



Prices, doth bound, $2.00 ; half leather, $2.75. The edition b<Hind 

 in half leather includes the bee-models, with key, bound in. 



FOREIGN EDITIONS OP THE A B C. — Carefully translated editions 

 of this complete cyclopedia of beekeeping may now be had in the German, 

 French, and S'panish languages. The German edition (ABC DER BIE- 

 NENZUCHT) sells for $2.00 in paper and $2.50 in cloth binding. In 

 French (A B C de L' APICULTURE) may be had in cloth for $2,00, In 

 Spanish (El A B C y X Y Z de la APICULTURA), $2,50. 



OTHER PRACTICAL WORKS ON BEES 



The books mentioned on this page are all devoted to- practical bee 

 ('ulture, although a few of them, as will be noted by their descriptions, 

 have more or less scientific value. A somewhat careful reading of the 

 descriptions below will undoubtedly show any one just what book will suit 

 him best. If several books are to be selected covering a wide range of 

 subjects, the following list may be helpful in deciding what you want: A B 

 C and X Y Z of Bee Culture (see preceding page), Langstroth on the 

 Honeybee, Advanced Bee Culture. Or this list: How to Keep Bees, Fqrty 

 Years among the Bees, A Modern Bee Farm. 



Langstroth on the Honeybee. — By C. P. Dadant. The bee: 



keeper who does not like this book is hard to suit. The present volume is 

 termed the "Twentieth Century Edition," and contains a vast fund of 

 information on all subjects relating to practical bee culture. It has long 

 been recognized as a standard work, and should be found in the librg^ry 

 of every progressive beekeeper. It is well illustrated, and has 575 pagps. 

 Price by mail, $1.25; by freight or express, 15 cts. less. 



rifty Years among the Bees. — By Dr. C. C. Miller. This i^ 



another standard book of 300 pages and 100 illustrations, written by ^ 

 specialist with an experience of more than fifty years. The author haq 

 read not only all of the literature on bees published in this country, but 

 much of that published in Europe, and is a recognized authority. Pripe 

 by mail, $1.00; by freight or express, 10 cts. less. 



Manual of the Apiary. — By Prof. A. J. Cook. This is a very 

 complete treatise on beee and beekeeping, and is particularly valuable where 

 one is interested In the anatomy and physiology of the bee, which has been 

 very completely covered in this work. It is also valuable for its chapter on 

 honey-plants, or bee botany; 640 pages with good Illustrations. Price by 

 mail, $1.15; 15 cts. less by freight or express. 



Doolittle's Queen-rearing. — This is practically the only com- 

 prehensive book on queen-rearing now in print. It is looked upon by 

 many as the foundation of modern methods of raising queens wholesale. 

 Mr. Doolittle has an entertaining way of writing on bee subjects which 

 enables his readers to follow him with pleasure, even if they never intend 

 to raise queens at all. Cloth bound, 124 pages, $1.00 postpaid; by freight 

 or express, 5 cents less. 



Quinhy's New Beekeeping. — By L. C. Boot. A modern 



edition of that early volume on bees entitled *' Quinby's Mysteries," revised 

 same years ago bv a well-known beekeeper, a son-in-law of the original 

 writer. Mr. Quinby was a practical beekeeper, and greatly assisted Mr. 

 Langstroth in laying the foundation of American apiculture. For this 

 reason it should be read by all beekeepers who want to know of the early 

 work in beekeeping. Cloth bound, 270 pages, by mail, $1.00 ; by freight 

 or express, 10 cents less. 



Advanced Bee Culture. — By W. Z. Hutchinson; Eevised Edi- 

 tion. This is a very unusual work — we might say indispensable to any one 



